Odisha Legislative Assembly

Odisha Legislative Assembly

Odishā Vidhān Sabhā
Odisha Legislative Assembly ; Odishā Vidhān Sabhā
17th Odisha Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	20 February 1952; (73 years ago)
Preceded by	Orissa Provincial Assembly
Leadership
Governor	Dr. Kambhampati Hari Babu ; since 3 January 2025
Speaker	Surama Padhy, BJP ; since 20 June 2024
Deputy Speaker	Bhabani Shankar Bhoi, BJP ; since 24 July 2024
Leader of the House; (Chief Minister)	Mohan Charan Majhi, BJP ; since 12 June 2024
Leader of Opposition	Naveen Patnaik, BJD ; since 20 June 2024
Secretary	Satyabrata Rout, I.A.S. ; since 31 January 2025
Structure
Seats	147
Political groups	Government (81) NDA (81) BJP (78); IND (3); Official Opposition (50) BJD (50) Other Opposition (15) INDIA (15) INC (14); CPI(M) (1); Vacant Vacant (1);
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post voting
Last election	2024
Next election	by May 2029
Meeting place
	Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Website
	assembly.odisha.gov.in

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).^[2]

History

List of Assembly Sessions of Odisha Legislative Assembly^[3]

#	Assembly (Election)	Constitution	Dissolution	Composition^[a]	Speaker	Chief Minister	Leader of Opposition
A	First Provincial Assembly (1937 election)	3 February 1937	14 September 1945	INC - 36 United - 06 National - 04 Nominated - 04 IND - 10	Mukunda Prasad Das	Krushna Chandra Gajapati Bishwanath Das	N/A
B	Second Provincial Assembly (1946 election)	18 April 1946	20 February 1952	INC - 47 AIML - 04 CPI - 01 Nominated - 04 IND - 04	Lal Mohan Patnaik	Harekrushna Mahatab Nabakrushna Choudhuri	N/A
1	First Assembly (1952 election)	20 February 1952	4 March 1957	INC - 67 AIGP - 31 PSP - 10 CPI - 07 AIFB - 01 IND - 24	Nandakishore Das	Nabakrushna Choudhuri Harekrushna Mahatab	Shraddhakar Supakar
2	Second Assembly (1957 election)	1 April 1957	25 February 1961	INC - 56 AIGP - 51 PSP - 11 CPI - 09 IND - 13	Nilakantha Das	Harekrushna Mahatab	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
3	Third Assembly (1961 election)	21 June 1961	1 March 1967	INC - 82 AIGP - 37 PSP - 10 CPI - 04 IND - 17	Lingaraj Panigrahi	Biju Patnaik Biren Mitra Sadashiva Tripathy	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
4	Fourth Assembly (1967 election)	1 March 1967	23 January 1971	SWP - 49 INC - 31 OJC - 26 PSP - 21 CPI - 07 SSP - 02 CPM - 01 IND - 03	Nandakishore Mishra	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	Sadashiva Tripathy
5	Fifth Assembly (1971 election)	23 March 1971	3 March 1973	INC(R) - 51 SWP - 36 UC - 33 PSP - 04 CPI - 04 JAP - 04 CPM - 02 INC(O) - 01 OJC - 01 IND - 03	Nandakishore Mishra	Bishwanath Das Nandini Satpathy	Binayak Acharya Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Biju Patnaik
