11th Orissa Legislative Assembly

11th Orissa Legislative Assembly
11th Orissa Legislative Assembly
	Front view of Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneshwar (2010)
Overview
Meeting place	Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, India
Term	15 March 1995 – 29 February 2000
Election	1995 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
Government	Indian National Congress
Opposition	Janata Dal; Biju Janata Dal
Website	assembly.odisha.gov.in
Orissa Legislative Assembly
	House Composition as assembly begins
Members	147
Governor	B. Satya Narayan Reddy; Gopala Ramanujam; K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (acting); C. Rangarajan (acting); M. M. Rajendran
Speaker	Kishore Chandra Patel, INC; Chintamani Dyan Samantra, IND
Deputy Speaker	Chintamani Dyan Samantra, IND; Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj, INC
Leader of the House; (Chief Minister)	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, INC; Giridhar Gamang, INC; Hemananda Biswal, INC
Leader of Opposition	Biju Patnaik, JD; Ashok Kumar Das, JD; Ram Krushna Patnaik, BJD; Prafulla Samal, BJD; Satchidananda Dalal, BJD
Party control	Indian National Congress (81/147)

The Eleventh Orissa Legislative Assembly was convened after 1995 Orissa Legislative Assembly election.^[1] Indian National Congress came back to power after winning 80 seats. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Giridhar Gamang and Hemananda Biswal formed government.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Brief history[edit | edit source]

Following Cong's victory in 1995 election, Chief Minister Janaki Ballabh Patnaik was sworn in by Governor B. Satya Narayan Reddy on 15 March 1995. Cabinet was further expanded on 20 March 1995, 14 January 1996, 18 August 1997 & 24 August 1998.^[6] Shri Patnaik resigned on 13 February 1999 owning moral responsibility for the series of attacks on the minorities in the state & furore over Anjana Mishra rape case. He continued as Care taker CM till 17 February 1999 following which, Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang was sworn in by Acting Governor C. Rangarajan.^[7] His ministry was further expanded on 22 February 1999.^[6] Shri Gamang resigned on 6 December 1999 following mounting criticism of his handling of rescue and rehabilitation of the 1999 super cyclone.^[8]^[9] Chief Minister Hemananda Biswal along was worn in by Governor M. M. Rajendran on 6 December 1999. His ministry was expanded on 9 December 1999.^[10] Shri Biswal resigned on 5 March 2000 following Cong's defeat in 2000 Odisha Assembly election.^[11]^[12]

House Composition[edit | edit source]

Party	Strength
Party	Assembly Begins	Assembly Dissolves
Indian National Congress	80	81
Janata Dal	46	14
Biju Janata Dal	-	25
Bharatiya Janata Party	9	11
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	4	4
Communist Party of India	1	0
Jharkhand Party	1	1
Independent	6	8
Vacant	-	3

Office Bearers[edit | edit source]

