List of speakers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly

The Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Odisha, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Odisha.

In the Republic of India, the various central and state legislatures are presided by either a Speaker or a Chairman. The Speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Odisha Legislative Assembly after the General elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the Vidhan Sabha. The Speaker holds office until either they ceases to be a member of the Vidhan Sabha or he himself resigns. The Speaker can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the Vidhan Sabha by an effective majority of its members. In the absence of a Speaker, the meeting of Odisha Legislative Assembly is presided over by the Deputy Speaker.

List of Speakers #PortraitNameTenureChief MinisterAssemblyParty1 Mukunda Prasad Das28 July 193729 May 1946Krushna Chandra Gajapati

Bishwanath Das

Krushna Chandra Gajapati1st Provisional2Lal Mohan Patnaik29 May 19466 March 1952Harekrushna Mahatab2nd Provincial3 Nanda Kishore Das6 March 195227 May 1957Nabakrushna Choudhuri1st4Nilakantha Das27 May 195725 February 1961Nabakrushna Choudhuri Harekrushna Mahatab2nd5 Lingaraj Panigrahi1 July 196118 March 1967Biju Patnaik Biren Mitra Sadashiva Tripathy3rd6 Nandakishore Mishra18 March 196711 January 1971Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo4th(6) Nandakishore Mishra12 April 19713 March 1973Bishwanath Das Nandini Satpathy5th7 Brajamohan Mohanty21 March 197416 December 1976Nandini Satpathy6th(7) Brajamohan Mohanty30 December 197626 June 1977Binayak Acharya6th8Satyapriya Mohanty1 July 197717 February 1980Nilamani Routray7th9 Somnath Rath12 June 198011 February 1984Janaki Ballabh Patnaik8th10Prasanna Kumar Dash22 February 198414 March 198514 March 19859 March 1990Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Hemananda Biswal9th11Yudhistir Das9 March 199022 March 1995Biju Patnaik10th12 Kishore Chandra Patel22 March 199514 January 1996Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Giridhar Gamang Hemananda Biswal11th13 Chintamani Dyan Samantra16 February 199610 March 200014Sarat Kumar Kar10 March 200021 May 2004Naveen Patnaik12th15Maheswar Mohanty21 May 200431 March 200813th16 Prahlad Dora31 March 200819 August 200817 Kishore Kumar Mohanty19 August 200825 May 200918 Pradip Kumar Amat25 May 200920 May 201414th19Niranjan Pujari26 May 20146 May 201715th20 Pradip Kumar Amat16 May 201731 May 201921 Surjya Narayan Patro1 June 20194 June 202216th22 Bikram Keshari Arukha13 June 202212 May 202323Pramila Mallik22 September 20233 June 202424Surama Padhy20 June 2024incumbentMohan Charan Majhi17th

List of Deputy Speakers

# Portrait Name Constituency Tenure Assembly Party 1 Nanda Kishore Das South Balasore Sadar 28 July 1937 14 September 1945 1st Provincial Indian National Congress 2 Adruti Laxmibai Berhampur Town 29 May 1946 20 February 1952 2nd Provincial Indian National Congress 3 Maulabi Mahammed Hanif Bhadrak 8 March 1952 4 March 1957 1st Indian National Congress 4 Jadumani Mangaraj Barchana 29 May 1957 25 February 1961 2nd Indian National Congress 5 Lokanath Mishra Patkura 28 August 1961 1 March 1967 3rd Indian National Congress 6 Harihar Bahinipati Puri 29 March 1967 11 January 1971 4th Praja Socialist Party 7 Narayan Birabar Samanta Erasama 6 May 1971 3 March 1973 5th Utkal Congress 8 Chintamani Jena Basta 29 March 1974 30 April 1977 6th Indian National Congress 9 Surendra Nath Naik Kakatpur 27 July 1977 17 February 1980 7th Janata Party 10 Himansu Sekhar Padhi Boudh 2 July 1980 9 March 1985 8th Indian National Congress 11 Chintamani Dyan Samantra Chikiti 18 March 1985 3 March 1990 9th Indian National Congress 12 Prahlad Dora Chitrakonda 20 March 1990 15 March 1995 10th Janata Dal (11) Chintamani Dyan Samantra Chikiti 28 March 1995 12 February 1996 11th Independent 13 Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj Khandapada 15 March 1996 29 February 2000 Indian National Congress 14 Rama Chandra Panda Chhatrapur 27 March 2000 6 February 2004 12th Bharatiya Janata Party (12) Prahlad Dora Chitrakonda 3 July 2004 19 May 2009 13th Bharatiya Janata Party 15 Lal Bihari Himirika Rayagada 10 June 2009 10 May 2011 14th Biju Janata Dal 16 Sananda Marndi Baripada 17 August 2011 29 May 2019 15th Biju Janata Dal 17 Rajanikant Singh Angul 27 June 2019 8 November 2023 16th Biju Janata Dal 18 Saluga Pradhan G. Udayagiri 21 November 2023 3 June 2024 Biju Janata Dal 19 Bhabani Shankar Bhoi Talsara 24 July 2024 Incumbent 17th Bharatiya Janata Party

List of Pro tem Speakers Assembly Year Name Party 1st Provincial 1937 Bichitrananda Das Independent 2nd Provincial 1946 Lakshminarayan Sahu Indian National Congress 1st 1952 Maulabi Mahammed Hanif Indian National Congress 2nd 1957 Nanda Kishore Das Indian National Congress 3rd 1961 Lingaraj Panigrahi Indian National Congress 4th 1967 Harihar Bahinipati Praja Socialist Party 5th 1971 Narayan Birabar Samanta Utkal Congress 6th 1974 Chintamani Jena Indian National Congress 7th 1977 Surendranath Naik Janata Party 8th 1980 Prasanna Kumar Dash Indian National Congress 9th 1985 Shraddhakar Supakar Indian National Congress 10th 1990 Ghasiram Majhi Janata Dal 11th 1995 Ghasiram Majhi Janata Dal 12th 2000 Habibullah Khan Indian National Congress 13th 2004 Habibullah Khan Indian National Congress 14th 2009 V. Sugnana Kumari Deo Biju Janata Dal 15th 2014 V. Sugnana Kumari Deo Biju Janata Dal 16th 2019 Amar Prasad Satpathy Biju Janata Dal 17th 2024 Ranendra Pratap Swain Biju Janata Dal

List of speakers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly

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