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. Seat reserve for ST in Odisha assembly is 24. It was announced by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik that the Sachivalaya or the Secretariat building in Bhubaneswar will be called Lok Seva Bhavan.
History
Sessions of Odisha Legislative Assembly & Speakers
The following is the list of Odisha Legislative Assembly sittings:
| No. | Name | Constitution | Dissolution | Speaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | First Pre-Independent Assembly | 3 February 1937 | 14 September 1945 | Shri Mukunda Prasad Das (28 July 1937 – 29 May 1946) |
| b | Second Pre-Independent Assembly | 18 April 1946 | 20 February 1952 | Lal Mohan Patnaik (29 May 1946 – 6 March 1952) |
| 1 | First Assembly after Independence | 20 February 1952 | 4 March 1957 | Nanda Kishore Das (06.03.1952 – 27 May 1957) |
| 2 | Second Assembly | 1 April 1957 | 25 February 1961 | Nilakantha Das (27 May 1957 – 1 July 1961) |
| 3 | Third Assembly | 21 June 1961 | 1 March 1967 | Lingaraj Panigrahi (01.07.1961 – 18 March 1967) |
| 4 | Fourth Assembly | 1 March 1967 | 23 January 1971 | Nanda Kishore Misra (18 March 1967 – 12 April 1971) |
| 5 | Fifth Assembly | 23 March 1971 | 3 March 1973 | Nanda Kishore Misra (12.04.1971 – 21 March 1974) |
| 6 | Sixth Assembly | 6 March 1974 | 30 April 1977 | Braja Mohan Mohanty (21 March 1974 – 1 July 1977) |
| 7 | Seventh Assembly | 26 June 1977 | 17 February 1980 | Satyapriya Mohanty (01.07.1977 – 12 June 1980) |
| 8 | Eighth Assembly | 9 June 1980 | 9 March 1985 | Somnath Rath (12.06.1980 – 11 February 1984) Prasanna Kumar Dash (22 February 1984 – 14 February 1985) |
| 9 | Ninth Assembly | 9 March 1985 | 3 March 1990 | Prasanna Kumar Dash (14 February 1985 – 9 March 1990) |
| 10 | Tenth Assembly | 3 March 1990 | 15 March 1995 | Yudhistir Das (09.03.1990 – 22 March 1995) |
| 11 | Eleventh Assembly | 15 March 1995 | 29 February 2000 | Kishore Chandra Patel (22 March 1995 – 14 January 1996) Chintamani Dyan Samantra (16 February 1996 – 10 March 2000) |
| 12 | Twelfth Assembly | 29 February 2000 | 6 February 2004 | Sarat Kumar Kar (10.03.2000 – 21 May 2004) |
| 13 | Thirteenth Assembly | 15 May 2004 | 19 May 2009 | Maheshwar Mohanty (21 May 2004 – 31 March 2008) Kishore Kumar Mohanty (19 August 2008 – 25 May 2009) |
| 14 | Fourteenth Assembly | 19 May 2009 | 24 May 2014 | Pradip Kumar Amat (25.05.2009-24.05.2014) |
| 15 | Fifteenth Assembly | 25 May 2014 | 29 May 2019 | Niranjan Pujari (24.05.2014-06.05.2017) Pradip Kumar Amat (16.05.2017-31.05.2019) |
| 16 | Sixteenth Assembly | 30 May 2019 | Incumbent | Surjya Narayan Patro (01.06.2019-Incumbent) |
Members of Odisha legislative assembly attending monsoon session during the COVID-19 pandemic
Speaker of Odisha legislative assembly, Surjya Narayan Patro, addressing the members during the monsoon session of 2020
Leaders of Opposition
| I.N.* | Name | Party | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shradhakara Supakar | Ganatantra Parisad | 16 February 1952 | 4 March 1957 |
| 2 | Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo | Ganatantra Parisad | 1 April 1957 | 22 May 1959 |
| (2) | Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo | Ganatantra Parishad/ Swatantra Party | 21 June 1961 | 1 March 1967 |
| 3 | Sadashiva Tripathy | Indian National Congress | 18 March 1967 | 14 September 1970 |
| 4 | Gangadhra Mohapatra | Utkal Congress | 15 September 1970 | 23 January 1971 |
| 5 | Binayak Acharya | Congress(R) | 4 May 1971 | 14 June 1972 |
| (2) | Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo | Swatantra Party | 14 June 1972 | 9 February 1973 |
| 6 | Biju Patnaik | Pragati Legislature Party (PLP) | 9 February 1973 | 3 March 1973 |
| (6) | Biju Patnaik | PLP/ Bharatiya Lok Dal | 19 March 1974 | 24 March 1977 |
| 7 | Ram Prasad Mishra | Janata Party | 31 March 1977 | 30 April 1977 |
| 8 | Chintamani Panigrahi | Indian National Congress | 29 June 1977 | 20 February 1978 |
| 9 | Brundaban Nayak | Indian National Congress | 20 February 1978 | 3 September 1979 |
| 10 | Prahalad Mallick | Janata Party | 3 September 1979 | 13 February 1980 |
| 11 | Ananta Narayan Singh Deo | Janata Party | 13 February 1980 | 17 February 1980 |
| 12 | Sarat Kumar Dev | United Front | 2 April 1984 | 10 March 1985 |
| (6) | Biju Patnaik | Janata Dal | 22 March 1985 | 3 March 1990 |
| (6) | Biju Patnaik | Janata Dal | 23 March 1995 | 20 May 1996 |
| 13 | Ashok Kumar Das | Janata Dal | 22 May 1996 | 17 December 1997 |
| 14 | Rama Krishna Patnaik | Biju Janata Dal | 22 February 1998 | 16 November 1998 |
| 15 | Prafulla Samal | Biju Janata Dal | 16 November 1998 | 1 December 1998 |
| 16 | Satchidananda Dalal | Biju Janata Dal | 11 December 1998 | 29 February 2000 |
| 17 | Ramakanta Mishra | Indian National Congress | 21 March 2000 | 6 February 2004 |
| 18 | Janaki Ballabh Pattanaik | Indian National Congress | 4 June 2004 | 24 January 2009 |
| 19 | Rama Chandra Ulaka | Indian National Congress | 24 January 2009 | 19 May 2009 |
| 20 | Bhupinder Singh | Indian National Congress | 27 May 2009 | 7 March 2014 |
| 21 | Surendra Singh Bhoi (interim) | Indian National Congress | 8 March 2014 | 16 May 2014 |
| 22 | Narasingha Mishra | Indian National Congress | 11 June 2014 | 29 May 2019 |
| 23 | Pradipta Kumar Naik | Bharatiya Janata Party | 25 June 2019 | Incumbent |
