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.[1] 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's Former Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik that the Sachivalaya or the Secretariat building in Bhubaneswar will be called Lok Seva Bhavan.[2]
Odisha Legislative Assembly Odishā Vidhān Sabhā | |
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| 17th Odisha Assembly | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | 5 years |
| History | |
| Founded | 19 July 1937 |
| Preceded by | Orissa Provincial Assembly |
| Leadership | |
Dr. Kambhampati Hari Babu since 3 January 2025 | |
Leader of the House (Chief Minister) | |
Secretary | Satyabrata Rout since 31 January 2025 |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 147 |
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Political groups | Government (81)
Official Opposition (51)
Other Opposition (15) |
| Elections | |
| First past the post | |
Last election | 2024 |
Next election | 2029 |
| Meeting place | |
| Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneswar | |
| Website | |
| assembly | |
Sessions
editList of Assembly Sessions of Odisha Legislative Assembly[3]
| SL. No. | Name | Constitution | Dissolution | Composition | Chief Minister |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | First Provisional Assembly | 3 February 1937 | 14 September 1945 | INC - 36, OTH - 14, IND - 10 | Krushna Chandra Gajapati, Bishwanath Das |
| B | Second Provisional Assembly | 18 April 1946 | 20 February 1952 | INC - 47, AIML - 4, IND - 9 | Harekrushna Mahatab, Nabakrushna Choudhuri |
| 1 | First Assembly | 20 February 1952 | 4 March 1957 | INC - 67, AIGP - 31, PSP - 10, CPI - 7, AIFB - 1, IND - 24 | Nabakrushna Choudhuri, Harekrushna Mahatab |
| 2 | Second Assembly | 1 April 1957 | 25 February 1961 | INC - 56, AIGP - 51, PSP - 11, CPI - 9, IND - 13 | Harekrushna Mahatab |
| 3 | Third Assembly | 21 June 1961 | 1 March 1967 | INC - 82, AIGP - 37, PSP - 10, CPI - 4, IND - 7 | Biju Patnaik, Biren Mitra, Sadashiva Tripathy |
| 4 | Fourth Assembly | 1 March 1967 | 23 January 1971 | SWA - 49, INC - 31, OJC - 26, PSP - 21, CPI - 7, SSP - 2, CPM - 1, IND - 3 | Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo |
| 5 | Fifth Assembly | 23 March 1971 | 3 March 1973 | INC(I) - 51, SWA - 36, UC - 33, PSP - 4, CPI - 4, JAP - 4, CPM - 2, OJC - 1, INC(O) - 1, IND - 4 | Bishwanath Das, Nandini Satpathy |
| 6 | Sixth Assembly | 6 March 1974 | 30 April 1977 | INC(I) - 69, UC - 35, SWA - 21, CPI - 7, CPM - 3, PSP - 2, OJC - 1, JAP - 1, IND - 7 | Nandini Satpathy, Binayak Acharya |
| 7 | Seventh Assembly | 26 June 1977 | 17 February 1980 | JP - 110, INC(I) - 26, CPI - 1, CPM - 1, IND - 9 | Nilamani Routray |
| 8 | Eighth Assembly | 9 June 1980 | 9 March 1985 | INC(I) - 118, JNP(SC) - 13, CPI - 4, JNP(JP) - 3, INC(U) - 2, IND - 7 | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik |
| 9 | Ninth Assembly | 9 March 1985 | 3 March 1990 | INC - 117, JP -21, BJP - 1, CPI - 1, IND - 7 | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Hemananda Biswal |
| 10 | Tenth Assembly | 3 March 1990 | 15 March 1995 | JD - 123, INC - 10, CPI - 5, BJP - 2, CPM - 1, IND - 6 | Biju Patnaik |
| 11 | Eleventh Assembly | 15 March 1995 | 29 February 2000 | INC - 80, JD - 46, BJP - 9, JMM - 4, CPI - 1, JPP - 1, IND - 6 | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Giridhar Gamang, Hemananda Biswal |
| 12 | Twelfth Assembly | 29 February 2000 | 6 February 2004 | BJD - 68, BJP - 38, INC - 26, JMM - 3, CPI - 1, JD(S) - 1, AITC - 1, CPM - 1, IND - 8 | Naveen Patnaik |
| 13 | Thirteenth Assembly | 15 May 2004 | 19 May 2009 | BJD - 61, INC - 38, BJP - 32, JMM - 4, OGP - 2, CPI - 1, CPM - 1, IND - 8 | Naveen Patnaik |
| 14 | Fourteenth Assembly | 19 May 2009 | 24 May 2014 | BJD - 103, INC - 27, BJP - 6, NCP - 4, CPI - 1, IND - 6 | Naveen Patnaik |
| 15 | Fifteenth Assembly | 25 May 2014 | 29 May 2019 | BJD - 117, INC - 16, BJP - 10, CPM - 1, SKD - 1, IND - 2 | Naveen Patnaik |
| 16 | Sixteenth Assembly | 30 May 2019 | 3 June 2024 | BJD - 113, BJP - 23, INC - 9, CPM - 1, IND - 1 | Naveen Patnaik |