Post	Portrait	Name	Tenure		Party
Governor		B. Satya Narayan Reddy	Assembly Begins	17 June 1995	N/A
		Gopala Ramanujam	18 June 1995	30 January 1997
		K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (Additional Charge)	31 January 1997	12 February 1997
		Gopala Ramanujam	13 February 1997	13 December 1997
		K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (Additional Charge)	13 December 1997	27 April 1998
		C. Rangarajan (Additional Charge)	27 April 1998	14 November 1999
		M. M. Rajendran	15 November 1999	Assembly Dissolves
Speaker		Kishore Chandra Patel MLA from Sundargarh	22 March 1995	14 January 1996		Indian National Congress
Speaker		Chintamani Dyan Samantra MLA from Chikiti	16 February 1996	10 March 2000		Independent
Deputy Speaker		Chintamani Dyan Samantra MLA from Chikiti	28 March 1995	12 February 1996		Independent
Deputy Speaker		Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj MLA from Khandapada	15 March 1996	29 February 2000		Indian National Congress
Leader of the House (Chief Minister) Leader of INC Legislature Party		Janaki Ballabh Patnaik MLA from Begunia	15 March 1995	17 February 1999		Indian National Congress
		Giridhar Gamang MLA from Laxmipur	17 February 1999	6 December 1999
		Hemananda Biswal MLA from Laikera	6 December 1999	5 March 2000
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs		Basanta Kumar Biswal MLA from Tirtol	15 March 1995	5 March 2000		Indian National Congress
Leader of Opposition Leader of JD Legislature Party (till 1997) Leader of BJD Legislature Party (after 1998)		Biju Patnaik MLA from Bhubaneswar	23 March 1995	20 May 1996		Janata Dal
		Ashok Kumar Das MLA from Korei	22 May 1996	17 December 1997^[13]
		Ram Krushna Patnaik MLA from Kodala	22 February 1998	16 November 1998		Biju Janata Dal
		Prafulla Samal MLA from Bhadrak	16 November 1998	1 December 1998
		Satchidananda Dalal MLA from Boudh	11 December 1998	29 February 2000
Pro tem Speaker	File:Ghasiram Majhi.jpg	Ghasiram Majhi MLA from Nawapara	19 March 1995	22 March 1995		Janata Dal

Council of Ministers[edit | edit source]

Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Ministry[edit | edit source]