Membership by Party
| Party | Members | |
|---|---|---|
| Biju Janata Dal | 114 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 22 | |
| Indian National Congress | 9 | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 | |
| Independent | 1 | |
| Total | 147 | |
Members of Legislative Assembly
| No. | Constituency | Name | Party | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bargarh District | |||||
| 1 | Padampur | Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 2 | Bijepur | Rita Sahu | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 3 | Bargarh | Debesh Acharya | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 4 | Attabira | Snehangini Chhuria | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 5 | Bhatli | Susanta Singh | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| Jharsuguda District | |||||
| 6 | Brajarajnagar | Bye-poll | Biju Janata Dal | Kishore Kumar of BJD died | |
| 7 | Jharsuguda | Naba Kisore Das | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| Sundargarh District | |||||
| 8 | Talsara | Bhabani Shankar Bhoi | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 9 | Sundargarh | Kusum Tete | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 10 | Biramitrapur | Shankar Oram | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 11 | Raghunathpali | Subrat Tarai | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 12 | Rourkela | Sarada Prasad Nayak | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 13 | Rajgangpur | C. S. Raazen Ekka | Indian National Congress | ||
| 14 | Bonai | Laxman Munda | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
| Sambalpur District | |||||
| 15 | Kuchinda | Kishore Chandra Naik | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 16 | Rengali | Nauri Nayak | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 17 | Sambalpur | Jaya Narayan Mishra | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 18 | Rairakhol | Rohit Pujari | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| Deogarh District | |||||
| 19 | Deogarh | Subash Chandra Panigrahi | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| Keonjhar District | |||||
| 20 | Telkoi | Premananda Nayak | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 21 | Ghasipura | Badri Narayan Patra | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 22 | Anandpur | Bhagirathi Sethy | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 23 | Patna | Jagannath Naik | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 24 | Keonjhar | Mohan Charan Majhi | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 25 | Champua | Minakshi Mahanta | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| Mayurbhanj District | |||||
| 26 | Jashipur | Ganeshram Khuntia | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 27 | Saraskana | Dr. Budhan Murmu | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 28 | Rairangpur | Naba Charan Majhi | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 29 | Bangriposi | Sudam Marndi | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 30 | Karanjia | Basanti Hembram | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 31 | Udala | Bhaskar Madhei | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 32 | Badasahi | Sanatan Bijuli | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 33 | Baripada | Prakash Soren | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 34 | Morada | Rajkishore Das | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| Balasore District | |||||
| 35 | Jaleswar | Ashwini Kumar Patra | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 36 | Bhograi | Ananta Das | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 37 | Basta | Nityananda Sahoo | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 38 | Balasore | Swarup Kumar Das | Biju Janata Dal | Elected by By-Poll | |
| 39 | Remuna | Sudhansu Sekhar Parida | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 40 | Nilagiri | Sukanta Nayak | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 41 | Soro | Parshu Ram Dhada | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 42 | Simulia | Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| Bhadrak District | |||||
| 43 | Bhandaripokhari | Prafulla Samal | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 44 | Bhadrak | Sanjib Mallick | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 45 | Basudevpur | Bishnubrata Routray | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 46 | Dhamnagar | Bishnu Charan Sethi | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 47 | Chandabali | Byomakesh Ray | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| Jajpur District | |||||
| 48 | Binjharpur | Pramila Mallik | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 49 | Bari | Sunanda Das | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 50 | Barchana | Amar Prasad Satpathy | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 51 | Dharmasala | Pranab Kumar Balabantaray | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 52 | Jajpur | Pranab Prakash Das | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 53 | Korei | Ashok Kumar Bal | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 54 | Sukinda | Pritiranjan Gharai | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| Dhenkanal District | |||||