Odisha Legislative Assembly ଓଡ଼ିଶା ବିଧାନ ସଭା | |
|---|---|
| 17th Odisha Assembly | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | 5 years |
| History | |
| Founded | 20 February 1952 |
| Preceded by | Orissa Provincial Assembly |
| Leadership | |
Dr. Kambhampati Hari Babu since 3 January 2025 | |
Chief Minister (Leader of the House) | |
Deputy Chief Minister (Deputy Leader of the House) | |
Secretary | Satyabrata Rout, I.A.S. since 31 January 2025 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 147 |
 | |
Political groups | Government (92)
Opposition (55) |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post voting | |
Last election | 2024 |
Next election | by May 2029 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneswar, Odisha | |
| Website | |
| assembly | |
The Odisha Legislative Assembly or ଓଡ଼ିଶା ବିଧାନ ସଭା is the unicameral state legislature of the state of Odisha in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubaneswar, the capital city. The Legislative Assembly comprises 147 Members of Legislative Assembly.[1] Out of total 147 Assembly Constituencies of Odisha Legislative Assembly, 33 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) and 24 seats for the Scheduled Castes (SC).[2]
History[edit | edit source]
List of Assembly Sessions of Odisha Legislative Assembly[3]
- ↑ Provisional Assembly had total strength of 60 members.First to fifth assembly had total strength of 140 members. From Sixth assembly onwards, total strength is of 147 members. These standings are at the beginning of the session.
Current Floor leaders[edit | edit source]
| Position | Portrait | Name | Tenure | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | .jpg)
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Raghubar Das | Assembly Begins | 2 January 2025 | N/A | |
| File:Shri Kambhampati Hari Babu.jpg | Kambhampati Hari Babu | 3 January 2025 | Incumbent | |||
| Speaker | 
|
Surama Padhy MLA from Ranpur |
20 June 2024 | Incumbent | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Deputy Speaker | 
|
Bhabani Shankar Bhoi MLA from Talsara |
25 July 2024 | Incumbent | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Leader of the House (Chief Minister) |
|
Mohan Charan Majhi MLA from Keonjhar |
12 June 2024 | Incumbent | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Deputy Leader of the House (Deputy Chief Minister) |
|
Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo MLA from Patnagarh |
12 June 2024 | Incumbent | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
|
Pravati Parida MLA from Nimapara |
12 June 2024 | Incumbent | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| Minister for Parliamentary Affairs | 
|
Mukesh Mahaling MLA from Loisingha |
12 June 2024 | Incumbent | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Leader of Opposition Leader of BJD Legislature Party |
|
Naveen Patnaik MLA from Hinjili |
19 June 2024 | Incumbent | Biju Janata Dal | |
| Deputy Leader of Opposition Deputy Leader of BJD Legislature Party |
|
Prasanna Acharya MLA from Rairakhol |
19 June 2024 | Incumbent | Biju Janata Dal | |
| Leader of Congress Legislature Party | 
|
Rama Chandra Kadam MLA from Pottangi |
21 June 2024 | Incumbent | Indian National Congress | |
| Pro tem Speaker | 
|
Ranendra Pratap Swain MLA from Athgarh |
17 June 2025 | 19 June 2025 | Biju Janata Dal | |
Current Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
Speakers of Odisha Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
List of Speakers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly[3]
| # | Portrait | Name (lifespan) |
Tenure | Chief Minister | Assembly (Election) |
Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
|
