The Sixteenth Odisha Vidhan Sabha was convened on after 2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election. Biju Janata Dal led by Naveen Patnaik formed government for a record 5th time.[1][2]
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| Overview | |||||
| Meeting place | Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India | ||||
| Term | May 2014 – May 2019 | ||||
| Election | 2014 | ||||
| Government | Biju Janata Dal | ||||
| Opposition | Indian National Congress | ||||
| Website | odishaassembly | ||||
| Odisha Legislative Assembly | |||||
| Members | 147 | ||||
| Governor | S. C. Jamir Satya Pal Malik (Additional Charge) Ganeshi Lal | ||||
| Speaker | Niranjan Pujari, BJD Pradip Kumar Amat, BJD | ||||
| Deputy Speaker | Sananda Marndi, BJD | ||||
| Leader of the House (Chief Minister) | Naveen Patnaik, BJD | ||||
| Leader of Opposition | Narasingha Mishra, INC | ||||
| Party control | BJD (117/147) | ||||
House Composition
edit| Time Period | Strength | BJD | INC | BJP | CPM | SKD | IND |
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| Assembly Begins | 147 | 117 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Assembly Concludes | 147 | 118 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Office Bearers
edit| Post | Potrait | Name | Tenure | Party | ||
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S. C. Jamir | Assembly Begins | 20 March 2018 | N/A | |
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Satya Pal Malik (Additional Charge) |
21 March 2018 | 28 May 2018 | |||
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Ganeshi Lal | 29 May 2018 | Assembly Dissolves | |||
| Speaker | 
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Niranjan Pujari MLA from Sonepur |
26 May 2014 | 6 May 2017 | Biju Janata Dal | |
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Pradip Kumar Amat MLA from Boudh |
16 May 2017 | 31 May 2019 | |||
| Deputy Speaker | 
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Sananda Marndi MLA from Baripada |
16 June 2014 | 30 May 2019 | Biju Janata Dal | |
| Leader of the House (Chief Minister) Leader of BJD Legislature Party |
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Naveen Patnaik MLA from Hinjili |
21 May 2014 | 28 May 2019 | Biju Janata Dal | |
| Leader of Opposition Leader of Congress Legislature Party |
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Narasingha Mishra MLA from Bolangir |
11 June 2014 | 29 May 2019 | Indian National Congress | |
| Leader of BJP Legislature Party | 
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Basanta Kumar Panda MLA from Nuapada |
June 2014 | May 2019 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Council of Ministers
editChief Minister Naveen Patnaik along with 10 Cabinet Ministers and 10 Minister of State with Independent Charges were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor S. C. Jamir at the Raj Bhavan, Bhubaneswar on 21 May 2014.[3][4]
First major Cabinet reshuffle took place on 8 May 2017 with induction of 10 new minister.[5][6][7] Second minor Cabinet reshuffle took place on 5 February 2008.[8][9]
| Portfolio | Name | Portrait | Constituency | Tenure | Party | ||
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Naveen Patnaik |
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Hinjili | 20 May 2014 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | |
| 20 May 2014 | 3 March 2018 | BJD | |||||
| 7 May 2017 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | |||||
| Cabinet Minister | |||||||
| Pradip Kumar Amat |
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Boudh | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Shashi Bhusan Behera | 
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Kendrapara | 7 May 2017 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| Pradip Kumar Amat |
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Boudh | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Damodar Rout | 
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Paradeep | 7 May 2017 | 22 December 2017 | BJD | ||
| Shashi Bhusan Behera |
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Kendrapara | 22 December 2017 | 3 March 2018 | BJD | ||
| Bikram Keshari Arukha | 
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Bhanjanagar | 3 March 2018 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| Pradip Kumar Amat |
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Boudh | 21 October 2016 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Pratap Jena | 
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Mahanga | 7 May 2017 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| BJD | |||||||
| Damodar Rout |
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Paradeep | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Shashi Bhusan Behera |
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Kendrapara | 7 May 2017 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| Damodar Rout |
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Paradeep | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Surjya Narayan Patro | 
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Digapahandi | 7 May 2017 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| BJD | |||||||
| Debi Prasad Mishra | 
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Baramba | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Niranjan Pujari |
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Sonepur | 7 May 2017 | 3 March 2018 | BJD | ||
| Debi Prasad Mishra |
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Baramba | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Badri Narayan Patra | 
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Ghasipura | 7 May 2017 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| BJD | |||||||
| Pradeep Maharathy | 
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Pipili | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Damodar Rout |
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Paradeep | 7 May 2017 | 22 December 2017 | BJD | ||
| Pradeep Maharathy |
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Pipili | 22 December 2017 | 6 January 2019 | BJD | ||
| Shashi Bhusan Behera |
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Kendrapara | 6 January 2019 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| Pradeep Maharathy |
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Pipili | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Damodar Rout |
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Paradeep | 7 May 2017 | 22 December 2017 | BJD | ||
| Pradeep Maharathy |
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Pipili | 22 December 2017 | 6 January 2019 | BJD | ||
| Shashi Bhusan Behera |
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Kendrapara | 6 January 2019 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| Pradeep Maharathy |