Source
Portfolio	Name Constituency	Tenure
Chief Minister Home General Administration Energy Steel & Mines Agriculture Co-operation Women & Child Development Other departments not allocated to any Minister.	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik MLA from Begunia	15 March 1995	17 February 1999	INC
Excise Sports and Youth Affairs Commerce Labour & Employment Public Enterprises Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare		15 March 1995	24 August 1998	INC
Panchayati Raj		9 May 1998	24 August 1998	INC
Housing Public Grievances & Pension Administration		9 May 1998	17 February 1999	INC
Finance		24 August 1998	17 February 1999	INC
Cabinet Minister
Deputy Chief Minister Water Resources Parliamentary Affairs	Basanta Kumar Biswal MLA from Tirtol	15 March 1995	17 February 1999	INC
Finance		15 March 1995	24 August 1998	INC
Planning & Coordination		24 August 1998	17 February 1999	INC
Deputy Chief Minister Panchayati Raj Housing Public Grievances & Pension Administration	Hemananda Biswal MLA from Laikera	15 March 1995	9 May 1998	INC
Transport	Kahnu Charan Lenka MLA from Choudwar	15 March 1995	17 February 1999	INC
Revenue	Kahnu Charan Lenka MLA from Choudwar	15 March 1995	24 August 1998	INC
Revenue	Jagannath Patnaik MLA from Nawapara	24 August 1998	17 February 1999	INC
Industries Textiles & Handlooms Handicraft & Cottage Industries	Niranjan Patnaik MLA from Ramchandrapur	20 March 1995	17 February 1999	INC
Environment Science & Technology	Prasanna Kumara Dash MLA from Baripada	20 March 1995	17 February 1999	INC
Law	Raghunath Patnaik MLA from Jeypore	20 March 1995	17 February 1999	INC
Forest School & Mass Education	Ulaka Rama Chandra MLA from Rayagada	20 March 1995	24 August 1998	INC
Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare	Ulaka Rama Chandra MLA from Rayagada	24 August 1998	17 February 1999	INC
Higher Education	Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty MLA from Kendrapara	20 March 1995	17 February 1999	INC
Planning & Coordination	Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty MLA from Kendrapara	20 March 1995	24 August 1998	INC
Tourism Culture	Bhupinder Singh MLA from Kesinga	20 March 1995	24 August 1998	INC
Information & Public Relations	Bhupinder Singh MLA from Kesinga	24 August 1998	17 February 1999	INC
Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare	Habibulla Khan MLA from Nowrangpur	20 March 1995	24 August 1998	INC
Panchayati Raj	Habibulla Khan MLA from Nowrangpur	24 August 1998	17 February 1999	INC
Works	Harihar Swain MLA from Kabisuryanagar	20 March 1995	17 February 1999	INC
Forest Public Enterprises	Kishore Chandra Patel MLA from Sundargarh	24 August 1998	17 February 1999	INC
Labour & Employment	Durga Shankar Pattanayak MLA from Sambalpur	24 August 1998	17 February 1999	INC
Rural Development	Sk. Matlub Ali MLA from Mahanga	24 August 1998	17 February 1999	INC
Minister of State with Independent Charges
Urban Development	Amarnath Pradhan MLA from Athmallik	20 March 1995	24 August 1998	INC
Health & Family Welfare	Amarnath Pradhan MLA from Athmallik	24 August 1998	17 February 1999	INC
Health & Family Welfare	Jagannath Rout MLA from Dhamnagar	20 March 1995	24 August 1998	INC
Urban Development	Jagannath Rout MLA from Dhamnagar	24 August 1998	17 February 1999	INC
Information & Public Relations	Netrananda Mallick MLA from Chandbali	20 March 1995	24 August 1998	INC
Tourism Culture	Netrananda Mallick MLA from Chandbali	24 August 1998	17 February 1999	INC
Fisheries & Animal Resources Development	Prakash Chandra Debata MLA from Melchhamunda	20 March 1995	17 February 1999	INC
Sports and Youth Affairs	Gajadhar Majhi MLA from Talsara	24 August 1998	17 February 1999	INC
Excise	Suresh Kumar Routray MLA from Jatani	24 August 1998	17 February 1999	INC
Commerce	Nagarjuna Pradhan MLA from Udayagiri	24 August 1998	17 February 1999	INC
Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare	Mohan Nag MLA from Bhatli	24 August 1998	17 February 1999	INC
Minister of State
Panchayati Raj	Nabin Chandra Narayan Das MLA from Dhenkanal	20 March 1995	17 February 1999	INC
Women & Child Development	Bijayalaxmi Sahoo MLA from Cuttack Sadar	20 March 1995	17 February 1999	INC
Co-operation	Rabindra Kumar Sethy MLA from Nimapara	20 March 1995	17 February 1999	INC
Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare	Gajadhar Majhi MLA from Talsara	20 March 1995	24 August 1998	INC
Sports and Youth Affairs	Suresh Kumar Routray MLA from Jatani	20 March 1995	24 August 1998	INC
Steel & Mines	Haladhar Karjee MLA from Ramagiri	24 August 1998	17 February 1999	INC
Agriculture	Ramakanta Mishra MLA from Ranpur	24 August 1998	17 February 1999	INC

Giridhar Gamang ministry[edit | edit source]

Giridhar Gamang ministry

Hemananda Biswal ministry[edit | edit source]