6	Sixth Assembly (1974 election)	6 March 1974	30 April 1977	INC(R) - 69 UC - 35 SWP - 21 CPI - 08 CPM - 03 PSP - 02 OJC - 01 JAP - 01 IND - 07	Brajamohan Mohanty	Nandini Satpathy Binayak Acharya	Biju Patnaik Ram Prasad Mishra
7	Seventh Assembly (1977 election)	26 June 1977	17 February 1980	JP - 110 INC(R) - 26 CPI - 01 CPM - 01 IND - 09	Satyapriya Mohanty	Nilamani Routray	Chintamani Panigrahi Brundaban Nayak Prahlad Mallik Ananta Narayan Singh Deo
8	Eighth Assembly (1980 election)	9 June 1980	9 March 1985	INC(I) - 118 JNP(SC) - 13 CPI - 04 JP - 03 INC(U) - 02 IND - 07	Somnath Rath Prasanna Kumar Dash	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	No Official Opposition (till 1984) Sarat Kumar Deb
9	Ninth Assembly (1985 election)	9 March 1985	3 March 1990	INC - 117 JP - 21 BJP - 01 CPI - 01 IND - 07	Prasanna Kumar Dash	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Hemananda Biswal	Biju Patnaik
10	Tenth Assembly (1990 election)	3 March 1990	15 March 1995	JD - 123 INC - 10 CPI - 05 BJP - 02 CPM - 01 IND - 06	Yudhistir Das	Biju Patnaik	No Official Opposition
11	Eleventh Assembly (1995 election)	15 March 1995	29 February 2000	INC - 80 JD - 46 BJP - 09 JMM - 04 CPI - 01 JPP - 01 IND - 06	Kishore Chandra Patel Chintamani Dyan Samantra	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Giridhar Gamang Hemananda Biswal	Biju Patnaik Ashok Kumar Das Ram Krushna Patnaik Prafulla Samal Satchidananda Dalal
12	Twelfth Assembly (2000 election)	29 February 2000	6 February 2004	BJD - 68 BJP - 38 INC - 26 JMM - 03 CPI - 01 CPM - 01 JD(S) - 01 AITC - 01 IND - 08	Sarat Kumar Kar	Naveen Patnaik	Ramakanta Mishra
13	Thirteenth Assembly (2004 election)	15 May 2004	19 May 2009	BJD - 61 INC - 38 BJP - 32 JMM - 04 OGP - 02 CPI - 01 CPM - 01 IND - 08	Maheswar Mohanty Prahlad Dora Kishore Kumar Mohanty	Naveen Patnaik	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Ramachandra Ulaka
14	Fourteenth Assembly (2009 election)	19 May 2009	24 May 2014	BJD - 103 INC - 27 BJP - 06 NCP - 04 CPI - 01 IND - 06	Pradip Kumar Amat	Naveen Patnaik	Bhupinder Singh
15	Fifteenth Assembly (2014 election)	25 May 2014	29 May 2019	BJD - 117 INC - 16 BJP - 10 CPM - 01 SKD - 01 IND - 02	Niranjan Pujari Pradip Kumar Amat	Naveen Patnaik	Narasingha Mishra
16	Sixteenth Assembly (2019 election)	30 May 2019	3 June 2024	BJD - 113 BJP - 23 INC - 09 CPM - 01 IND - 01	Surjya Narayan Patro Bikram Keshari Arukha Pramila Mallik	Naveen Patnaik	Pradipta Kumar Naik Jayanarayan Mishra
17	Seventeenth Assembly (2024 election)	11 June 2024	Incumbent	BJP - 78 BJD - 51 INC - 14 CPM - 01 IND - 03	Surama Padhy	Mohan Charan Majhi	Naveen Patnaik

^ 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.

Current Floor leaders

Position	Name	Tenure		Party
Governor	Raghubar Das	Assembly Begins	2 January 2025	N/A
Governor	Kambhampati Hari Babu	3 January 2025	Incumbent	N/A
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
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