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Pipili | 7 May 2017 | 6 January 2019 | BJD | ||
| Ramesh Chandra Majhi | 
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Jharigam | 6 January 2019 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| Bijayshree Routray | 
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Basudevpur | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Maheswar Mohanty | .JPG)
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Puri | 7 May 2017 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| Bikram Keshari Arukha |
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Bhanjanagar | 20 May 2014 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | |||||
| Bijayshree Routray |
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Basudevpur | 7 May 2017 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| Badri Narayan Patra |
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Ghasipura | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Bikram Keshari Arukha |
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Bhanjanagar | 7 May 2017 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| 21 October 2016 | 3 March 2018 | BJD | |||||
| Pratap Jena |
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Mahanga | 3 March 2018 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| Usha Devi | 
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Chikiti | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Prafulla Samal | 
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Bhandaripokhari | 7 May 2017 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| BJD | |||||||
| Usha Devi |
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Chikiti | 20 May 2014 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| 7 May 2017 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | |||||
| 27 May 2015 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | |||||
| Prafulla Samal |
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Bhandaripokhari | 7 May 2017 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| Lal Bihari Himirika | 
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Rayagada | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Ramesh Chandra Majhi |
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Jharigam | 7 May 2017 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| Jogendra Behera | 
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Loisingha | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Prafulla Samal |
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Bhandaripokhari | 7 May 2017 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| Jogendra Behera |
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Loisingha | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Puspendra Singh Deo | 
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Dharmagarh | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Niranjan Pujari |
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Sonepur | 7 May 2017 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| 3 March 2018 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | |||||
| Prafulla Kumar Mallik | 
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Kamakshyanagar | 7 May 2017 | 3 March 2018 | BJD | ||
| 7 May 2017 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | |||||
| 3 March 2018 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | |||||
| Ministers of State with Independent Charges | |||||||
| Ashok Chandra Panda | 
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Ekamra Bhubaneswar | 20 May 2014 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| Snehangini Chhuria | 
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Attabira | 20 May 2014 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| Prafulla Kumar Mallik |
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Kamakshyanagar | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| BJD | |||||||
| Susanta Singh | 
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Bhatli | 7 May 2017 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| Ramesh Chandra Majhi |
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Jharigam | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Nrusingha Charan Sahu | 
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Parjanga | 7 May 2017 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak | 
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Mahakalapada | 20 May 2014 | 21 October 2016 | BJD | ||
| Arun Kumar Sahoo | 
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Nayagarh | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Sanjay Kumar Das Burma | 
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Brahmagiri | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Sudam Marndi | 
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Bangriposi | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Chandra Sarathi Behera | 
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Cuttack Sadar | 7 May 2017 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| Pranab Prakash Das | 
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Jajpur | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Chandra Sarathi Behera |
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Cuttack Sadar | 7 May 2017 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| Pranab Prakash Das |
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Jajpur | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| Susanta Singh |
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Bhatli | 3 March 2018 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy | 
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Gopalpur | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
| BJD | |||||||
| Ananta Das | 
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Bhograi | 7 May 2017 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | ||
| 3 March 2018 | 28 May 2019 | BJD | |||||
| Ministers of State | |||||||
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Sudam Marndi |
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Bangriposi | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | |
| Snehangini Chhuria |
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Attabira | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
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Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy |
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Gopalpur | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | |
| Pranab Prakash Das |
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Jajpur | 20 May 2014 | 7 May 2017 | BJD | ||
Bypolls
edit| Year | Constituency | Reason for by-poll | Winning candidate | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2018 | Bijepur | Death of Subal Sahu | Rita Sahu | Biju Janata Dal | |
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