| 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |||||
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 Front view of Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneshwar (2010) | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Meeting place | Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India | ||||
| Term | 25 May 2019 – 3 June 2024 | ||||
| Election | 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election | ||||
| Government | Biju Janata Dal | ||||
| Opposition | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
| Website | assembly | ||||
| Odisha Legislative Assembly | |||||
 House Composition as on 2023 | |||||
| Members | 147 | ||||
| Governor | Ganeshi Lal Raghubar Das | ||||
| Speaker | Surjya Narayan Patro, BJD Bikram Keshari Arukha, BJD Pramila Mallik, BJD | ||||
| Deputy Speaker | Rajanikant Singh, BJD Saluga Pradhan, BJD | ||||
| Leader of the House (Chief Minister) | Naveen Patnaik, BJD | ||||
| Leader of Opposition | Pradipta Kumar Naik, BJP Jayanarayan Mishra, BJP | ||||
| Party control | BJD (112/147) | ||||
The Sixteenth Odisha Legislative Assembly was convened on after 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election. Biju Janata Dal led by Naveen Patnaik formed government for a record 5th time.[1][2]
Brief history[edit | edit source]
Following BJD's victory in 2019 election, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik along with his council of ministers were sworn in by Governor Ganeshi Lal on 29 May 2019.[3][4][5] Entire cabinet was reshuffled on 5 June 2022[6] & expanded on 22 May 2023.[7] After a major upset for BJD in 2024 Odisha Assembly election, Shri Patnaik submitted his resignation to Governor on 4 June 2024, paving way for new BJP govt. He continued as Caretaker CM till 12 June 2024.[8] The house got its first women speaker as Smt Pramila Mallik was elected unopposed on 22 September 2023.[9]
House composition[edit | edit source]
| Party | Strength | |
|---|---|---|
| Assembly Begins | Assembly Dissolves | |
| Biju Janata Dal | 112 | 108 |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 23 | 22 |
| Indian National Congress | 9 | 9 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | 1 |
| Independent | 1 | 4 |
| Vacant | 1 | 3 |
Office bearers[edit | edit source]
| Post[10] | Portrait | Name | Tenure | Party | ||
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Ganeshi Lal | Assembly Begins | 30 October 2023 | N/A | |
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Raghubar Das | 31 October 2023 | Assembly Dissolves | |||
| Speaker | 
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Surjya Narayan Patro MLA from Digapahandi |
1 June 2019 | 4 June 2022 | Biju Janata Dal | |
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Bikram Keshari Arukha MLA from Bhanjanagar |
13 June 2022 | 12 May 2023 | |||
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Pramila Mallik MLA from Binjharpur |
22 September 2023 | 4 June 2024 | |||
| Deputy Speaker | 
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Rajanikant Singh MLA from Angul |
27 June 2019 | 8 November 2023 | Biju Janata Dal | |
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Saluga Pradhan MLA from G. Udayagiri |
21 November 2023 | 5 June 2024 | |||
| Leader of the House (Chief Minister) Leader of BJD Legislature Party |
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Naveen Patnaik MLA from Hinjili |
29 May 2019 | 11 June 2024 | Biju Janata Dal | |
| Minister for Parliamentary Affairs |
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Bikram Keshari Arukha MLA from Bhanjanagar |
29 May 2019 | 5 June 2022 | Biju Janata Dal | |
|
Niranjan Pujari MLA from Sonepur |
5 June 2022 | 11 June 2024 | |||
| Leader of Opposition
Leader of BJP Legislature Party |
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Pradipta Kumar Naik MLA from Bhawanipatna |
5 June 2019 | 30 July 2022 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
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Jayanarayan Mishra MLA from Sambalpur |
30 July 2022 | 5 June 2024 | |||
| Leader of Congress Legislature Party | 
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Narasingha Mishra MLA from Bolangir |
5 June 2019 | 5 June 2024 | Indian National Congress | |
| Pro tem Speaker | 
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Amar Prasad Satpathy MLA from Barchana |
29 May 2019 | 31 May 2019 | Biju Janata Dal | |
Council of Ministers[edit | edit source]
| S.No | Name | Constituency | Department | Party | |
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| 1. | Naveen Patnaik Chief Minister |
Hinjili |
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BJD | |
| Cabinet Ministers | |||||
| 2. | Niranjan Pujari | Sonepur |
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BJD | |
| 3. | Bikram Keshari Arukha | Bhanjanagar |
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BJD | |
| 4. | Prafulla Kumar Mallik | Kamakshyanagar |
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BJD | |
| 5. | Ranendra Pratap Swain | Athagarh |
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BJD | |
| 6. | Padmanabha Behera | Birmaharajpur |
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BJD | |
| 7. | Pratap Jena | Mahanga |
|
BJD | |
| 8. | Aruna Kumar Sahoo | Nayagarh |
|
BJD | |
| 9. | Sudam Marndi | Bangriposi |
|
BJD | |
| 10. | Susanta Singh | Bhatli |
|
BJD | |
| 11. | Naba Kisore Das | Jharsuguda |
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BJD | |
| 12. | Tukuni Sahu | Titlagarh |
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BJD | |
| Ministers of State | |||||
| 13. | Jagannath Saraka | Bissam Cuttack |
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BJD | |
| 14. | Dibya Shankar Mishra | Junagarh |
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BJD | |
| 15. | Ashok Chandra Panda | Ekamra Bhubaneswar |
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BJD | |
| 16. | Samir Ranjan Das | Nimapara |
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BJD | |
| 17. | Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi | Simulia |
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BJD | |
| 18. | Premananda Nayak | Telkoi |
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BJD | |
| 19. | Raghunandan Das | Balikuda-Erasama |
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BJD | |
| 20. | Padmini Dian | Kotpad |
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BJD | |
| 21. | Tusharkanti Behera | Kakatpur |
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BJD | |
Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
By-polls[edit | edit source]
| Year | Constituency | Reason for by-poll | Winning candidate | Party | |
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| Oct 2019 | Bijepur | Resignation of Naveen Patnaik | Rita Sahu | Biju Janata Dal | |
| Nov 2020 | Balasore | Death of Madanmohan Dutta | Swarup Kumar Das | ||
| Tirtol (SC) | Death of Bishnu Charan Das | Bijay Shankar Das | |||
| Oct 2021 | Pipili | Death of Pradeep Maharathy | Rudra Pratap Maharathy | ||
| Jun 2022 | Brajarajnagar | Death of Kishore Kumar Mohanty | Alka Mohanty | ||
| Nov 2022 | Dhamnagar (SC) | Death of Bishnu Charan Sethi | Suryabanshi Suraj | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Dec 2022 | Padampur | Death of Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha | Barsha Singh Bariha | Biju Janata Dal | |
| Jun 2023 | Jharsuguda | Death of Naba Das | Dipali Das | ||
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "List of Elected Candidates to OLA 2019" (PDF). 2019.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Das, Prafulla (29 May 2019). "List of Ministers and their portfolios in Naveen Patnaik's Cabinet". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ Standard, Business. "Naveen Patnaik govt to have 21 ministers, 10 new faces". www.business-standard.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2025. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ↑ "Odisha govt releases list of newly inducted Council of Ministers". ANI News. Archived from the original on 28 January 2025. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ "Odisha cabinet reshuffle: 21 ministers sworn in, 9 retained, 11 dropped". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ↑ "Naveen Patnaik Inducts Three More Ministers Into Odisha Cabinet". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ "Naveen Patnaik resigns as Odisha CM, paves way for new BJP government". Hindustan Times. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ↑ PTI (22 September 2023). "Odisha Assembly gets its first woman Speaker as Pramila Mallik elected unopposed". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 April 2026.
- ↑ "Odisha Legislative Assembly". odishaassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ "BJD MLA Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha passes away in Bhubaneswar hospital". Hindustan Times. 3 October 2022. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ↑ Barik, Satyasundar (8 December 2022). "Odisha bypoll 2022 | BJD wins Padmapur Assembly byelection in Odisha". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ "Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik resigns from Bijepur constituency, retains Hinjili - CNBC TV18". CNBCTV18. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ "BJD MLA Kishore Mohanty No More, Condolences Pour In". BJD MLA Kishore Mohanty No More, Condolences Pour In. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ "Odisha: BJD candidate Alaka Mohanty records landslide victory in Brajrajnagar bypoll". India Today. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ "Odisha Health Minister Naba Kisore Das shot dead by police officer". The Hindu. 29 January 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ↑ "BJD's Dipali Das Wins Key Odisha Election By Over 48,000 Votes". www.ndtv.com. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Odisha Speaker disqualifies two BJD MLAs who switched over to BJP". Sakshi Post. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ↑ "Odisha MLA Madan Mohan Dutta dies of heart attack". The Times of India. 17 June 2020. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Twin loss for BJP in Odisha, ruling BJD wins Balasore, Tirtol Assembly seats in bypolls". India Today. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "Expulsion of 2 MLAs conveys Naveen's zero tolerance to wrongdoing: BJD". The Times of India. 21 September 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ "Odisha: Bishnu Charan Sethi, deputy leader of opposition, dies at 61". The Times of India. 20 September 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ "BJP wins Dhamnagar; first bypoll loss for BJD since 2009". The Times of India. 7 November 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ "Odisha: Congress suspends Mohammed Moquim and Chiranjib Biswal". The Times of India. 16 July 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ "Cong revokes suspension of Moquim and Biswal". The Times of India. 24 January 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ archive, From our online (6 July 2020). "Veteran BJD leader Bishnu Charan Das dies at 66". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ Barik, Satyasundar (4 October 2020). "Veteran BJD MLA Pradeep Maharathy passes away". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ "BJD Retains Pipili, Rudra Pratap Maharathy Wins Bypolls By 20,916 Votes". www.ndtv.com. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ Barik, Satyasundar (15 April 2024). "Veteran Odisha Congress leader Suresh Routray expelled from party". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ Prameela, K (29 November 2020). "BJD expels Gopalpur MLA Pradeep Panigrahy over IFS officer link". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ↑ "BJD veteran, former minister and Assembly Speaker Surjya Narayan Patro dies at 75". The Indian Express. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2025.