Second Hemananda Biswal ministry

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Source
District	AC. No.	Constituency	Member		Remarks
Mayurbhanj	1	Karanjia (ST)	Raghunath Hembram	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	1	Karanjia (ST)	Raghunath Hembram	Biju Janata Dal
	2	Jashipur (ST)	Sambhunath Naik	Independent
	3	Bahalda (ST)	Khelarama Mahali	Jharkhand People's Party
	4	Rairangpur (ST)	Laxman Majhi	Indian National Congress
	5	Bangriposi (ST)	Ajen Murmu	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	6	Kuliana (ST)	Sudam Marndi	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	7	Baripada	Prasanna Kumar Dash	Indian National Congress
	8	Baisinga (ST)	Pruthunatha Kisku	Indian National Congress
	9	Khunta (ST)	Saraswati Hembram	Indian National Congress
	10	Udala (ST)	Rabaneswara Madhei	Indian National Congress
Balasore	11	Bhograi	Kamala Das	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	11	Bhograi	Kamala Das	Biju Janata Dal
	12	Jaleswar	Jaynarayana Mohanty	Indian National Congress
	13	Basta	Raghunath Mohanty	Janata Dal
	14	Balasore	Arun Dey	Independent
	15	Soro	Kartika Mohapatra	Indian National Congress	Resigned in May 1996 on his election to 11th Lok Sabha.
	15	Soro	Indurani Mohapatra	Indian National Congress	Won in October 1996 Bypoll.
	16	Simulia	Padma Lochan Panda	Indian National Congress
	17	Nilgiri	Akhyay Kumar Acharya	Indian National Congress
Bhadrak	18	Bhandaripokhari (SC)	Arjun Charan Sethi	Janata Dal	Resigned in March 1998 on his election to 12th Lok Sabha.
	18	Bhandaripokhari (SC)	Kumarshri Chiranjibi	Indian National Congress	Won in June 1998 Bypoll.
	19	Bhadrak	Prafulla Samal	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	19	Bhadrak	Prafulla Samal	Biju Janata Dal	Leader of Opposition
	20	Dhamnagar	Jagannath Rout	Indian National Congress	Resigned in March 1999.
	20	Dhamnagar	Vacant (since 16 March 1999)
	21	Chandbali (SC)	Netrananda Mallik	Indian National Congress
	22	Basudevpur	Bijayshree Routray	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	22	Basudevpur	Bijayshree Routray	Biju Janata Dal
Jajpur	23	Sukinda	Prafulla Chandra Ghadai	Janata Dal
	24	Korai	Ashok Kumar Das	Janata Dal	Leader of Opposition
	25	Jajpur (SC)	Suryamani Jena	Janata Dal
	26	Dharamsala	Kalpataru Das	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	26	Dharamsala	Kalpataru Das	Biju Janata Dal
	27	Barchana	Amar Prasad Satpathy	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	27	Barchana	Amar Prasad Satpathy	Biju Janata Dal
	28	Bari-Derabisi	Chinmaya Prasada Behera	Indian National Congress
	29	Binjharpur (SC)	Arjuna Das	Indian National Congress
Kendrapara	30	Aul	Dola Gobinda Nayak	Indian National Congress
	31	Patamundai (SC)	Ganeswar Behera	Indian National Congress
	32	Rajnagar	Nalinikanta Mohanty	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	32	Rajnagar	Nalinikanta Mohanty	Biju Janata Dal
	33	Kendrapara	Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty	Indian National Congress
	34	Patkura	Bijoy Mohapatra	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	34	Patkura	Bijoy Mohapatra	Biju Janata Dal
Jagatsinghpur	35	Tirtol	Basanta Kumar Biswal	Indian National Congress
	36	Ersama	Bijaya Kumar Nayak	Indian National Congress
	37	Balikuda	Lalatendu Mohapatra	Indian National Congress
	38	Jagatsinghpur (SC)	Bishnu Charan Das	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	38	Jagatsinghpur (SC)	Bishnu Charan Das	Biju Janata Dal
Cuttack	39	Kissannagar	Yudhisthir Das	Janata Dal
	40	Mahanga	Sk. Matlub Alli	Indian National Congress
	41	Salepur (SC)	Rabindra Kumar Behera	Indian National Congress
	42	Gobindpur	Panchanan Kanungo	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	42	Gobindpur	Panchanan Kanungo	Biju Janata Dal
	43	Cuttack Sadar	Bijay Lakshmi Sahoo	Indian National Congress
	44	Cuttack City	Samir Dey	Bharatiya Janata Party
	45	Choudwar	Kahnu Charan Lenka	Indian National Congress
	46	Banki	Pravat Tripathy	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	46	Banki	Pravat Tripathy	Biju Janata Dal
	47	Athgarh	Ranendra Pratap Swain	Janata Dal
	48	Baramba	Debiprasad Mishra	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	48	Baramba	Debiprasad Mishra	Biju Janata Dal
Khurda	49	Balipatna (SC)	Hrushikesh Nayak	Janata Dal
	50	Bhubaneswar	Biju Patnaik	Janata Dal	Leader of Opposition, Resigned in May 1996 on his election to 11th Lok Sabha.
	50	Bhubaneswar	Biswabhusan Harichandan	Bharatiya Janata Party	Won in October 1996 Bypoll.