| 17 | Seventeenth Assembly | 11 June 2024 | Incumbent | BJP - 79, BJD - 51, INC - 14, CPM - 1, IND - 2 | Mohan Charan Majhi |
Presiding officer
editSpeaker
edit| # | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Tenure | Assembly | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Mukunda Prasad Das | Central Balasore Sadar | 28 July 1937 | 29 May 1946 | 8 years, 305 days | 1st Pre-Independent | Indian National Congress | |
| 2 | 
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Lal Mohan Patnaik | 29 May 1946 | 6 March 1952 | 5 years, 282 days | 2nd Pre-Independent | |||
| 1 | Nandakishore Das | Soro | 6 March 1952 | 27 May 1957 | 5 years, 82 days | 1st | |||
| 2 | 
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Nilakantha Das | Satyabadi | 27 May 1957 | 1 July 1961 | 4 years, 35 days | 2nd | ||
| 3 | 
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Lingaraj Panigrahi | Kodala East | 1 July 1961 | 18 March 1967 | 5 years, 260 days | 3rd | ||
| 4 | 
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Nandakishore Mishra | Loisingha | 18 March 1967 | 12 April 1971 | 7 years, 3 days | 4th | Swatantra Party | |
| 12 April 1971 | 21 March 1974 | 5th | |||||||
| 5 | 
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Brajamohan Mohanty | Puri | 21 March 1974 | 1 July 1977 | 3 years, 102 days | 6th | Indian National Congress | |
| 6 | 
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Satyapriya Mohanty | Bhubaneswar | 1 July 1977 | 12 June 1980 | 2 years, 347 days | 7th | Janata Party | |
| 7 | 
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Somnath Rath | Bhanjanagar | 12 June 1980 | 11 February 1984 | 3 years, 244 days | 8th | Indian National Congress | |
| 8 | 
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Prasanna Kumar Dash | Baripada | 22 February 1984 | 14 February 1985 | 358 days | |||
| 14 February 1985 | 9 March 1990 | 5 years, 23 days | 9th | ||||||
| 9 | 
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Yudhistir Das | Kissannagar | 9 March 1990 | 22 March 1995 | 5 years, 13 days | 10th | Janata Dal | |
| 10 | 
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Kishore Chandra Patel | Sundargarh | 22 March 1995 | 14 January 1996 | 298 days | 11th | Indian National Congress | |
| 11 | 
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Chintamani Dyan Samantra | Chikiti | 16 February 1996 | 10 March 2000 | 4 years, 23 days | Independent | ||
| 12 | 
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Sarat Kumar Kar | Mahanga | 10 March 2000 | 21 May 2004 | 4 years, 72 days | 12th | Biju Janata Dal | |
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Maheswar Mohanty | Puri | 21 May 2004 | 31 March 2008 | 3 years, 315 days | 13th | ||
| 14 | 
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Prahlad Dora | Chitrakonda | 31 March 2008 | 19 August 2008 | 141 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 15 | 
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Kishore Kumar Mohanty | Jharsuguda | 19 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | 279 days | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 16 | 
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Pradip Kumar Amat | Boudh | 25 May 2009 | 20 May 2014 | 4 years, 360 days | 14th | ||
| 17 | 
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Niranjan Pujari | Sonepur | 26 May 2014 | 6 May 2017 | 2 years, 345 days | 15th | ||
| 18 |
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Pradip Kumar Amat | Boudh | 16 May 2017 | 31 May 2019 | 2 years, 15 days | |||
| 19 | 
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Surjya Narayan Patro | Digapahandi | 1 June 2019 | 4 June 2022 | 3 years, 3 days | 16th | ||
| 20 | 
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Bikram Keshari Arukha | Bhanjanagar | 13 June 2022 | 12 May 2023 | 333 days | |||
| 21 | 
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Pramila Mallik | Binjharpur | 22 September 2023 | 3 June 2024 | 255 days | |||
| 22 | 