District	Ac. No.	Constituency	Name		Remarks
Bargarh	1	Padampur	Barsha Singh Bariha	Biju Janata Dal
	2	Bijepur	Sanat Kumar Gartia	Bharatiya Janata Party
	3	Bargarh	Ashwini Kumar Sarangi
	4	Attabira (SC)	Nihar Ranjan Mahanand
	5	Bhatli	Irasis Acharya
Jharsuguda	6	Brajarajnagar	Suresh Pujari		Cabinet Minister
Jharsuguda	7	Jharsuguda	Tankadhar Tripathy
Sundargarh	8	Talsara (ST)	Bhabani Shankar Bhoi		Deputy Speaker
	9	Sundargarh (ST)	Jogesh Kumar Singh	Biju Janata Dal
	10	Biramitrapur (ST)	Rohit Joseph Tirkey	Biju Janata Dal
	11	Raghunathpali (SC)	Durga Charan Tanti	Bharatiya Janata Party
	12	Rourkela	Sarada Prashad Nayak	Biju Janata Dal
	13	Rajgangpur (ST)	C. S. Raazen Ekka	Indian National Congress	Chief Whip, Congress
	14	Bonai (ST)	Laxman Munda	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Sambalpur	15	Kuchinda (ST)	Rabi Narayan Naik	Bharatiya Janata Party	Cabinet Minister
	16	Rengali (SC)	Sudarshan Haripal	Biju Janata Dal
	17	Sambalpur	Jayanarayan Mishra	Bharatiya Janata Party
	18	Rairakhol	Prasanna Acharya	Biju Janata Dal	Deputy Leader of Opposition
Deogarh	19	Deogarh	Romanch Ranjan Biswal	Biju Janata Dal
Keonjhar	20	Telkoi (ST)	Fakir Mohan Naik	Bharatiya Janata Party
	21	Ghasipura	Badri Narayan Patra	Biju Janata Dal
	22	Anandpur (SC)	Abhimanyu Sethi	Biju Janata Dal
	23	Patna (ST)	Akhila Chandra Naik	Bharatiya Janata Party
	24	Keonjhar (ST)	Mohan Charan Majhi	Bharatiya Janata Party	Chief Minister
	25	Champua	Sanatan Mahakud	Biju Janata Dal
Mayurbhanj	26	Jashipur (ST)	Ganesh Ram Singh Khuntia	Bharatiya Janata Party	Minister of State (I/C)
	27	Saraskana (ST)	Bhadav Hansdah
	28	Rairangpur (ST)	Jalen Naik
	29	Bangriposi (ST)	Sanjali Murmu
	30	Karanjia (ST)	Padma Charan Haiburu
	31	Udala (ST)	Bhaskar Madhei
	32	Badasahi (SC)	Sanatan Bijuli
	33	Baripada (ST)	Prakash Soren
	34	Morada	Krushna Chandra Mohapatra		Cabinet Minister
Balasore	35	Jaleswar	Aswini Kumar Patra	Biju Janata Dal
	36	Bhograi	Goutam Buddha Das
	37	Basta	Subasini Jena
	38	Balasore	Manas Kumar Dutta	Bharatiya Janata Party
	39	Remuna (SC)	Gobinda Chandra Das		Deputy Govt. Chief Whip
	40	Nilagiri	Santosh Khatua
	41	Soro (SC)	Madhab Dhada	Biju Janata Dal
	42	Simulia	Padma Lochan Panda	Bharatiya Janata Party
Bhadrak	43	Bhandaripokhari	Sanjib Kumar Mallick	Biju Janata Dal
	44	Bhadrak	Sitansu Sekhar Mohapatra	Bharatiya Janata Party
	45	Basudevpur	Ashok Kumar Das	Indian National Congress	Deputy Leader of Congress Legislature Party
	46	Dhamnagar (SC)	Suryabanshi Suraj	Bharatiya Janata Party	Minister of State (I/C)
	47	Chandabali	Byomakesh Ray	Biju Janata Dal
Jajpur	48	Binjharpur (SC)	Pramila Mallik		Chief Whip, BJD
	49	Bari	Biswa Ranjan Mallick
	50	Barchana	Amar Kumar Nayak	Bharatiya Janata Party
	51	Dharmasala	Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo	Independent	Supports Bharatiya Janata Party
