The Sixteenth Odisha Legislative Assembly was convened on after 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election. Biju Janata Dal led by Naveen Patnaik formed government for a record 5th time.
Brief history Following BJD's victory in 2019 election, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik along with his council of ministers were sworn in by Governor Ganeshi Lal on 29 May 2019. Entire cabinet was reshuffled on 5 June 2022 & expanded on 22 May 2023. After a major upset for BJD in 2024 Odisha Assembly election, Shri Patnaik submitted his resignation to Governor on 4 June 2024, paving way for new BJP govt. He continued as Caretaker CM till 12 June 2024. The house got its first women speaker as Smt Pramila Mallik was elected unopposed on 22 September 2023.
House composition PartyStrengthAssembly BeginsAssembly DissolvesBiju Janata Dal112108Bharatiya Janata Party2322Indian National Congress99Communist Party of India (Marxist)11Independent14Vacant13
Office bearers PostPortraitNameTenurePartyGovernorGaneshi LalAssembly Begins30 October 2023N/ARaghubar Das31 October 2023Assembly DissolvesSpeaker Surjya Narayan Patro1 June 20194 June 2022 Bikram Keshari Arukha13 June 202212 May 2023Pramila Mallik22 September 20234 June 2024Deputy Speaker Rajanikant Singh27 June 20198 November 2023 Saluga Pradhan21 November 20235 June 2024Leader of the HouseNaveen Patnaik29 May 201911 June 2024Minister for Parliamentary AffairsBikram Keshari Arukha29 May 20195 June 2022Niranjan Pujari5 June 202211 June 2024Leader of OppositionPradipta Kumar Naik5 June 201930 July 2022 Jayanarayan Mishra30 July 20225 June 2024Leader of Congress Legislature Party Narasingha Mishra5 June 20195 June 2024Pro tem SpeakerAmar Prasad Satpathy29 May 201931 May 2019
Council of Ministers
Members of Legislative Assembly +SourceDistrictAc.No.ConstituencyName PartyRemarksBargarh1PadampurBijaya Ranjan Singh BarihaDied in October 2022.Barsha Singh BarihaWon in December 2022 Bypoll.2BijepurNaveen PatnaikElected from 2 seats. ResignedRita SahuMinister of State (I/C)3BargarhDebesh Acharya4Attabira (SC)Snehangini Chhuria5BhatliSusanta SinghCabinet MinisterJharsuguda6BrajarajnagarKishore Kumar MohantyDied in December 2021.Alka MohantyWon in June 2022 Bypoll.7JharsugudaNaba Kishore DasCabinet Minister, Assassinated in January 2023.Dipali DasWon in 2023 Bypoll.Sundargarh8Talsara (ST)Bhabani Shankar Bhoi9Sundargarh (ST)Kusum Tete10Biramitrapur (ST)Shankar Oram11Raghunathpali (SC)Subrat Tarai12RourkelaSarada Prasad NayakCabinet Minister13Rajgangpur (ST)C. S. Razeen Ekka14Bonai (ST)Laxman MundaSambalpur15Kuchinda (ST)Kishore Chandra Naik16Rengali (SC)Nauri Nayak17SambalpurJayanarayan Mishra Leader of Opposition18RairakholRohit PujariMinister of State (I/C)Deogarh19DeogarhSubash Chandra PanigrahiKeonjhar20Telkoi (ST)Premmananda NayakMinister of State (I/C), Disqualified on 11 April 2024.Vacant (since 11 April 2024)21GhasipuraBadri Narayan Patra22Anandpur (SC)Bhagirathi Sethi23Patna (ST)Jagganath Naik24Keonjhar (ST)Mohan Charan Majhi25ChampuaMinakshi MahantaMayurbhanj26Jashipur (ST)Ganesh Ram Singh Khuntia27Saraskana (ST)Budhan Murmu28Rairangpur (ST)Naba Charan Majhi29Bangriposi (ST)Sudam MarndiCabinet Minister30Karanjia (ST)Basanti HembramMinister of State (I/C)31Udala (ST)Bhaskar Madhei32Badasahi (SC)Sanatan Bijuli33Baripada (ST)Prakash Soren34MoradaRajkishore DasBalasore35JaleswarAswini Kumar PatraMinister of State (I/C)36BhograiAnanta Das 37BastaNityananda Sahoo38BalasoreMadanmohan DuttaDied in June 2020.Swarup Kumar DasWon in November 2020 Bypoll.39Remuna (SC)Sudhanshu Shekar ParidaSuspended from party for anti party activities on 21 September 2023.Since 25 September 