The Sixth Orissa Legislative Assembly was convened after the 1974 Orissa Legislative Assembly election.
Brief History Smt. Nandini Satpathy's govt fell amidst large-scale defection of ruling Cong (R) MLAs. Due to high instability in the state, President's rule was imposed, assembly was dissolved and Elections were called after one year. Cong (R) led by Smt. Nandini Satpathy returned to power. She was sworn into office on 6 March 1974. Rise of her unpopularity and unhappy with her style of functioning, Cong (R) MLAs forced Smt. Satpathy to resign on 16 December 1976. The State was once again placed under President's rule with the Assembly being kept under suspended animation. On 29 December 1976, President's rule was lifted of with Shri Binayak Acharya swearing in as the Chief Minister of Odisha. Following lifting of Emergency and Janata Party's landslide win in 1977 Indian general election, Congress ruled state govt were dismissed, President's rule was imposed and Snap election were called.
House Composition PartyStrengthIndian National Congress (R)70Utkal Congress35Swatantra Party21Communist Party of India7Communist Party of India (Marxist)3Samyukta Socialist Party2Orissa Jana Congress1Jharkhand Party1Independent7
Office Bearers PostPortraitNameTenurePartyGovernorBasappa Danappa JattiAssembly Begins20 August 1974N/AGati Krushna Misra21 August 197425 October 1974Akbar Ali Khan25 October 197417 April 1976Siba Narain Sankar17 April 19767 February 1977Harcharan Singh Brar7 February 1977Assembly DissolvesSpeakerBraja Mohan Mohanty21 March 197426 June 1977Deputy SpeakerChintamani Jena29 March 197430 April 1977Leader of the HouseNandini Satpathy6 March 197416 December 1976Binayak Acharya29 December 197630 April 1977Leader of OppositionBiju Patnaik19 March 197410 December 197410 December 197424 March 1977Ram Prasad Mishra31 March 197730 April 1977
Council of Ministers
Second Nandini Satpathy Ministry
Binayak Acharya Ministry
Members of Legislative Assembly +Source District AC. No. Constituency Winner Candidate Party RemarksMayurbhanj 1 Karanjia (ST) Karunakar Naik 2 Jashipur (ST) Ghanshyam Hemram 3 Bahalda (ST) Sashi Bhusan Marndi 4 Rairangpur (ST) Arjun Majhi 5 Bangriposi (ST) Rudra Mohan Das 6 Kuliana (ST) Sarat Chandra Singh 7 Baripada Promod Chandra Bhanjdeo 8 Baisinga (ST) Kuanria Majhi 9 Khunta (ST) Ramesh Saren 10 Udala (ST) Ravaneswa Madhei Baleshwar11 Bhograi Kartikeswar Patra 12 Jaleswar Gadadhar Giri 13 Basta Chintamani Jena Deputy Speaker14 Balasore Arun Dey 15 Soro Jadunath Das Mahapatra 16 Simulia Sailen Mohapatra 17 Nilgiri Banamali Das 18 Bhandaripokhari (SC) Bairagi Jena 19 Bhadrak Jugal Kishore Pattanaik 20 Dhamnagar Hrudananda Mullick 21 Chandbali (SC) Manmohan Das 22 Basudevpur Jagabandhu Das Cuttack23 Sukinda Sanatan Deo 24 Korai Ashok Kumar Das 25 Jajpur (SC) Jagannath Malik 26 Dharamsala Banka Bihari Das 27 Barchana Dusasan Jena 28 Bari-Derabisi Prahlad Malik 29 Binjharpur (SC) Baishmab Charan Malik 30 Aul Sarat Kumar Deb 31 Patamundai (SC) Biswanath Mallik 32 Rajnagar Biju Patnaik Leader of Opposition33 Kendrapara Bed Prakash Agarwal 34 Patkura Raj Kishore Nayak 35 Tirtol Pratap Chandra Mohanty 36 Ersama Lokanath Chowdhury 37 Balikuda Basudeb Mohapatra 38 Jagatsinghpur (SC) Laxman Mallick 39 Kissannagar Batakrushna Jena 40 Mahanga Shaik Matlub Ali 41 Salepur (SC) Baidhar Behera 42 Gobindpur Sudhansu Malini Ray 43 Cuttack Sadar Trilochan Kanungo 44 Cuttack City Srikanta Panda 45 Choudwar Kanhu Charan Lenka 46 Banki Jogesh Chanda Rout 47 Athgarh Radhanath Rath 48 Baramba Raja Saheb Trilochan