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The Odisha Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Odisha state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubaneswar, the capital of the state. The Legislative Assembly comprises 147 Members of Legislative Assembly. 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). It was announced by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik that the Sachivalaya or the Secretariat building in Bhubaneswar will be called Lok Seva Bhavan.
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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.[3] 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).[4]
History
List of Assembly Sessions of Odisha Legislative Assembly[5]
- ^ Following cross voting in 2026 Rajya sabha polls, 3 members from INC & 8 members from BJD were suspended from their respective parties for ''anti party activities''. Both parties have filed disqualification petition against these members with the Speaker. As the members were elected against party symbol, they are still considered as party member in the assembly, but there seatings has been changed to reflect their suspension. They will continue to be member of the house unless otherwise.[1][2]
- ^ Following cross voting in 2026 Rajya sabha polls, 3 members from INC & 8 members from BJD were suspended from their respective parties for ''anti party activities''. Both parties have filed disqualification petition against these members with the Speaker. As the members were elected against party symbol, they are still considered as party member in the assembly, but there seatings has been changed to reflect their suspension. They will continue to be member of the house unless otherwise.[1][2]
- ^ 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
| Position | Portrait | Name | Tenure | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Raghubar Das | Assembly Begins | 2 January 2025 | N/A | ||
| 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) Leader of BJP Legislature Party |
Mohan Charan Majhi MLA from Keonjhar |
12 June 2024 | Incumbent | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| Deputy Leader of the House (Deputy Chief Minister) Deputy Leader of BJP Legislature Party |
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
Speakers of Odisha Legislative Assembly
List of Speakers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly[5]
| # | 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
|
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 | 1 year, 297 days | Mohan Charan Majhi | 17th (2024) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Deputy Speakers of Odisha Legislative Assembly
List of Deputy Speakers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly[5]
| # | Portrait | Name (lifespan) Constituency |
Tenure | Speaker | Assembly (Election) |
Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nanda Kishore Das (died 1986) Member from South Balasore Sadar |
28 July 1937 | 14 September 1945 | 8 years, 48 days | Mukunda Prasad Das | 1st Provisional (1937) |
Indian National Congress | ||
| 2 | Adruti Lakshmi Bai (died 1986) Member from Berhampur Town |
29 May 1946 | 20 February 1952 | 5 years, 267 days | Lal Mohan Patnaik | 2nd Provincial (1946) | |||
| 3 | Maulabi Mahammed Hanif MLA from Bhadrak |
8 March 1952 | 4 March 1957 | 4 years, 361 days | Nanda Kishore Das | 1st (1952) | |||
| 4 | Jadumani Mangaraj (died 1964) MLA from Barchana |
29 May 1957 | 25 February 1961 | 3 years, 272 days | Nilakantha Das | 2nd (1957) | |||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (25 February – 23 June 1961) | |||||||||
| 5 | Lokanath Mishra (1909–1967) MLA from Patkura |
28 August 1961 | 1 March 1967 | 5 years, 185 days | Lingaraj Panigrahi | 3rd (1961) |
Indian National Congress | ||
| 6 | Harihar Bahinipati (1927–2005) MLA from Puri |
29 March 1967 | 11 January 1971 | 3 years, 288 days | Nandakishore Mishra | 4th (1967) |
Praja Socialist Party | ||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (11 January – 3 April 1971) | |||||||||