	51	Jatni	Suresh Kumar Routray	Indian National Congress
Puri	52	Pipli	Yudhistir Samantaray	Indian National Congress
	53	Nimapara (SC)	Rabindra Kumar Sethy	Indian National Congress
	54	Kakatpur	Baikunthanath Swain	Indian National Congress	Expired on 2 October 1995.
	54	Kakatpur	Surendra Nath Naik	Janata Dal	Won in May 1996 Bypoll.
	55	Satyabadi	Prasad Kumar Harichandan	Indian National Congress
	56	Puri	Maheswar Mohanty	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	56	Puri	Maheswar Mohanty	Biju Janata Dal
	57	Brahmagiri	Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra	Indian National Congress
Khurda	58	Chilka	Debendra Nath Mansingh	Indian National Congress
	59	Khurda	Prasanna Kumar Patasani	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
			Prasanna Kumar Patasani	Biju Janata Dal	Resigned in March 1998 on his election to 12th Lok Sabha.
			Dilip Shrichandan	Bharatiya Janata Party	Won in June 1998 Bypoll.
	60	Begunia	Harihara Sahoo	Indian National Congress	Resigned in April 1995.
	60	Begunia	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Indian National Congress	Won in 1995 Bypoll. Chief Minister
Nayagarh	61	Ranpur	Ramakanta Mishra	Indian National Congress
	62	Nayagarh	Sitakanta Mishra	Indian National Congress
	63	Khandapara	Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj	Indian National Congress	Deputy Speaker
	64	Daspalla	Rudra Madhab Ray	Janata Dal	Resigned in February 1997 on his election to Zilla Parishad.
	64	Daspalla	Harihar Karan	Independent	Won in May 1997 Bypoll.
Ganjam	65	Jaganathprasad (SC)	Madhaba Nanda Behera	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	65	Jaganathprasad (SC)	Madhaba Nanda Behera	Biju Janata Dal
	66	Bhanjanagar	Bikram Keshari Arukha	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
			Bikram Keshari Arukha	Biju Janata Dal	Disqualified by Supreme Court on 14 September 1999.
			Vacant (since 14 September 1999)
	67	Suruda	Ananta Narayan Singh Deo	Bharatiya Janata Party
	68	Aska	Usha Rani Panda	Indian National Congress
	69	Kabisuryanagar	Harihar Swain	Indian National Congress
	70	Kodala	Ram Krushna Patnaik	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	70	Kodala	Ram Krushna Patnaik	Biju Janata Dal	Leader of Opposition
	71	Khallikote	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	71	Khallikote	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo	Biju Janata Dal
	72	Chatrapur	Daitari Behara	Indian National Congress
	73	Hinjili	Udayanath Nayak	Indian National Congress
	74	Gopalpur (SC)	Rama Chandra Sethy	Janata Dal
	74	Gopalpur (SC)	Rama Chandra Sethy	Biju Janata Dal
	75	Berhampur	Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	75	Berhampur	Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik	Biju Janata Dal
	76	Chikiti	Chintamani Dyan Samantara	Independent	Speaker
Gajapati	77	Mohana	Surjya Narayan Patro	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	77	Mohana	Surjya Narayan Patro	Biju Janata Dal
	78	Ramagiri (ST)	Haladhar Karjee	Indian National Congress
	79	Parlakhemundi	Trinath Sahu	Independent
Rayagada	80	Gunupur (ST)	Akshya Kumar Gomango	Indian National Congress	Expired on 21 April 1995.
	80	Gunupur (ST)	Bhagirathi Gomango	Independent	Won in May 1996 Bypoll.
	81	Bissam-cuttack (ST)	Dambarudhar Ulaka	Indian National Congress
	82	Rayagada (ST)	Ulaka Rama Chandra	Indian National Congress
Koraput	83	Lakshmipur (ST)	Anantaram Majhi	Indian National Congress	Resigned in March 1999.
	83	Lakshmipur (ST)	Giridhar Gamang	Indian National Congress	Won on 1999 Bypoll. Chief Minister
	84	Pottangi (ST)	Ram Chandra Kadam	Indian National Congress
	85	Koraput	Gupta Prasad Das	Indian National Congress
Malkangiri	86	Malkangiri (SC)	Arabinda Dhali	Bharatiya Janata Party
Malkangiri	87	Chitrakonda (ST)	Gangadhar Madi	Indian National Congress
Koraput	88	Kotpad (ST)	Basudev Majhi	Indian National Congress
Koraput	89	Jeypore	Raghunath Patnaik	Indian National Congress
Nowrangpur	90	Nowrangpur	Habibulla Khan	Indian National Congress
	91	Kodinga (ST)	Sadan Nayak	Indian National Congress
	92	Dabugam (ST)	Jadav Majhi	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
			Jadav Majhi	Biju Janata Dal	Expired on 3 April 1999.
			Vacant (since 3 April 1999)
	93	Umarkote (ST)	Parama Pujari	Indian National Congress
Nawapara	94	Nawapara	Ghasiram Majhi	Janata Dal	Expired on 23 April 1997.
	94	Nawapara	Jagannath Patnaik	Indian National Congress	Won in May 1997 Bypoll.
	95	Khariar	Duryodhan Majhi	Janata Dal