Singh Deo Puri49 Balipatna (SC) Gopinath Bhoi 50 Bhubaneswar Harekrushna Mahtab 51 Jatni Satyapriya Mohanty 52 Pipli Bipin Bihari Dash 53 Nimapara (SC) Nilamani Sitha 54 Kakatpur Brudaban Patra 55 Satyabadi Gangadhar Mahapatra 56 Puri Brajamohan Mohanty Speaker57 Brahmagiri Siddheswar Panigrahi 58ChilkaVacant (till July 1974) No Nomination was filed Raghunath Ray Won in 1974 bypoll.59 Khurda Benudhar Baliarsingh 60 Begunia Satyanand Champatiray 61 Ranpur Ramesh Chandra Panda 62 Nayagarh Bhagabat Behera 63 Khandapara Satyasundar Misra 64 Daspalla Harihar Karana Ganjam65 Jaganathprasad (SC) Batsa Naik 66 Bhanjanagar Somnath Rath 67 Suruda Sarat Chanda Panda 68 Aska Harihar Das 69 Kabisuryanagar Sadananda Mahanty 70 Kodala Kanhu Charan Nayak 71 Khallikote V. Sugnana Kumari Deo 72 Chatrapur Daitari Behera 73 Hinjili Brundaban Nayak 74 Gopalpur (SC) Mohan Nayak 75 Berhampur Binayak Acharya Chief MInister76 Chikiti Satchida Nandu Deo 77 Mohana Udayanarayan Deb 78 Ramagiri (ST) Chakradhar Paik 79 Parlakhemundi Nalla Kurmanaikulu Koraput80 Gunupur (ST) Bhagirathi Gamang 81 Bissam-cuttack (ST) Ulaka Dambarudhar 82 Rayagada (ST) Ulka Rama Chandra 83 Lakshmipur (ST) Ananta Ram Majhi 84 Pottangi (ST) Disari Sannu 85 Koraput Harish Chandra Baxipatra 86 Malkangiri (SC) Naka Kannaya 87 Chitrakonda (ST) Gangadhar Madi 88 Kotpad (ST) Basudeb Majhi 89 Jeypore Raghunath Patnaik 90 Nowrangpur Habibulla Khan 91 Kodinga (ST) Sombaru Majhi 92 Dabugam (ST) Syamoghomo Majhi 93 Umarkote (ST) Rabisingh Majhi Kalahandi94 Nawapara Jagannath Pattanaik 95 Khariar Anupa Singh Deo 96 Dharamgarh (SC) Dayanidhi Naik 97 Koksara Chandrabhanu Singh Deo 98 Junagarh Udit Pratap Deo 99 Bhawanipatna (SC) Jagamohan Nayak 100 Narla (ST) Dhaneswar Majhi 101 Kesinga Sarat Chandra Singh Deo Phulabani102 Balliguda (ST) Sahura Mallik 103 Udayagiri (ST) Gopal Pradhan 104 Phulbani (SC) Chandra Sekhar Behera 105 Boudh Natabar Pradhan Balangir106 Titilagarh (SC) Tapi Jal 107 Kantabanji Ram Prasad Misra Leader of Opposition108 Patnagarh Ainthu Sahoo 109 Saintala Krushna Chandra Panda 110 Loisingha Ananga Udaya Singh Deo 111 Bolangir Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo 112 Sonepur (SC) Daulat Bagh 113 Binka Radha Mohan Mishra 114 Birmaharajpur Hrushikesh Hota Dhenkanal115 Athmallik Bhajaman Behera 116 Angul Adwait Prasad Singh 117 Hindol (SC) Bhagirathi Naik 118 Dhenkanal Nandini Satpathy Chief Minister119 Gondia Sribatsa Nayak 120 Kamakhyanagar Brahmananda Biswal 121 Pallahara Narayan Sahu 122 Talcher (SC) Brundaban Behera Sambalpur123 Padampur Krupasindhu Bhoi 124 Melchhamunda Prakash Chandra Debta 125 Bijepur Gananath Pradhan 126 Bhatli (SC) Mohan Nag 127 Bargarh Nabin Kumar Pradhan 128 Sambalpur Shri Ballav Panigrahi 129 Brajarajnagar Prasanna Kumar Panda 130 Jharsuguda Sairendhri Nayak 131 Laikera (ST) Hemanand Biswal 132 Kuchinda (ST) Jagateswar Mirdha 133 Rairakhol (SC) Basanta Kumar Mohananda 134 Deogarh Tribhuban Deb Sundergarh135 Sundargarh Dibyalochan Sekhar Deo 136 Talsara (ST) Premananda Kalo 137 Rajgangpur (ST) Christopher Ekka 138 Biramitrapur (ST) Christodas Luhgun 139 Rourkela Dhananjaya Mohanty 140 Raghunathpali (ST) Agapit Lakra 141 Bonai (ST) Benudhar Naik Keonjhar142 Champua (ST) Guru Charan Naik 143 Patna Maheswar Majhi 144 Keonjhar (ST) Govinda Munda 145 Telkoi (ST) Niladri Naik 146 Ramchandrapur Murlidhar Kuanr 147 Anandapur (SC) Bhubananda Jena
Bypolls +SourceYearConstituencyReason for by-pollWinning candidateParty July 1974 Chilika No nomination was filed Raghunath Ray
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