Mukunda Prasad Das (1887–1969) |
28 July 1937 | 29 May 1946 | 8 years, 305 days | Krushna Chandra Gajapati
|
1st Provisional (1937) |
Indian National Congress | |
| 2 | 
|
Lal Mohan Patnaik (1891–1956) |
29 May 1946 | 6 March 1952 | 5 years, 282 days | Harekrushna Mahatab | 2nd Provincial (1946) | ||
| 3 | 
|
Nanda Kishore Das (died 1986) |
6 March 1952 | 27 May 1957 | 5 years, 82 days | Nabakrushna Choudhuri | 1st (1952) | ||
| 4 | 
|
Nilakantha Das (1884–1967) |
27 May 1957 | 25 February 1961 | 3 years, 274 days | Nabakrushna Choudhuri
Harekrushna Mahatab |
2nd (1957) | ||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (25 February – 23 June 1961) | |||||||||
| 5 | 
|
Lingaraj Panigrahi (1896–1969) |
1 July 1961 | 18 March 1967 | 5 years, 260 days | Biju Patnaik
Biren Mitra Sadashiva Tripathy |
3rd (1961) |
Indian National Congress | |
| 6 | 
|
Nandakishore Mishra (1906–1992) |
18 March 1967 | 11 January 1971 | 6 years, 299 days | Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo | 4th (1967) |
Swatantra Party | |
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (11 January – 3 April 1971) | |||||||||
| (6) |
|
Nandakishore Mishra (1906–1992) |
12 April 1971 | 3 March 1973 | 1 year, 325 days | Bishwanath Das
Nandini Satpathy |
5th (1971) |
Swatantra Party | |
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (3 March 1973 – 6 March 1974) | |||||||||
| 7 | 
|
Brajamohan Mohanty (1923–1999) |
21 March 1974 | 16 December 1976 | 2 years, 270 days | Nandini Satpathy | 6th (1974) |
Indian National Congress | |
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (16 December – 29 December 1976) | |||||||||
| (7) |
|
Brajamohan Mohanty (1923–1999) |
30 December 1976 | 26 June 1977 | 178 days | Binayak Acharya | 6th (1974) |
Indian National Congress | |
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (30 April – 26 June 1977) | |||||||||
| 8 | 
|
Satyapriya Mohanty (1905–1999) |
1 July 1977 | 17 February 1980 | 2 years, 231 days | Nilamani Routray | 7th (1977) |
Janata Party | |
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (17 February – 9 June 1980) | |||||||||
| 9 | 
|
Somnath Rath (1924–2013) |
12 June 1980 | 11 February 1984 | 3 years, 244 days | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | 8th (1980) |
Indian National Congress | |
| 10 | 
|
Prasanna Kumar Dash (1919–2005) |
22 February 1984 | 14 March 1985 | 358 days | ||||
| 14 March 1985 | 9 March 1990 | 5 years, 23 days | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Hemananda Biswal |
9th (1985) | |||||
| 11 | 
|
Yudhistir Das (1923–2014) |
9 March 1990 | 22 March 1995 | 5 years, 13 days | Biju Patnaik | 10th (1990) |
Janata Dal | |
| 12 | 
|
Kishore Chandra Patel (born 1946) |
22 March 1995 | 14 January 1996 | 298 days | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Giridhar Gamang Hemananda Biswal |
11th (1995) |
Indian National Congress | |
| 13 | 
|
Chintamani Dyan Samantra (born 1940) |
16 February 1996 | 10 March 2000 | 4 years, 23 days | Independent | |||
| 14 | 
|
Sarat Kumar Kar (1939–2020) |
10 March 2000 | 21 May 2004 | 4 years, 72 days | Naveen Patnaik | 12th (2000) |
Biju Janata Dal | |
| 15 | .JPG)
|
Maheswar Mohanty (1956–2023) |
21 May 2004 | 31 March 2008 | 3 years, 315 days | 13th (2004) | |||
| 16 | 
|
Prahlad Dora (1946–2021) |
31 March 2008 | 19 August 2008 | 141 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 17 | 
|
Kishore Kumar Mohanty (1958–2021) |
19 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | 279 days | Biju Janata Dal | |||
| 18 | 
|
Pradip Kumar Amat (born 1952) |
25 May 2009 | 20 May 2014 | 4 years, 360 days | 14th (2009) | |||
| 19 | 
|
Niranjan Pujari (born 1961) |
26 May 2014 | 6 May 2017 | 2 years, 345 days | 15th (2014) | |||
