15th Odisha Legislative Assembly

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]

15th Odisha Legislative Assembly
14th Assembly 16th Assembly
Overview
Meeting placeOdisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India
TermMay 2014 – May 2019
Election2014
GovernmentBiju Janata Dal
OppositionIndian National Congress
Websiteodishaassembly.nic.in
Odisha Legislative Assembly
Members147
GovernorS. C. Jamir
Satya Pal Malik (Additional Charge)
Ganeshi Lal
SpeakerNiranjan Pujari, BJD
Pradip Kumar Amat, BJD
Deputy SpeakerSananda Marndi, BJD
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister)
Naveen Patnaik, BJD
Leader of OppositionNarasingha Mishra, INC
Party controlBJD (117/147)

House Composition

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Time Period Strength BJD INC BJP CPM SKD IND
Assembly Begins 147 117 16 10 1 1 2
Assembly Concludes 147 118 15 10 1 1 2

Office Bearers

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Post Potrait Name Tenure Party
Governor   S. C. Jamir Assembly Begins 20 March 2018 N/A
  Satya Pal Malik
(Additional Charge)
21 March 2018 28 May 2018
  Ganeshi Lal 29 May 2018 Assembly Dissolves
Speaker   Niranjan Pujari
MLA from Sonepur
26 May 2014 6 May 2017 Biju Janata Dal
  Pradip Kumar Amat
MLA from Boudh
16 May 2017 31 May 2019
Deputy Speaker   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
  Naveen Patnaik
MLA from Hinjili
21 May 2014 28 May 2019 Biju Janata Dal
Leader of Opposition
Leader of Congress Legislature Party
  Narasingha Mishra
MLA from Bolangir
11 June 2014 29 May 2019 Indian National Congress
Leader of BJP Legislature Party   Basanta Kumar Panda
MLA from Nuapada
June 2014 May 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party

Council of Ministers

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Chief 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]

Source
Portfolio Name Portrait Constituency Tenure Party
Naveen Patnaik   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   Boudh 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Shashi Bhusan Behera   Kendrapara 7 May 2017 28 May 2019 BJD
Pradip Kumar Amat   Boudh 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Damodar Rout   Paradeep 7 May 2017 22 December 2017 BJD
Shashi Bhusan Behera   Kendrapara 22 December 2017 3 March 2018 BJD
Bikram Keshari Arukha   Bhanjanagar 3 March 2018 28 May 2019 BJD
Pradip Kumar Amat   Boudh 21 October 2016 7 May 2017 BJD
Pratap Jena   Mahanga 7 May 2017 28 May 2019 BJD
BJD
Damodar Rout   Paradeep 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Shashi Bhusan Behera   Kendrapara 7 May 2017 28 May 2019 BJD
Damodar Rout   Paradeep 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Surjya Narayan Patro   Digapahandi 7 May 2017 28 May 2019 BJD
BJD
Debi Prasad Mishra   Baramba 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Niranjan Pujari   Sonepur 7 May 2017 3 March 2018 BJD
Debi Prasad Mishra   Baramba 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Badri Narayan Patra   Ghasipura 7 May 2017 28 May 2019 BJD
BJD
Pradeep Maharathy   Pipili 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Damodar Rout   Paradeep 7 May 2017 22 December 2017 BJD
Pradeep Maharathy   Pipili 22 December 2017 6 January 2019 BJD
Shashi Bhusan Behera   Kendrapara 6 January 2019 28 May 2019 BJD
Pradeep Maharathy   Pipili 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Damodar Rout   Paradeep 7 May 2017 22 December 2017 BJD
Pradeep Maharathy   Pipili 22 December 2017 6 January 2019 BJD
Shashi Bhusan Behera   Kendrapara 6 January 2019 28 May 2019 BJD
Pradeep Maharathy   Pipili 7 May 2017 6 January 2019 BJD
Ramesh Chandra Majhi   Jharigam 6 January 2019 28 May 2019 BJD
Bijayshree Routray   Basudevpur 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Maheswar Mohanty   Puri 7 May 2017 28 May 2019 BJD
Bikram Keshari Arukha   Bhanjanagar 20 May 2014 28 May 2019 BJD
20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Bijayshree Routray   Basudevpur 7 May 2017 28 May 2019 BJD
Badri Narayan Patra   Ghasipura 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Bikram Keshari Arukha   Bhanjanagar 7 May 2017 28 May 2019 BJD
21 October 2016 3 March 2018 BJD
Pratap Jena   Mahanga 3 March 2018 28 May 2019 BJD
Usha Devi   Chikiti 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Prafulla Samal   Bhandaripokhari 7 May 2017 28 May 2019 BJD
BJD
Usha Devi   Chikiti 20 May 2014 28 May 2019 BJD
7 May 2017 28 May 2019 BJD
27 May 2015 7 May 2017 BJD
Prafulla Samal   Bhandaripokhari 7 May 2017 28 May 2019 BJD
Lal Bihari Himirika   Rayagada 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Ramesh Chandra Majhi   Jharigam 7 May 2017 28 May 2019 BJD
Jogendra Behera   Loisingha 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Prafulla Samal   Bhandaripokhari 7 May 2017 28 May 2019 BJD
Jogendra Behera   Loisingha 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Puspendra Singh Deo   Dharmagarh 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Niranjan Pujari   Sonepur 7 May 2017 28 May 2019 BJD
3 March 2018 28 May 2019 BJD
Prafulla Kumar Mallik   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   Ekamra Bhubaneswar 20 May 2014 28 May 2019 BJD
Snehangini Chhuria   Attabira 20 May 2014 28 May 2019 BJD
Prafulla Kumar Mallik   Kamakshyanagar 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
BJD
Susanta Singh   Bhatli 7 May 2017 28 May 2019 BJD
Ramesh Chandra Majhi   Jharigam 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Nrusingha Charan Sahu   Parjanga 7 May 2017 28 May 2019 BJD
Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak   Mahakalapada 20 May 2014 21 October 2016 BJD
Arun Kumar Sahoo   Nayagarh 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Sanjay Kumar Das Burma   Brahmagiri 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Sudam Marndi   Bangriposi 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Chandra Sarathi Behera   Cuttack Sadar 7 May 2017 28 May 2019 BJD
Pranab Prakash Das   Jajpur 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Chandra Sarathi Behera   Cuttack Sadar 7 May 2017 28 May 2019 BJD
Pranab Prakash Das   Jajpur 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Susanta Singh   Bhatli 3 March 2018 28 May 2019 BJD
Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy   Gopalpur 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
BJD
Ananta Das   Bhograi 7 May 2017 28 May 2019 BJD
3 March 2018 28 May 2019 BJD
Ministers of State
Sudam Marndi   Bangriposi 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Snehangini Chhuria   Attabira 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy   Gopalpur 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD
Pranab Prakash Das   Jajpur 20 May 2014 7 May 2017 BJD

Members of Legislative Assembly[10]

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District A.C.

No.

Constituency Name Party Remarks
Bargarh 1 Padampur Pradip Purohit Bharatiya Janata Party
2 Bijepur Subal Sahu Indian National Congress Died in 22 August 2017.[11]
Rita Sahu Biju Janata Dal Won in 2018 Bypoll.[12]
3 Bargarh Debesh Acharya Biju Janata Dal
4 Attabira (SC) Snehangini Chhuria Cabinet Minister
5 Bhatli Susanta Singh Cabinet Minister
Jharsuguda 6 Brajarajnagar Radharani Panda Bharatiya Janata Party
7 Jharsuguda Naba Kishore Das Indian National Congress
Sundergarh 8 Talsara (ST) Prafulla Majhi
9 Sundargarh (ST) Jogesh Kumar Singh
10 Biramitrapur (ST) George Tirkey Samata Kranti Dal
11 Raghunathapali (SC) Subrat Tarai Biju Janata Dal
12 Rourkela Dilip Ray Bharatiya Janata Party
13 Rajgangpur (ST) Mangala Kisan Biju Janata Dal
14 Bonai (ST) Laxman Munda Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Sambalpur 15 Kuchinda (ST) Rabi Narayan Naik Bharatiya Janata Party
16 Rengali (SC) Ramesh Patua Biju Janata Dal
17 Sambalpur Raseswari Panigrahi
18 Rairakhol Rohit Pujari Deputy Govt. Chief Whip
Deogarh 19 Deogarh Nitesh Ganga Deb Bharatiya Janata Party
Keonjhar 20 Telkoi (ST) Bedabyasa Nayak Biju Janata Dal
21 Ghasipura Badri Narayan Patra Cabinet Minister
22 Anandapur (SC) Mayadhar Jena
23 Patna (ST) Hrushikesh Naik
24 Keonjhar (ST) Abhiram Naik
25 Champua Sanatan Mahakud Independent politician
Mayurbhanj 26 Jashipur (ST) Mangal Singh Mudi Biju Janata Dal
27 Saraskana (ST) Bhadav Hansdah
28 Rairangpur (ST) Sushil Kumar Hansdah
29 Bangiriposi (ST) Sudam Marndi Minister of State (I/C)
30 Karanjia (ST) Bijay Kumar Naik
31 Udala (ST) Golakabihari Naik
32 Badasahi (SC) Ganeswar Patra
33 Baripada (ST) Sananda Marndi Deputy Speaker
34 Moroda Prabin Chandra Bhanjadeo
Balasore 35 Jaleswar Aswini Kumar Patra
36 Bhograi Ananta Das Minister of State (I/C)
37 Basta Nityananda Sahoo
38 Balasore Jiban Pratap Dash
39 Remuna Gobinda Chandra Das Bharatiya Janata Party
40 Nilagiri Sukanta Nayak Biju Janata Dal
41 Soro (SC) Parshu Ram Dhada
42 Simulia Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi
Bhadrak 43 Bhandaripokhari Prafulla Samal Cabinet Minister
44 Bhadrak Jugal Kishore Patnaik
45 Basudevpur Bijayshree Routray Cabinet Minister
46 Dhamnagar (SC) Muktikanta Mandal
47 Chandabali Byomakesh Ray
Jajpur 48 Binjharpur (SC) Pramila Mallik
49 Bari Debasis Nayak
50 Barchana Amar Prasad Satpathy Govt. Chief Whip
51 Dharmasala Pranab Kumar Balabantaray
52 Jajpur Pranab Prakash Das Minister of State (I/C)
53 Korei Akash Dasnayak
54 Sukinda Pritiranjan Gharai
Dhenkanal 55 Dhenkanal Sudhir Kumar Samal
56 Hindol (SC) Simarani Nayak
57 Kamakhyanagar Prafulla Kumar Mallik Cabinet Minister
58 Parjanga Nrusingha Charan Sahu Minister of State (I/C)
Angul 59 Pallahara Mahesh Sahoo
60 Talcher Brajakishore Pradhan
61 Angul Rajanikant Singh
62 Chhendipada (SC) Susanta Behera
63 Athamallik Sanjib Sahoo
Subarnapur 64 Birmaharajpur (SC) Padmanabha Behera
65 Sonepur Niranjan Pujari Speaker
Balangir 66 Loisinga (SC) Jogendra Behera Cabinet Minister
67 Patanagarh Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Bharatiya Janata Party
68 Bolangir Narasingha Mishra Indian National Congress Leader of Opposition
69 Titilagarh Tukuni Sahu Biju Janata Dal
70 Kantabanji Ayyub Khan
Nuapada 71 Nuapada Basanta Kumar Panda Bharatiya Janata Party Leader of BJP Legislature Party
72 Khariar Duryodhan Majhi
Nabarangpur 73 Umerkote (ST) Subhash Gond Biju Janata Dal
74 Jharigam (ST) Ramesh Chandra Majhi Cabinet Minister
75 Nabarangpur (ST) Manohar Randhari
76 Dabugam (ST) Bhujabal Majhi
Kalahandi 77 Lanjigarh (ST) Balabhadra Majhi
78 Junagarh Dibya Shankar Mishra
79 Dharmagarh Puspendra Singh Deo Cabinet Minister
80 Bhabanipatana (SC) Anam Naik
81 Narla Dhaneswar Majhi
Kandhamal 82 Baliguda Rajib Patra
83 G. Udayagiri (ST) Jacob Pradhan Indian National Congress
84 Phulbani (ST) Duguni Kanhar Biju Janata Dal
Boudh 85 Kantamal Mahidhar Rana
86 Boudh Pradip Kumar Amat Speaker
Cuttack 87 Baramba Debiprasad Mishra Cabinet Minister
88 Banki Pravat Kumar Tripathy
89 Athagarh Ranendra Pratap Swain
90 Barabati-Cuttack Debashish Samantaray
91 Choudwar-Cuttack Pravat Ranjan Biswal
92 Niali (SC) Pramod Kumar Mallick
93 Cuttack Sadar (SC) Chandra Sarathi Behera Minister of State (I/C)
94 Salipur Prakash Chandra Behera Indian National Congress
95 Mahanga Pratap Jena Biju Janata Dal Cabinet Minister
Kendrapara 96 Patkura Bed Prakash Agarwalla
97 Kendrapara (SC) Kishore Chandra Tarai
98 Aul Devendra Sharma Indian National Congress
99 Rajanagar Anshuman Mohanty
100 Mahakalapada Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak Biju Janata Dal Minister of State (I/C)
Jagatsinghpur 101 Paradeep Damodar Rout Cabinet Minister
102 Tirtol (SC) Rajashree Mallick
103 Balikuda-Erasama Prasanta Kumar Muduli
104 Jagatsingpur Chiranjib Biswal Indian National Congress
Puri 105 Kakatpur (SC) Surendra Sethy Biju Janata Dal
106 Nimapara Samir Ranjan Dash
107 Puri Maheswar Mohanty Cabinet Minister
108 Bramhagiri Sanjay Kumar Das Burma Minister of State (I/C)
109 Satyabadi Umakanta Samantaray Independent politician
110 Pipili Pradeep Maharathy Biju Janata Dal Cabinet Minister
Khordha 111 Jayadev (SC) Shashi Bhusan Behera Cabinet Minister
112 Bhubaneswar Central Bijay Kumar Mohanty
113 Bhubaneswar North Priyadarsi Mishra
114 Ekamra-Bhubaneswar Ashok Chandra Panda Minister of State (I/C)
115 Jatani Bhagirathi Badajena
116 Begunia Prasanta Kumar Jagadev
117 Khurda Rajendra Kumar Sahoo
118 Chilika Bibhutibhusan Harichandran Bharatiya Janata Party
Nayagarh 119 Ranpur Rabinarayan Mohapatra Biju Janata Dal
120 Khandapada Anubhav Patnaik
121 Daspalla (SC) Purna Chandra Nayak
122 Nayagarh Arun Kumar Sahoo Minister of State (I/C)
Ganjam 123 Bhanjanagar Bikram Keshari Arukha Cabinet Minister
124 Polasara Srikanta Sahu
125 Kabisuryanagar V. Sugnana Kumari Deo
126 Khalikote (SC) Purna Chandra Sethy
127 Chhatrapur (SC) Priyansu Pradhan
128 Aska Debaraj Mohanty
129 Surada Purna Chandra Swain
130 Sanakhemundi Nandini Debi
131 Hinjili Naveen Patnaik Chief Minister
132 Gopalpur Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy Minister of State (I/C)
133 Berhampur Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik
134 Digapahandi Surjya Narayan Patro Cabinet Minister
135 Chikiti Usha Devi Cabinet Minister
Gajapati 136 Mohana (ST) Basanti Mallick
137 Paralakhemundi K. Surya Rao Indian National Congress
Rayagada 138 Gunupur (ST) Trinatha Gomango Biju Janata Dal
139 Bissam Cuttack (ST) Jagannath Saraka
140 Rayagada (ST) Lal Bihari Himirika Cabinet Minister
Koraput 141 Lakhmipur (ST) Kailasa Chandra Kulesika Indian National Congress
142 Kotpad (ST) Chandra Sekhar Majhi
143 Jeypore Tara Prasad Bahinipati
144 Koraput (SC) Krushna Chandra Sagaria
145 Pottangi (ST) Prafulla Pangi Biju Janata Dal
Malkangiri 146 Malkangiri (ST) Manasa Madkami
147 Chitrakonda (ST) Dambaru Sisa

Bypolls

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Year Constituency Reason for by-poll Winning candidate Party
February 2018 Bijepur Death of Subal Sahu Rita Sahu Biju Janata Dal

References

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