Kalahandi	96	Dharamgarh (SC)	Bira Sipka	Janata Dal
	97	Koksara	Roshini Singh Deo	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	97	Koksara	Roshini Singh Deo	Biju Janata Dal
	98	Junagarh	Bikram Keshari Deo	Bharatiya Janata Party	Resigned in March 1998 on his election to 12th Lok Sabha.
	98	Junagarh	Himansu Sekhar Meher	Bharatiya Janata Party	Won in June 1998 Bypoll.
	99	Bhawanipatna (SC)	Pradipta Kumar Naik	Bharatiya Janata Party
	100	Narla (ST)	Balabhadra Majhi	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	100	Narla (ST)	Balabhadra Majhi	Biju Janata Dal
	101	Kesinga	Bhupinder Singh	Indian National Congress
Kandhamal	102	Balliguda (ST)	Sahura Mallick	Indian National Congress
	103	Udayagiri (ST)	Nagarjuna Pradhan	Indian National Congress
	104	Phulbani (SC)	Dasarathi Behera	Independent
Boudh	105	Boudh	Satchidananda Dalal	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
Boudh	105	Boudh	Satchidananda Dalal	Biju Janata Dal	Leader of Opposition
Balangir	106	Titilagarh (SC)	Jogendra Behera	Janata Dal
	107	Kantabanji	Santosh Singh Saluja	Indian National Congress
	108	Patnagarh	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo	Bharatiya Janata Party
	109	Saintala	Surendra Singh Bhoi	Indian National Congress
	110	Loisingha	Balgopal Mishra	Independent
	111	Bolangir	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	111	Bolangir	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo	Biju Janata Dal
Subarnapur	112	Sonepur (SC)	Kunduru Kushal	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
	112	Sonepur (SC)	Kunduru Kushal	Biju Janata Dal
	113	Binka	Narasingha Mishra	Janata Dal
	114	Birmaharajpur	Ram Chandra Pradhan	Indian National Congress
Angul	115	Athmallik	Amarnath Pradhan	Indian National Congress
Angul	116	Angul	Ramesh Jena	Indian National Congress
Dhenkanal	117	Hindol (SC)	Maheswar Naik	Indian National Congress
	118	Dhenkanal	Nabin Chandra Narayandas	Indian National Congress
	119	Gondia	Nandini Satapathy	Indian National Congress
Angul	120	Kamakhyanagar	Kailash Chandra Mohapatra	Indian National Congress	Expired on 17 September 1996.
	120	Kamakhyanagar	Premalata Mohapatra	Indian National Congress	Won in February 1997 Bypoll.
	121	Pallahara	Bibhudhendra Pratap Das	Indian National Congress
	122	Talcher (SC)	Mahesh Sahoo	Bharatiya Janata Party
Bargarh	123	Padampur	Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha	Janata Dal
	124	Melchhamunda	Prakash Chandra Debta	Indian National Congress
	125	Bijepur	Ripunath Seth	Indian National Congress
	126	Bhatli (SC)	Mohan Nag	Indian National Congress
	127	Bargarh	Prasanna Acharya	Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.^[14]
			Prasanna Acharya	Biju Janata Dal	Resigned in March 1998 on his election to 12th Lok Sabha.
			Ananda Acharya	Biju Janata Dal	Won in June 1998 Bypoll.
Sambalpur	128	Sambalpur	Durga Shankar Patanaik	Indian National Congress
Jharsuguda	129	Brajarajnagar	Prasanna Kumar Panda	Communist Party of India	Expired on 26 December 1997.
	129	Brajarajnagar	Keshab Sahoo	Indian National Congress	Won in February 1998 Bypoll.
	130	Jharsuguda	Birendra Chandra Pandey	Indian National Congress
	131	Laikera (ST)	Hemananda Biswal	Indian National Congress	Chief Minister
Sambalpur	132	Kuchinda (ST)	Panu Chandra Naik	Indian National Congress
Sambalpur	133	Rairakhol (SC)	Abhimanyu Kumar	Indian National Congress
Deogarh	134	Deogarh	Pradipta Gang Deb	Janata Dal	Expired on 20 October 1997.
Deogarh	134	Deogarh	Subash Chandra Panigrahi	Bharatiya Janata Party	Won in February 1998 Bypoll.
Sundergarh	135	Sundargarh	Kishore Chandra Patel	Indian National Congress	Speaker
	136	Talsara (ST)	Gajadhar Majhi	Indian National Congress
	137	Rajgangpur (ST)	Mangala Kisan	Janata Dal
	138	Biramitrapur (ST)	George Tirkey	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	139	Rourkela	Prabhat Mohapatra	Indian National Congress
	140	Raghunathpali (ST)	Mansid Ekka	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	141	Bonai (ST)	Jual Oram	Bharatiya Janata Party	Resigned in March 1998 on his election to 12th Lok Sabha.
	141	Bonai (ST)	Janardan Dehury	Indian National Congress	Won in June 1998 Bypoll.
Keonjhar	142	Champua (ST)	Dhanurjay Laguri	Indian National Congress
	143	Patna	Hrushikesh Naik	Indian National Congress
	144	Keonjhar (ST)	Jogendra Naik	Bharatiya Janata Party
	145	Telkoi (ST)	Chandrasena Naik	Indian National Congress
	146	Ramchandrapur	Niranjan Patnaik	Indian National Congress
	147	Anandapur (SC)	Jayadev Jena	Indian National Congress