| 20 |
|
Pradip Kumar Amat (born 1952) |
16 May 2017 | 31 May 2019 | 2 years, 15 days | ||||
| 21 | 
|
Surjya Narayan Patro (1948–2023) |
1 June 2019 | 4 June 2022 | 3 years, 3 days | 16th (2019) | |||
| 22 | 
|
Bikram Keshari Arukha (born 1962) |
13 June 2022 | 12 May 2023 | 333 days | ||||
| 23 | 
|
Pramila Mallik (born 1963) |
22 September 2023 | 3 June 2024 | 255 days | ||||
| 24 | 
|
Surama Padhy (born 1960) |
20 June 2024 | incumbent | 2 years, 85 days | Mohan Charan Majhi | 17th (2024) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Deputy Speakers of Odisha Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
List of Deputy Speakers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly[3]
- INC (49.4%)
- BJD (26.8%)
- Swatantra (8.00%)
- Janata Dal (5.80%)
- Independent (4.60%)
- Janata Party (3.40%)
- BJP (2.10%)
| # | Portrait | Name (Lifespan) |
Constituency | Tenure | Assembly | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Nanda Kishore Das (died 1986) |
South Balasore Sadar | 28 July 1937 | 14 September 1945 | 8 years, 48 days | 1st Provincial | Indian National Congress
| |
| 2 | 
|
Adruti Laxmibai (died 1986) |
Berhampur Town | 29 May 1946 | 20 February 1952 | 5 years, 267 days | 2nd Provincial | Indian National Congress
| |
| 3 | 
|
Maulabi Mahammed Hanif | Bhadrak | 8 March 1952 | 4 March 1957 | 4 years, 361 days | 1st | Indian National Congress
| |
| 4 | 
|
Jadumani Mangaraj (died 1964) |
Barchana | 29 May 1957 | 25 February 1961 | 3 years, 272 days | 2nd | Indian National Congress
| |
| President's rule (25 February – 23 June 1961) | |||||||||
| 5 | 
|
Lokanath Mishra (1909–1967) |
Patkura | 28 August 1961 | 1 March 1967 | 5 years, 185 days | 3rd | Indian National Congress
| |
| 6 | 
|
Harihar Bahinipati (1927–2005) |
Puri | 29 March 1967 | 11 January 1971 | 3 years, 288 days | 4th | Praja Socialist Party
| |
| President's rule (11 January – 3 April 1971) | |||||||||
| 7 | 
|
Narayan Birabar Samanta (1900–1999) |
Erasama | 6 May 1971 | 3 March 1973 | 1 year, 301 days | 5th | Utkal Congress
| |
| President's rule (3 March 1973 – 6 March 1974) | |||||||||
| 8 | 
|
Chintamani Jena (1929–2008) |
Basta | 29 March 1974 | 30 April 1977 | 3 years, 32 days | 6th | Indian National Congress
| |
| President's rule (30 April – 26 June 1977) | |||||||||
| 9 | 
|
Surendra Nath Naik (1937–2024) |
Kakatpur | 27 July 1977 | 17 February 1980 | 2 years, 205 days | 7th | Janata Party
| |
| President's rule (17 February – 9 June 1980) | |||||||||
| 10 | 
|
Himansu Sekhar Padhi | Boudh | 2 July 1980 | 9 March 1985 | 4 years, 250 days | 8th | Indian National Congress
| |
| 11 |
|
Chintamani Dyan Samantra (born 1940) |
Chikiti | 18 March 1985 | 3 March 1990 | 4 years, 350 days | 9th | Indian National Congress
| |
| 12 |
|
Prahlad Dora (1946–2021) |
Chitrakonda | 20 March 1990 | 15 March 1995 | 4 years, 360 days | 10th | Janata Dal
| |
| (11) |
|
Chintamani Dyan Samantra (born 1940) |
Chikiti | 28 March 1995 | 12 February 1996 | 321 days | 11th | Independent | |
| 13 | 
|
Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj (1955–2025) |
Khandapada | 15 March 1996 | 29 February 2000 | 3 years, 351 days | Indian National Congress
| ||
| 14 | 
|
Rama Chandra Panda (born 1949) |
Chhatrapur | 27 March 2000 | 6 February 2004 | 3 years, 316 days | 12th | Bharatiya Janata Party
| |
| (12) |
|
Prahlad Dora (1946–2021) |
Chitrakonda | 3 July 2004 | 19 May 2009 | 4 years, 320 days | 13th | Bharatiya Janata Party
| |
| 15 | 
|
Lal Bihari Himirika (born 1948) |
Rayagada | 10 June 2009 | 10 May 2011 | 1 year, 334 days | 14th | Biju Janata Dal
| |
| 16 | 
|
Sananda Marndi (born 1971) |
Baripada | 17 August 2011 | 29 May 2019 | 7 years, 285 days | 15th | Biju Janata Dal