	52	Jajpur	Sujata Sahu	Biju Janata Dal
	53	Korei	Akash Dasnayak	Bharatiya Janata Party
	54	Sukinda	Pradeep Bal Samanta		Minister of State (I/C)
Dhenkanal	55	Dhenkanal	Krushna Chandra Patra		Cabinet Minister
	56	Hindol (SC)	Simarani Nayak
	57	Kamakhyanagar	Satrughan Jena
	58	Parjanga	Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan
Angul	59	Pallahara	Ashok Mohanty
	60	Talcher	Braja Kishore Pradhan	Biju Janata Dal
	61	Angul	Pratap Chandra Pradhan	Bharatiya Janata Party
	62	Chhendipada (SC)	Agasti Behera	Bharatiya Janata Party
	63	Athmallik	Nalini Kanta Pradhan	Biju Janata Dal
Subarnapur	64	Birmaharajpur (SC)	Raghunath Jagadala	Bharatiya Janata Party
Subarnapur	65	Sonepur	Niranjan Pujari	Biju Janata Dal
Bolangir	66	Loisingha (SC)	Mukesh Mahaling	Bharatiya Janata Party	Cabinet Minister
	67	Patnagarh	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo	Bharatiya Janata Party	Deputy Chief Minister
	68	Bolangir	Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo	Biju Janata Dal
	69	Titlagarh	Nabin Kumar Jain	Bharatiya Janata Party
	70	Kantabanji	Laxman Bag	Bharatiya Janata Party
Nuapada	71	Nuapada	Rajendra Dholakia	Biju Janata Dal	Died on 8 September 2025^[4]
	71	Nuapada	Vacant (since 8 September 2025)
	72	Khariar	Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi	Biju Janata Dal
Nabarangpur	73	Umarkote (ST)	Nityananda Gond	Bharatiya Janata Party	Cabinet Minister
	74	Jharigam (ST)	Narsing Bhatra
	75	Nabarangpur (ST)	Gouri Shankar Majhi
	76	Dabugam (ST)	Manohar Randhari	Biju Janata Dal
Kalahandi	77	Lanjigarh (ST)	Pradip Kumar Dishari
	78	Junagarh	Dibya Shankar Mishra
	79	Dharmagarh	Sudhir Ranjan Pattjoshi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	80	Bhawanipatna (SC)	Sagar Charan Das	Indian National Congress
	81	Narla	Manorama Mohanty	Biju Janata Dal
Kandhamal	82	Baliguda (ST)	Chakramani Kanhar	Biju Janata Dal
	83	G. Udayagiri (ST)	Prafulla Chandra Pradhan	Indian National Congress
	84	Phulbani (ST)	Uma Charan Mallick	Bharatiya Janata Party
Boudh	85	Kantamal	Kanhai Charan Danga
Boudh	86	Boudh	Saroj Kumar Pradhan		Govt. Chief Whip
Cuttack	87	Baramba	Bijaya Kumar Dalabehera	Independent	Supports Bharatiya Janata Party
	88	Banki	Devi Ranjan Tripathy	Biju Janata Dal
	89	Athgarh	Ranendra Pratap Swain	Biju Janata Dal
	90	Barabati-Cuttack	Sofia Firdous	Indian National Congress
	91	Choudwar-Cuttack	Souvic Biswal	Biju Janata Dal
	92	Niali (SC)	Chhabi Malik	Bharatiya Janata Party
	93	Cuttack Sadar (SC)	Prakash Chandra Sethi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	94	Salipur	Prasanta Behera	Biju Janata Dal
	95	Mahanga	Sarada Prasad Padhan	Independent	Supports Bharatiya Janata Party
Kendrapara	96	Patkura	Arvind Mohapatra	Biju Janata Dal