Bypolls[edit | edit source]

Source
Year	Constituency	Reason for by-poll	Winning candidate
May 1995	Begunia	Resignation of Harihara Sahoo	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Indian National Congress
May 1996	Gunupur (ST)	Death of Akshya Kumar Gomango	Bhagirathi Gomango	Independent
May 1996	Kakatpur	Death of Baikunthanath Swain	Surendra Nath Naik	Janata Dal
October 1996	Soro	Resignation of Kartika Mohapatra	Indurani Mohapatra	Indian National Congress
October 1996	Bhubaneswar	Resignation of Biju Patnaik	Biswabhusan Harichandan	Bharatiya Janata Party
February 1997	Kamakhyanagar	Death of Kailash Chandra Mohapatra	Premalata Mohapatra	Indian National Congress
May 1997	Daspalla	Resignation of Rudra Madhab Ray	Harihar Karan	Independent
May 1997	Nawapara	Death of Ghasiram Majhi	Jagannath Patnaik	Indian National Congress
February 1998	Brajarajnagar	Death of Prasanna Kumar Panda	Keshab Sahoo	Indian National Congress
February 1998	Deogarh	Death of Pradipta Gang Deb	Subash Chandra Panigrahi	Bharatiya Janata Party
June 1998	Bhandaripokhari (SC)	Resignation of Arjun Charan Sethi	Kumarshri Chiranjibi	Indian National Congress
	Khurda	Resignation of Prasanna Kumar Patasani	Dilip Shrichandan	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Junagarh	Resignation of Bikram Keshari Deo	Himansu Sekhar Meher	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Bargarh	Resignation of Prasanna Acharya	Ananda Acharya	Biju Janata Dal
	Bonai (ST)	Resignation of Jual Oram	Janardan Dehury	Indian National Congress
June 1999	Lakshmipur (ST)	Resignation of Anantaram Majhi	Giridhar Gamang	Indian National Congress