| |
| 17 | 
|
Rajanikant Singh (born 1955) |
Angul | 27 June 2019 | 8 November 2023 | 4 years, 134 days | 16th | Biju Janata Dal
| |
| 18 | 
|
Saluga Pradhan (born 1959) |
G. Udayagiri | 21 November 2023 | 3 June 2024 | 195 days | Biju Janata Dal
| ||
| 19 |
|
Bhabani Shankar Bhoi (born 1980) |
Talsara | 24 July 2024 | Incumbent | 2 years, 51 days | 17th | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Leader of Opposition of Odisha Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
List of leaders of the opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly[3]
| # | Portrait | Name (lifespan) |
Tenure | Chief Minister | Assembly (Election) |
Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
|
Shraddhakar Supakar (1914–1993) |
16 February 1952 | 4 March 1957 | 5 years, 16 days | Nabakrushna Choudhuri | 1st (1952) |
All India Ganatantra Parishad | |
| 2 | 
|
Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo (1912–1975) |
1 April 1957 | 22 May 1959 | 2 years, 51 days | Nabakrushna Choudhuri
|
2nd (1957) | ||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (25 February – 23 June 1961) | |||||||||
| (2) |
|
Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo (1912–1975) |
21 June 1961 | 1 March 1967 | 5 years, 253 days | Biju Patnaik
|
3rd (1961) |
All India Ganatantra Parishad | |
| 3 | 
|
Sadashiva Tripathy (1910–1980) |
18 March 1967 | 11 January 1971 | 3 years, 311 days | Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo | 4th (1967) |
Indian National Congress | |
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (11 January – 3 April 1971) | |||||||||
| 4 | 
|
Binayak Acharya (1918–1983) |
4 May 1971 | 14 June 1972 | 1 year, 41 days | Bishwanath Das | 5th (1971) |
Indian National Congress | |
| (2) |
|
Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo (1912–1975) |
14 June 1972 | 9 February 1973 | 240 days | Nandini Satpathy | Swatantra Party | ||
| 5 | 
|
Biju Patnaik (1916–1997) |
9 February 1973 | 3 March 1973 | 22 days | Utkal Congress | |||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (3 March 1973 – 6 March 1974) | |||||||||
| (5) |
|
Biju Patnaik (1916–1997) |
19 March 1974 | 10 December 1974 | 266 days | Nandini Satpathy | 6th (1974) |
Utkal Congress | |
| 10 December 1974 | 16 December 1976 | 2 years, 6 days | Bharatiya Lok Dal | ||||||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (16 December – 29 December 1976) | |||||||||
| (5) |
|
Biju Patnaik (1916–1997) |
30 December 1976 | 24 March 1977 | 84 days | Binayak Acharya | 6th (1974) |
Bharatiya Lok Dal | |
| 6 | 
|
Ram Prasad Mishra (1920–2014) |
31 March 1977 | 30 April 1977 | 30 days | Janata Party | |||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (30 April – 26 June 1977) | |||||||||
| 7 | 
|
Chintamani Panigrahi (1922–2000) |
29 June 1977 | 20 February 1978 | 236 days | Nilamani Routray | 7th (1977) |
Indian National Congress | |
| 8 | 
|
Brundaban Nayak (1912–1984) |
20 February 1978 | 3 September 1979 | 1 year, 195 days | Indian National Congress | |||
| 9 | 
|
Prahlad Mallik (1929–1990) |
3 September 1979 | 13 February 1980 | 163 days | Orissa Janata Party | |||
| 10 | 
|
Ananta Narayan Singh Deo (1929–2003) |
13 February 1980 | 17 February 1980 | 4 days | Janata Party | |||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (17 February – 9 June 1980) | |||||||||
| - | Vacant[lower-alpha 1] | 9 June 1980 | 1 April 1984 | 3 years, 297 days | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | 8th (1980) |
No Official Opposition | ||
| 11 | 
|
Sarat Kumar Deb (1944–1988) |
2 April 1984 | 10 March 1985 | 342 days | Janata Party | |||
| (5) |
|
Biju Patnaik (1916–1997) |