	97	Kendrapara (SC)	Ganeswar Behera
	98	Aul	Pratap Keshari Deb		Deputy Chief Whip, BJD
	99	Rajanagar	Dhruba Charan Sahoo
	100	Mahakalapada	Durga Prasan Nayak	Bharatiya Janata Party
Jagatsinghpur	101	Paradeep	Sampad Chandra Swain	Bharatiya Janata Party	Minister of State (I/C)
	102	Tirtol (SC)	Ramakanta Bhoi	Biju Janata Dal
	103	Balikuda-Erasama	Sarada Prasanna Jena	Biju Janata Dal
	104	Jagatsinghpur	Amarendra Das	Bharatiya Janata Party
Puri	105	Kakatpur (SC)	Tusharkanti Behera	Biju Janata Dal
	106	Nimapara	Pravati Parida	Bharatiya Janata Party	Deputy Chief Minister
	107	Puri	Sunil Kumar Mohanty	Biju Janata Dal
	108	Brahmagiri	Upasna Mohapatra	Bharatiya Janata Party
	109	Satyabadi	Om Prakash Mishra
	110	Pipili	Ashrit Pattanayak
Khordha	111	Jayadev (SC)	Naba Kishor Mallick	Biju Janata Dal
	112	Bhubaneswar Central	Ananta Narayan Jena
	113	Bhubaneswar North	Susant Kumar Rout
	114	Ekamra Bhubaneswar	Babu Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
	115	Jatani	Bibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray	Biju Janata Dal
	116	Begunia	Pradip Kumar Sahu	Biju Janata Dal
	117	Khurda	Prasanta Kumar Jagadev	Bharatiya Janata Party
	118	Chilika	Prithviraj Harichandan		Cabinet Minister
Nayagarh	119	Ranpur	Surama Padhy		Speaker
	120	Khandapada	Dusmanta Kumar Swain
	121	Daspalla (SC)	Ramesh Chandra Behera	Biju Janata Dal
	122	Nayagarh	Arun Kumar Sahoo	Biju Janata Dal
Ganjam	123	Bhanjanagar	Pradyumna Kumar Nayak	Bharatiya Janata Party
	124	Polasara	Gokula Nanda Mallik		Minister of State (I/C)
	125	Kabisuryanagar	Pratap Chandra Nayak
	126	Khalikote (SC)	Purna Chandra Sethy
	127	Chhatrapur (SC)	Krushna Chandra Nayak
	128	Aska	Saroj Kumar Padhi
	129	Surada	Nilamani Bisoyi
	130	Sanakhemundi	Ramesh Chandra Jena	Indian National Congress
	131	Hinjili	Naveen Patnaik	Biju Janata Dal	Leader of Opposition
	132	Gopalpur	Bibhuti Bhushan Jena	Bharatiya Janata Party	Cabinet Minister
	133	Berhampur	K. Anil Kumar
	134	Digapahandi	Sidhant Mohapatra
	135	Chikiti	Manoranjan Dyan Samantara
Gajapati	136	Mohana (ST)	Dasarathi Gomango	Indian National Congress
Gajapati	137	Paralakhemundi	Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi	Biju Janata Dal
Rayagada	138	Gunupur (ST)	Satyajeet Gomango	Indian National Congress
	139	Bissam Cuttack (ST)	Nilamadhab Hikaka
	140	Rayagada (ST)	Kadraka Appala Swamy
Koraput	141	Lakshmipur (ST)	Pabitra Saunta
	142	Kotpad (ST)	Rupu Bhatra	Bharatiya Janata Party
	143	Jeypore	Tara Prasad Bahinipati	Indian National Congress
	144	Koraput (SC)	Raghuram Machha	Bharatiya Janata Party
	145	Pottangi (ST)	Rama Chandra Kadam	Indian National Congress	Leader of Congress Legislature Party
Malkangiri	146	Malkangiri (ST)	Narasinga Madkami	Bharatiya Janata Party
Malkangiri	147	Chitrakonda (ST)	Mangu Khilla	Indian National Congress

