Odisha Legislative Assembly


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. 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.NameConstitutionDissolutionSpeaker
aFirst Pre-Independent Assembly3 February 193714 September 1945Shri Mukunda Prasad Das
bSecond Pre-Independent Assembly18 April 194620 February 1952Lal Mohan Patnaik
1First Assembly after Independence20 February 19524 March 1957Nanda Kishore Das
2Second Assembly1 April 195725 February 1961Nilakantha Das
3Third Assembly21 June 19611 March 1967Lingaraj Panigrahi
4Fourth Assembly1 March 196723 January 1971Nanda Kishore Misra
5Fifth Assembly23 March 19713 March 1973Nanda Kishore Misra
6Sixth Assembly6 March 197430 April 1977Braja Mohan Mohanty
7Seventh Assembly26 June 197717 February 1980Satyapriya Mohanty
8Eighth Assembly9 June 19809 March 1985Somnath Rath
Prasanna Kumar Dash
9Ninth Assembly9 March 19853 March 1990Prasanna Kumar Dash
10Tenth Assembly3 March 199015 March 1995Yudhistir Das
11Eleventh Assembly15 March 199529 February 2000Kishore Chandra Patel
Chintamani Dyan Samantra
12Twelfth Assembly29 February 20006 February 2004Sarat Kumar Kar
13Thirteenth Assembly15 May 200419 May 2009Maheshwar Mohanty
Kishore Kumar Mohanty
14Fourteenth Assembly19 May 200924 May 2014Pradip Kumar Amat
15Fifteenth Assembly25 May 201429 May 2019Niranjan Pujari
Pradip Kumar Amat
16Sixteenth Assembly30 May 2019IncumbentSurjya Narayan Patro

Leaders of Opposition

I.N.*NamePartyTerm startTerm end
1Shradhakara SupakarGanatantra Parisad16 February 19524 March 1957
2Rajendra Narayan Singh DeoGanatantra Parisad1 April 195722 May 1959
Rajendra Narayan Singh DeoGanatantra Parishad/ Swatantra Party21 June 19611 March 1967
3Sadashiva TripathyIndian National Congress18 March 196714 September 1970
4Gangadhra MohapatraUtkal Congress15 September 197023 January 1971
5Binayak AcharyaCongress4 May 197114 June 1972
Rajendra Narayan Singh DeoSwatantra Party14 June 19729 February 1973
6Biju PatnaikPragati Legislature Party 9 February 19733 March 1973
Biju PatnaikPLP/ Bharatiya Lok Dal19 March 197424 March 1977
7Ram Prasad MishraJanata Party31 March 197730 April 1977
8Chintamani PanigrahiIndian National Congress29 June 197720 February 1978
9Brundaban NayakIndian National Congress20 February 19783 September 1979
10Prahalad MallickJanata Party3 September 197913 February 1980
11Ananta Narayan Singh DeoJanata Party13 February 198017 February 1980
12Sarat Kumar DevUnited Front2 April 198410 March 1985
Biju PatnaikJanata Dal22 March 19853 March 1990
Biju PatnaikJanata Dal23 March 199520 May 1996
13Ashok Kumar DasJanata Dal22 May 199617 December 1997
14Rama Krishna PatnaikBiju Janata Dal22 February 199816 November 1998
15Prafulla SamalBiju Janata Dal16 November 19981 December 1998
16Satchidananda DalalBiju Janata Dal11 December 199829 February 2000
17Ramakanta MishraIndian National Congress21 March 20006 February 2004
18Janaki Ballabh PattanaikIndian National Congress4 June 200424 January 2009
19Rama Chandra UlakaIndian National Congress24 January 200919 May 2009
20Bhupinder SinghIndian National Congress27 May 20097 March 2014
21Surendra Singh Bhoi Indian National Congress8 March 201416 May 2014
22Narasingha MishraIndian National Congress11 June 201429 May 2019
23Pradipta Kumar NaikBharatiya Janata Party25 June 2019Incumbent

Current Assembly Members

Constituencies