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[2] shabarta (2021-04-23). "REMEMBERING THE ONLY JOURNALIST CHIEF MINISTER OF ODISHA |". Retrieved 2025-09-14.

[3] "Ex-Odisha CM Giridhar Gamang's 'homecoming' with wife, son: Back to Congress via BJP, BRS". The Indian Express. 2024-01-18. Retrieved 2025-09-14.

[4] "Odisha ex-CM Hemananda Biswal dead". The Indian Express. 2022-02-26. Retrieved 2025-09-14.

[5] Das, Dr. Sthitaprajna; Panigrahi, Puspalata (14 July 2024). "A study on the state legislative assembly elections in Odisha (1952-2024)" (PDF). International Journal of Political Science and Governance. 6 (2): 28–33 – via E-ISSN: 2664-603X, P-ISSN: 2664-6021.

[assembly.odisha.gov.in-6] 6.0 ^6.1 "Brief History of Odisha Legislative Assembly". Odisha Legislative Assembly. 2025-09-14.

[7] "Patnaik quits, race for CM hots up". The Indian Express. 1999-02-13. Archived from the original on 2025-09-14. Retrieved 2025-09-14.

[8] PTI (2022-10-31). "I am victim of 'super politics', not 1999 Odisha super cyclone: Ex-CM Giridhar Gamang". ThePrint. Retrieved 2025-09-14.

[9] Das, Dr. Sthitaprajna; Panigrahi, Puspalata (14 July 2024). "A study on the state legislative assembly elections in Odisha (1952-2024)" (PDF). International Journal of Political Science and Governance. 6 (2): 28–33 – via E-ISSN: 2664-603X, P-ISSN: 2664-6021.

[10] "Brief History of Odisha Legislative Assembly". Odisha Legislative Assembly. 14 September 2025.

[newindianexpress-11] Service, Express News (26 February 2022). "Odisha's first tribal CM Hemananda Biswal no more". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 14 September 2025.

[12] Das, Dr. Sthitaprajna; Panigrahi, Puspalata (14 July 2024). "A study on the state legislative assembly elections in Odisha (1952-2024)" (PDF). International Journal of Political Science and Governance. 6 (2): 28–33 – via E-ISSN: 2664-603X, P-ISSN: 2664-6021.

[13] "Orissa JD chief quits Assembly post". The Indian Express. 1997-12-15. Archived from the original on 2025-09-14. Retrieved 2025-09-14.

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