Speakers of Odisha Legislative Assembly

List of Speakers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly^[3]

#	Name (lifespan) Constituency	Tenure				Chief Minister	Assembly (Election)
1	Mukunda Prasad Das (1887–1969) Member from Central Balasore Sadar	28 July 1937	29 May 1946	8 years, 305 days	Indian National Congress	Krushna Chandra Gajapati Bishwanath Das Krushna Chandra Gajapati	1st Provisional (1937)
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	Indian National Congress	Biju Patnaik Biren Mitra Sadashiva Tripathy	3rd (1961)
6	Nandakishore Mishra (1906–1992) MLA from Loisingha	18 March 1967	11 January 1971	6 years, 299 days	Swatantra Party	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	4th (1967)
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	Swatantra Party	Bishwanath Das Nandini Satpathy	5th (1971)
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	Indian National Congress	Nandini Satpathy	6th (1974)
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	Indian National Congress	Binayak Acharya	6th (1974)
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	Janata Party	Nilamani Routray	7th (1977)
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	Indian National Congress	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	8th (1980)
10	Prasanna Kumar Dash (1919–2005) MLA from Baripada	22 February 1984	14 February 1985	358 days		Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	8th (1980)
10	Prasanna Kumar Dash (1919–2005) MLA from Baripada	14 February 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	Janata Dal	Biju Patnaik	10th (1990)
12	Kishore Chandra Patel (born 1946) MLA from Sundargarh	22 March 1995	14 January 1996	298 days	Indian National Congress	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Giridhar Gamang Hemananda Biswal	11th (1995)
13	Chintamani Dyan Samantra (born 1940) MLA from Chikiti	16 February 1996	10 March 2000	4 years, 23 days	Independent	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Giridhar Gamang Hemananda Biswal	11th (1995)
14	Sarat Kumar Kar (1939–2020) MLA from Mahanga	10 March 2000	21 May 2004	4 years, 72 days	Biju Janata Dal	Naveen Patnaik	12th (2000)
15	Maheswar Mohanty (1956–2023) MLA from Puri	21 May 2004	31 March 2008	3 years, 315 days	Biju Janata Dal		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			15th (2014)
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, 86 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Mohan Charan Majhi	17th (2024)

Deputy Speakers

List of Deputy Speakers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly^[3]

#	Name (lifespan) Constituency	Tenure				Assembly Session
1	Nanda Kishore Das (died 1986) Member from South Balasore Sadar	28 July 1937	14 September 1945	8 years, 48 days	Indian National Congress	1st Provisional (1937)
2	Adruti Lakshmi Bai (died 1986) Member from Berhampur Town	29 May 1946	20 February 1952	5 years, 267 days		2nd Provincial (1946)
3	Maulabi Mahammed Hanif MLA from Bhadrak	8 March 1952	4 March 1957	4 years, 361 days		1st (1952)
4	Jadumani Mangaraj (died 1964) MLA from Barchana	29 May 1957	25 February 1961	3 years, 272 days		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	Indian National Congress	3rd (1961)
6	Harihar Bahinipati (1927–2005) MLA from Puri	29 March 1967	11 January 1971	3 years, 288 days	Praja Socialist Party	4th (1967)
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	Utkal Congress	5th (1971)
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	Indian National Congress	6th (1974)
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	Indian National Congress	6th (1974)
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	Janata Party	7th (1977)
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	Indian National Congress	8th (1980)
11	Chintamani Dyan Samantra (born 1940) MLA from Chikiti	18 March 1985	3 March 1990	4 years, 350 days	Indian National Congress	9th (1985)
12	Prahlad Dora (1946–2021) MLA from Chitrakonda	20 March 1990	15 March 1995	4 years, 360 days	Janata Dal	10th (1990)
(11)	Chintamani Dyan Samantra (born 1940) MLA from Chikiti	28 March 1995	12 February 1996	321 days	Independent	11th (1995)
13	Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj (1955–2025) MLA from Khandapada	15 March 1996	29 February 2000	3 years, 351 days	Indian National Congress	11th (1995)
14	Rama Chandra Panda (born 1949) MLA from Chhatrapur	27 March 2000	6 February 2004	3 years, 316 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	12th (2000)
(12)	Prahlad Dora (1946–2021) MLA from Chitrakonda	3 July 2004	19 May 2009	4 years, 320 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	13th (2004)
15	Lal Bihari Himirika (born 1948) MLA from Rayagada	10 June 2009	10 May 2011	1 year, 334 days	Biju Janata Dal	14th (2009)
16	Sananda Marndi (born 1971) MLA from Baripada	17 August 2011	18 May 2014	2 years, 274 days		14th (2009)
16	Sananda Marndi (born 1971) MLA from Baripada	16 June 2014	29 May 2019	4 years, 347 days		15th (2014)
17	Rajanikant Singh (born 1955) MLA from Angul	27 June 2019	8 November 2023	4 years, 134 days		16th (2019)
18	Saluga Pradhan (born 1959) MLA from G. Udayagiri	21 November 2023	3 June 2024	195 days		16th (2019)
19	Bhabani Shankar Bhoi (born 1980) MLA from Talasara	24 July 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 52 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	17th (2024)

Leader of Opposition

List of leaders of the opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly^[3]

#	Portrait	Name (lifespan) Constituency	Tenure			Party		Chief Minister	Assembly (Election)
1		Shraddhakar Supakar (1914–1993) MLA from Rairakhol	16 February 1952	4 March 1957	5 years, 16 days		All India Ganatantra Parishad	Nabakrushna Choudhuri	1st (1952)
2		Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo (1912–1975) MLA from Titlagarh	1 April 1957	22 May 1959	2 years, 51 days		All India Ganatantra Parishad	Nabakrushna Choudhuri Harekrushna Mahatab	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		All India Ganatantra Parishad	Biju Patnaik Biren Mitra Sadashiva Tripathy	3rd (1961)
3		Sadashiva Tripathy (1910–1980) MLA from Nowrangpur	18 March 1967	11 January 1971	3 years, 311 days		Indian National Congress	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	4th (1967)
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		Indian National Congress	Bishwanath Das	5th (1971)
(2)		Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo (1912–1975) MLA from Bolangir	14 June 1972	9 February 1973	240 days		Swatantra Party	Nandini Satpathy
5		Biju Patnaik (1916–1997) MLA from Rajanagar	9 February 1973	3 March 1973	22 days		Utkal Congress	Nandini Satpathy
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	16 December 1976	2 years, 272 days		Utkal Congress	Nandini Satpathy	6th (1974)
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		Utkal Congress	Binayak Acharya	6th (1974)
6		Ram Prasad Mishra (1920–2014) MLA from Kantabanji	31 March 1977	30 April 1977	30 days		Swatantra Party	Binayak Acharya	6th (1974)
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		Indian National Congress (R)	Nilamani Routray	7th (1977)
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		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		9 June 1980	1 April 1984	3 years, 297 days	No Official Opposition		Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	8th (1980)
11		Sarat Kumar Deb (1944–1988) MLA from Aul	2 April 1984	10 March 1985	342 days		Janata Party (Secular)	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	8th (1980)
(5)		Biju Patnaik (1916–1997) MLA from Bhubaneswar	22 March 1985	3 March 1990	4 years, 346 days		Janata Party	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Hemananda Biswal	9th (1985)
-	Vacant		5 March 1990	15 March 1995	5 years, 10 days	No Official Opposition		Biju Patnaik	10th (1990)
(5)		Biju Patnaik (1916–1997) MLA from Bhubaneswar	23 March 1995	20 May 1996	1 year, 58 days		Janata Dal	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Giridhar Gamang Hemananda Biswal	11th (1995)
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
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		Indian National Congress	Naveen Patnaik	12th (2000)
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				13th (2004)
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		Bharatiya Janata Party		16th (2019)
22		Jayanarayan Mishra (born 1963) MLA from Sambalpur	30 July 2022	4 June 2024	1 year, 310 days		Bharatiya Janata Party		16th (2019)
23		Naveen Patnaik (born 1946) MLA from Hinjili	19 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 87 days		Biju Janata Dal	Mohan Charan Majhi	17th (2024)

References

^ "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.
^ "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.