| 7 | Narayan Birabar Samanta (1900–1999) MLA from Erasama |
6 May 1971 | 3 March 1973 | 1 year, 301 days | Nandakishore Mishra | 5th (1971) |
Utkal Congress | ||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (3 March 1973 – 6 March 1974) | |||||||||
| 8 | Chintamani Jena (1929–2008) MLA from Basta |
29 March 1974 | 16 December 1976 | 2 years, 262 days | Brajamohan Mohanty | 6th (1974) |
Indian National Congress | ||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (16 December – 29 December 1976) | |||||||||
| (8) | Chintamani Jena (1929–2008) MLA from Basta |
30 December 1976 | 30 April 1977 | 121 days | Brajamohan Mohanty | 6th (1974) |
Indian National Congress | ||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (30 April – 26 June 1977) | |||||||||
| 9 | Surendra Nath Naik (1937–2024) MLA from Kakatpur |
27 July 1977 | 17 February 1980 | 2 years, 205 days | Satyapriya Mohanty | 7th (1977) |
Janata Party | ||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (17 February – 9 June 1980) | |||||||||
| 10 | Himansu Sekhar Padhi (died 2022) MLA from Boudh |
2 July 1980 | 9 March 1985 | 4 years, 250 days | Somnath Rath
Prasanna Kumar Dash |
8th (1980) |
Indian National Congress | ||
| 11 | Chintamani Dyan Samantra (born 1940) MLA from Chikiti |
18 March 1985 | 3 March 1990 | 4 years, 350 days | Prasanna Kumar Dash | 9th (1985) | |||
| 12 | Prahlad Dora (1946–2021) MLA from Chitrakonda |
20 March 1990 | 15 March 1995 | 4 years, 360 days | Yudhistir Das | 10th (1990) |
Janata Dal | ||
| (11) | Chintamani Dyan Samantra (born 1940) MLA from Chikiti |
28 March 1995 | 12 February 1996 | 321 days | Kishore Chandra Patel | 11th (1995) |
Independent | ||
| 13 | Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj (1955–2025) MLA from Khandapada |
15 March 1996 | 29 February 2000 | 3 years, 351 days | Chintamani Dyan Samantra | Indian National Congress | |||
| 14 | Rama Chandra Panda (born 1949) MLA from Chhatrapur |
27 March 2000 | 6 February 2004 | 3 years, 316 days | Sarat Kumar Kar | 12th (2000) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| (12) | Prahlad Dora (1946–2021) MLA from Chitrakonda |
3 July 2004 | 19 May 2009 | 4 years, 320 days | Maheswar Mohanty
Prahlad Dora Kishore Kumar Mohanty |
13th (2004) | |||
| 15 | Lal Bihari Himirika (born 1948) MLA from Rayagada |
10 June 2009 | 10 May 2011 | 1 year, 334 days | Pradip Kumar Amat | 14th (2009) |
Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 16 | Sananda Marndi (born 1971) MLA from Baripada |
17 August 2011 | 18 May 2014 | 2 years, 274 days | |||||
| 16 June 2014 | 29 May 2019 | 4 years, 347 days | Niranjan Pujari
Pradip Kumar Amat |
15th (2014) | |||||
| 17 | Rajanikant Singh (born 1955) MLA from Angul |
27 June 2019 | 8 November 2023 | 4 years, 134 days | Surjya Narayan Patro
Bikram Keshari Arukha |
16th (2019) | |||
| 18 | Saluga Pradhan (born 1959) MLA from G. Udayagiri |
21 November 2023 | 3 June 2024 | 195 days | Pramila Mallik | ||||
| 19 | Bhabani Shankar Bhoi (born 1980) MLA from Talasara |
24 July 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 263 days | Surama Padhy | 17th (2024) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Leader of Opposition of Odisha Legislative Assembly
List of leaders of the opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly[5]
| # | Portrait | Name (lifespan) Constituency |
Tenure | Chief Minister | Assembly (Election) |
Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shraddhakar Supakar (1914–1993) MLA from Rairakhol |
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) MLA from Titlagarh |
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) MLA from Kantabanji |
21 June 1961 | 1 March 1967 | 5 years, 253 days | Biju Patnaik
|
3rd (1961) |
All India Ganatantra Parishad | |
| 3 |
|
Sadashiva Tripathy (1910–1980) MLA from Nowrangpur |
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) MLA from Berhampur |
4 May 1971 | 14 June 1972 | 1 year, 41 days | Bishwanath Das | 5th (1971) |
Indian National Congress | ||
| (2) |
|
Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo (1912–1975) MLA from Bolangir |
14 June 1972 | 9 February 1973 | 240 days | Nandini Satpathy | Swatantra Party | ||
| 5 |
|
Biju Patnaik (1916–1997) MLA from Rajanagar |
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) MLA from Rajanagar |
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) MLA from Rajanagar |
30 December 1976 | 24 March 1977 | 84 days | Binayak Acharya | 6th (1974) |
Bharatiya Lok Dal | |
| 6 | Ram Prasad Mishra (1920–2014) MLA from Kantabanji |
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) MLA from Begunia |
29 June 1977 | 20 February 1978 | 236 days | Nilamani Routray | 7th (1977) |
Indian National Congress (R) | ||
| 8 | Brundaban Nayak (1912–1984) MLA from Hinjili |
20 February 1978 | 3 September 1979 | 1 year, 195 days | Indian National Congress (I) | ||||
| 9 | Prahlad Mallik (1929–1990) MLA from Patkura |
3 September 1979 | 13 February 1980 | 163 days | Orissa Janata Party | ||||
| 10 | Ananta Narayan Singh Deo (1929–2003) MLA from Surada |
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[a] | 9 June 1980 | 1 April 1984 | 3 years, 297 days | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | 8th (1980) |
No Official Opposition | ||
| 11 | Sarat Kumar Deb (1944–1988) MLA from Aul |
2 April 1984 | 10 March 1985 | 342 days | Janata Party (Secular) | ||||
| (5) |
|
Biju Patnaik (1916–1997) MLA from Bhubaneswar |
22 March 1985 | 3 March 1990 | 4 years, 346 days | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
|
9th (1985) |
Janata Party | |
| - | Vacant[b] | 5 March 1990 | 15 March 1995 | 5 years, 10 days | Biju Patnaik | 10th (1990) |
No Official Opposition | ||
| (5) |
|
Biju Patnaik (1916–1997) MLA from Bhubaneswar |
23 March 1995 | 20 May 1996 | 1 year, 58 days | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
|
11th (1995) |
Janata Dal | |
| 12 | Ashok Kumar Das (1942–2008) MLA from Korei |
22 May 1996 | 17 December 1997 | 1 year, 209 days | |||||
| 13 | Ram Krushna Patnaik (1940–2021) MLA from Kodala |
22 February 1998 | 16 November 1998 | 267 days | Biju Janata Dal | ||||
| 14 | Prafulla Samal (born 1947) MLA from Bhadrak |
16 November 1998 | 1 December 1998 | 15 days | |||||
| 15 | Satchidananda Dalal (born 1941) MLA from Boudh |
11 December 1998 | 29 February 2000 | 1 year, 80 days | |||||
| 16 | Ramakanta Mishra (born 1944) MLA from Ranpur |
21 March 2000 | 6 February 2004 | 3 years, 322 days | Naveen Patnaik | 12th (2000) |
Indian National Congress | ||
| 17 | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927–2015) MLA from Begunia |
4 June 2004 | 24 January 2009 | 4 years, 234 days | 13th (2004) | ||||
| 18 | Ramachandra Ulaka (1935–2011) MLA from Rayagada |
24 January 2009 | 19 May 2009 | 115 days | |||||
| 19 | Bhupinder Singh (born 1951) MLA from Narla |
27 May 2009 | 10 March 2014 | 4 years, 287 days | 14th (2009) | ||||
| 20 | Narasingha Mishra (born 1940) MLA from Bolangir |
11 June 2014 | 29 May 2019 | 4 years, 352 days | 15th (2014) | ||||
| 21 | Pradipta Kumar Naik (born 1966) MLA from Bhawanipatna |
25 June 2019 | 30 July 2022 | 3 years, 35 days | 16th (2019) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 22 | Jayanarayan Mishra (born 1963) MLA from Sambalpur |
30 July 2022 | 4 June 2024 | 1 year, 310 days | |||||
| 23 | Naveen Patnaik (born 1946) MLA from Hinjili |
19 June 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 298 days | Mohan Charan Majhi | 17th (2024) |
Biju Janata Dal | ||
See also
- 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
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "BJD suspends 6 MLAs for RS cross-voting". The Times of India. 22 March 2026. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d "Brief history" (PDF). odishaassembly.nic.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ a b "BJD suspends 2 MLAs, cites anti-party activities". The Times of India. 16 January 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.
External links
- Odisha Legislative Assembly website Archived 30 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine