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Surama Padhy | Ranpur | 20 June 2024 | incumbent | 1 year, 68 days | 17th | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Deputy Speaker
editList of Deputy Speakers of Odisha Legislative Assembly[3]
| SL. No. | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Assembly Session | Tenure | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Nandakishore Das | South Balasore Sadar | First Pre-Independent Assembly | 28 July 1937 | 14 September 1945 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2 | Adruti Laxmibai | Berhampur Town (Women) | Second Pre-Independent Assembly | 29 May 1946 | 20 February 1952 | ||||
| 3 | Maulabi Mahammed Hanif | Bhadrak | First Assembly | 8 March 1952 | 4 March 1957 | ||||
| 4 | Jadumani Mangaraj | Barchana | Second Assembly | 29 May 1957 | 25 February 1961 | ||||
| 5 | Lokanath Mishra | Patkura | Third Assembly | 28 August 1961 | 1 March 1967 | ||||
| 6 | 
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Harihar Bahinipati | Puri | Fourth Assembly | 29 March 1967 | 23 January 1971 | Praja Socialist Party | ||
| 7 | 
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Narayan Birabar Samanta | Erasama | Fifth Assembly | 6 May 1971 | 3 March 1973 | Utkal Congress | ||
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Chintamani Jena | Basta | Sixth Assembly | 29 March 1974 | 30 April 1977 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 9 | 
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Surendra Nath Naik | Kakatpur | Seventh Assembly | 27 July 1977 | 17 February 1980 | Janata Party | ||
| 10 | 
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Himansu Sekhar Padhi | Boudh | Eighth Assembly | 2 July 1980 | 9 March 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 11 |
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Chintamani Dyan Samantra | Chikiti | Ninth Assembly | 18 March 1985 | 3 March 1990 | |||
| 12 |
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Prahlad Dora | Chitrakonda | Tenth Assembly | 20 March 1990 | 15 March 1995 | Janata Dal | ||
| (11) |
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Chintamani Dyan Samantra | Chikiti | Eleventh Assembly | 28 March 1995 | 12 February 1996 | Independent | ||
| 13 | 
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Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj | Khandapada | 15 March 1996 | 29 February 2000 | Indian National Congress | |||
| 14 | 
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Rama Chandra Panda | Chhatrapur | Twelfth Assembly | 27 March 2000 | 6 February 2004 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| (12) |
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Prahlad Dora | Chitrakonda | Thirteenth Assembly | 3 July 2004 | 19 May 2009 | |||
| 15 | 
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Lal Bihari Himirika | Rayagada | Fourteenth Assembly | 10 June 2009 | 10 May 2011 | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 16 | 
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Sananda Marndi | Baripada | 17 August 2011 | 18 May 2014 | ||||
| (16) | Fifteenth Assembly | 16 June 2014 | 29 May 2019 | ||||||
| 17 | 
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Rajani Kant Singh | Angul | Sixteenth Assembly | 27 June 2019 | 8 November 2023 | |||
| 18 | 
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Saluga Pradhan | G. Udayagiri | 21 November 2023 | 3 June 2024 | ||||
| 19 | 
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Bhabani Shankar Bhoi | Talasara | Seventeenth Assembly | 24 July 2024 | Incumbent | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Members of Legislative Assembly
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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).
- ^ "Odisha Secretariat renamed Lok Seva Bhavan". The Hindu. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- ^ a b c "Brief history" (PDF). odishaassembly.nic.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
External links
edit- Odisha Legislative Assembly website Archived 30 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine