List of speakers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly

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Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
ଓଡ଼ିଶା ବିଧାନ ସଭାର ବାଚସ୍ପତି
Incumbent
Surama Padhy
since 20 June 2024
Odisha Legislative Assembly
StyleHonourable Speaker Sir/Madam
ମାନ୍ୟବର ବାଚସ୍ପତି ମହୋଦୟ / ମହୋଦୟା
Member ofOdisha Legislative Assembly
ResidenceResidence of the Speaker, Bhubaneswar
SeatOffice of the Speaker, Odisha Legislative Assembly
AppointerMembers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Term lengthDuration of the Assembly i.e. 5 years
Inaugural holderMukunda Prasad Das
DeputyBhabani Shankar Bhoi
Salary
  • ₹368,000 (US$5,200)/monthly
  • ₹4,416,000 (US$62,000)/annually

The Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Odisha, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Odisha.[1]

In the Republic of India, the various central and state legislatures are presided by either a Speaker or a Chairman. The Speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Odisha Legislative Assembly after the General elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the Vidhan Sabha. The Speaker holds office until either they ceases to be a member of the Vidhan Sabha or he himself resigns. The Speaker can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the Vidhan Sabha by an effective majority of its members. In the absence of a Speaker, the meeting of Odisha Legislative Assembly is presided over by the Deputy Speaker.[2]

List of Speakers[edit | edit source]

# Portrait Name
(lifespan)
Constituency 		Tenure Chief Minister Assembly
(Election) 		Party
1 Mukunda Prasad Das
(1887–1969)
Member from Central Balasore Sadar 		28 July 1937 29 May 1946 8 years, 305 days Krushna Chandra Gajapati

Bishwanath Das

Krushna Chandra Gajapati

1st Provisional
(1937) 		Indian National Congress
2 Lal Mohan Patnaik
(1891–1956)
Member from Indian Christian 		29 May 1946 6 March 1952 5 years, 282 days Harekrushna Mahatab 2nd Provincial
(1946)
3 Nanda Kishore Das
(died 1986)
MLA from Soro 		6 March 1952 27 May 1957 5 years, 82 days Nabakrushna Choudhuri 1st
(1952)
4 Nilakantha Das
(1884–1967)
MLA from Satyabadi 		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)
MLA from Kodala East 		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)
MLA from Loisingha 		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)
MLA from Loisingha 		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)
MLA from Puri 		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)
MLA from Puri 		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)
MLA from Bhubaneswar 		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)
MLA from Bhanjanagar 		12 June 1980 11 February 1984 3 years, 244 days Janaki Ballabh Patnaik 8th
(1980) 		Indian National Congress
10 Prasanna Kumar Dash
(1919–2005)
MLA from Baripada 		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)
MLA from Kissannagar 		9 March 1990 22 March 1995 5 years, 13 days Biju Patnaik 10th
(1990) 		Janata Dal
12 Kishore Chandra Patel
(born 1946)
MLA from Sundargarh 		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)
MLA from Chikiti 		16 February 1996 10 March 2000 4 years, 23 days Independent
14 Sarat Kumar Kar
(1939–2020)
MLA from Mahanga 		10 March 2000 21 May 2004 4 years, 72 days Naveen Patnaik 12th
(2000) 		Biju Janata Dal
15 Maheswar Mohanty
(1956–2023)
MLA from Puri 		21 May 2004 31 March 2008 3 years, 315 days 13th
(2004)
16 Prahlad Dora
(1946–2021)
MLA from Chitrakonda 		31 March 2008 19 August 2008 141 days Bharatiya Janata Party
17 Kishore Kumar Mohanty
(1958–2021)
MLA from Jharsuguda 		19 August 2008 25 May 2009 279 days Biju Janata Dal
18 Pradip Kumar Amat
(born 1952)
MLA from Boudh 		25 May 2009 20 May 2014 4 years, 360 days 14th
(2009)
19 Niranjan Pujari
(born 1961)
MLA from Sonepur 		26 May 2014 6 May 2017 2 years, 345 days 15th
(2014)
20 Pradip Kumar Amat
(born 1952)
MLA from Boudh 		16 May 2017 31 May 2019 2 years, 15 days
21 Surjya Narayan Patro
(1948–2023)
MLA from Digapahandi 		1 June 2019 4 June 2022 3 years, 3 days 16th
(2019)
22 Bikram Keshari Arukha
(born 1962)
MLA from Bhanjanagar 		13 June 2022 12 May 2023 333 days
23 Pramila Mallik
(born 1963)
MLA from Binjharpur 		22 September 2023 3 June 2024 255 days
24 Surama Padhy
(born 1960)
MLA from Ranpur 		20 June 2024 incumbent 2 years, 36 days Mohan Charan Majhi 17th
(2024) 		Bharatiya Janata Party

List of Deputy Speakers[edit | edit source]

Percentage of Tenure (in days) for Odisha Speakers by Party (1937–Present)

  INC (49.4%)
  BJD (26.8%)
  Swatantra (8.0%)
  Janata Dal (5.8%)
  Independent (4.6%)
  Janata Party (3.4%)
  BJP (2.1%)
# 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, 2 days 17th Bharatiya Janata Party

List of Pro tem Speakers[edit | edit source]

Assembly Year Name Party
1st Provincial 1937 Bichitrananda Das Independent
2nd Provincial 1946 Lakshminarayan Sahu Indian National Congress
1st 1952 Maulabi Mahammed Hanif Indian National Congress
2nd 1957 Nanda Kishore Das Indian National Congress
3rd 1961 Lingaraj Panigrahi Indian National Congress
4th 1967 Harihar Bahinipati Praja Socialist Party
5th 1971 Narayan Birabar Samanta Utkal Congress
6th 1974 Chintamani Jena Indian National Congress
7th 1977 Surendranath Naik Janata Party
8th 1980 Prasanna Kumar Dash Indian National Congress
9th 1985 Shraddhakar Supakar Indian National Congress
10th 1990 Ghasiram Majhi Janata Dal
11th 1995 Ghasiram Majhi Janata Dal
12th 2000 Habibullah Khan Indian National Congress
13th 2004 Habibullah Khan Indian National Congress
14th 2009 V. Sugnana Kumari Deo Biju Janata Dal
15th 2014 V. Sugnana Kumari Deo Biju Janata Dal
16th 2019 Amar Prasad Satpathy Biju Janata Dal
17th 2024 Ranendra Pratap Swain Biju Janata Dal

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "page error". odishaassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Brief history" (PDF). odishaassembly.nic.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
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