22 March 1985 | 3 March 1990 | 4 years, 346 days | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
|
9th (1985) |
Janata Party | |
| - | Vacant[lower-alpha 2] | 5 March 1990 | 15 March 1995 | 5 years, 10 days | Biju Patnaik | 10th (1990) |
No Official Opposition | ||
| (5) |
|
Biju Patnaik (1916–1997) |
23 March 1995 | 20 May 1996 | 1 year, 58 days | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
|
11th (1995) |
Janata Dal | |
| 12 | 
|
Ashok Kumar Das (1942–2008) |
22 May 1996 | 17 December 1997 | 1 year, 209 days | ||||
| 13 | 
|
Ram Krushna Patnaik (1940–2021) |
22 February 1998 | 16 November 1998 | 267 days | Biju Janata Dal | |||
| 14 | 
|
Prafulla Samal (born 1947) |
16 November 1998 | 1 December 1998 | 15 days | ||||
| 15 | 
|
Satchidananda Dalal (born 1941) |
11 December 1998 | 29 February 2000 | 1 year, 80 days | ||||
| 16 | 
|
Ramakanta Mishra (born 1944) |
21 March 2000 | 6 February 2004 | 3 years, 322 days | Naveen Patnaik | 12th (2000) |
Indian National Congress | |
| 17 | 
|
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927–2015) |
4 June 2004 | 24 January 2009 | 4 years, 234 days | 13th (2004) | |||
| 18 | 
|
Ramachandra Ulaka (1935–2011) |
24 January 2009 | 19 May 2009 | 115 days | ||||
| 19 | 
|
Bhupinder Singh (born 1951) |
27 May 2009 | 10 March 2014 | 4 years, 287 days | 14th (2009) | |||
| 20 | 
|
Narasingha Mishra (born 1940) |
11 June 2014 | 29 May 2019 | 4 years, 352 days | 15th (2014) | |||
| 21 | 
|
Pradipta Kumar Naik (born 1966) |
25 June 2019 | 30 July 2022 | 3 years, 35 days | 16th (2019) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 22 | 
|
Jayanarayan Mishra (born 1963) |
30 July 2022 | 4 June 2024 | 1 year, 310 days | ||||
| 23 | 
|
Naveen Patnaik (born 1946) |
19 June 2024 | Incumbent | 2 years, 86 days | Mohan Charan Majhi | 17th (2024) |
Biju Janata Dal | |
See also[edit | edit source]
- Government of Odisha
- List of Constituencies of Odisha Legislative Assembly
- Governor of Odisha
- Chief Minister of Odisha
- Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha
- Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
- Leader of the Opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
- Orissa High Court
- Parliament of India
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Orissa Legislative Assembly". legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. 2005. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
The strength of Assembly was later increased to 147 with effect from the Sixth Legislative Assembly (1974).
- ↑ "List of Odisha Assembly Constituency". Chief Electoral Office, Odisha.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Brief history" (PDF). odishaassembly.nic.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "BJD suspends 2 MLAs, cites anti-party activities". The Times of India. 16 January 2026. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "BJD suspends 6 MLAs for RS cross-voting". The Times of India. 22 March 2026. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ "Odisha BJD MLA Rajendra Dholakia passes away at 68; was suffering from kidney-related ailments". The Times of India. 8 September 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ↑ "Jay Dholakia wins Nuapada bypoll as BJP surges; BJD secures third spot". The Times of India. 14 November 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Service, Express News (18 March 2026). "Odisha Congress suspends three MLAs, seeks disqualification for cross-voting in Rajya Sabha election". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
External links[edit | edit source]
- Odisha Legislative Assembly website Archived 30 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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