2023.40NilagiriSukanta Nayak41Soro (SC)Parshuram Dhada42SimuliaJyoti Prakash PanigrahiMinister of State (I/C)Bhadrak43BhandaripokhariPrafulla Samal44BhadrakSanjib Mallick45BasudevpurBishnubrata Routray46Dhamnagar (SC)Bishnu Charan SethiDied in September 2022.Suryabanshi SurajWon in November 2022 bypoll.47ChandabaliByomkesh RayJajpur48Binjharpur (SC)Pramila MallikSpeaker49BariSunanda Das50BarchanaAmar Prasad Satpathy51DharmasalaPranab Kumar BalabantarayDeputy Govt. Chief Whip52JajpurPranab Prakash Das53KoreiAshok Kumar Bal54SukindaPritiranjan GharaiMinister of State (I/C)Dhenkanal55DhenkanalSudhir Kumar Samal56Hindol (SC)Seemarani Nayak57KamakhyanagarPrafulla Kumar MallickCabinet Minister58ParjangaNrusingha Charan SahuAngul59PallaharaMukesh Kumar Pal60TalcherBraja Kishore Pradhan61AngulRajanikant SinghDeputy Speaker62Chhendipada (SC)Susanta Kumar Behera63AthmallikRamesh Chandra SaiSubarnapur64Birmaharajpur (SC)Padmanabha BeheraCabinet Minister65SonepurNiranjan PujariCabinet MinisterBolangir66Loisingha (SC)Mukesh Mahaling67PatnagarhSaroj Kumar MeherDeputy Govt. Chief Whip68BolangirNarasingha MishraLeader of Congress Legislature Party69TitlagarhTukuni SahuCabinet Minister70KantabanjiSantosh Singh SalujaNuapada71NuapadaRajendra DholakiaCabinet Minister72KhariarAdhiraj Mohan PanigrahiNabarangpur73Umarkote (ST)Nityananda Gond74Jharigam (ST)Prakash Chandra Majhi75Nabarangpur (ST)Sadasiva Pradhani76Dabugam (ST)Manohar RandhariKalahandi77Lanjigarh (ST)Pradip Kumar Dishari78JunagarhDibya Shankar MishraMinister of State (I/C)79DharmagarhMousadhi Bag80Bhawanipatna (SC)Pradipta Kumar NaikLeader of Opposition81NarlaBhupinder SinghKandhamal82Baliguda (ST)Chakramani Kanhar83G. Udayagiri (ST)Saluga PradhanDeputy Speaker84Phulbani (ST)Angada KanharBoudh85KantamalMahidhar Rana86BoudhPradip Kumar AmatCabinet MinisterCuttack87BarambaDebiprasad Mishra88BankiDevi Ranjan Tripathy89AthgarhRanendra Pratap SwainCabinet Minister90Barabati-CuttackMohammed MoquimSuspended from party, later revoked.91Choudwar-CuttackSouvic Biswal92Niali (SC)Pramod Kumar Mallick93Cuttack Sadar (SC)Chandra Sarathi Behera94SalipurPrasanta Behera95MahangaPratap JenaCabinet MinisterKendrapara96PatkuraSabitri Agarwalla97Kendrapara (SC)Shashi Bhusan Behera98AulPratap Keshari DebCabinet Minister99RajanagarDhruba Charan Sahoo100MahakalapadaAtanu Sabyasachi NayakCabinet MinisterJagatsinghpur101ParadeepSambit Routray102Tirtol (SC)Bishnu Charan DasDied in July 2020.Bijay Shankar DasWon in Nov 2020 Bypoll.103Balikuda-ErasamaRaghunadan DasMinister of State (I/C)104JagatsinghpurPrasanta Kumar MuduliGovt. Chief WhipPuri105Kakatpur (SC)Tusarakanti BeheraMinister of State (I/C)106NimaparaSamir Ranjan DashMinister of State (I/C)107PuriJayanta Kumar Sarangi108BrahmagiriLalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra109SatyabadiUmakanta Samantaray110PipiliPradeep MaharathyDied in October 2020.Rudra Pratap MaharathyWon in October 2021 Bypoll.Khordha111Jayadev (SC)Arabinda DhaliDisqualified on 11 April 2024.Vacant (since 11 April 2024)112Bhubaneswar CentralAnanta Narayan Jena113Bhubaneswar NorthSusant Kumar Rout114Ekamra BhubaneswarAshok Chandra PandaCabinet Minister115JataniSuresh Kumar RoutraySuspended from party for anti party activities before 2024 elections.116BeguniaRajendra Kumar Sahoo117KhurdaJyotirindra Nath Mitra118ChilikaPrasanta Kumar JagadevNayagarh119RanpurSatyanarayan Pradhan120KhandapadaSoumya Ranjan PatnaikSuspended from party for anti party activities on 21 September 2023.Since 25 September 2023.121Daspalla (SC)Ramesh Chandra Behera122NayagarhAruna Kumar SahooCabinet MinisterGanjam123BhanjanagarBikram Keshari ArukhaSpeaker124PolasaraSrikanta SahuCabinet Minister125KabisuryanagarLatika Pradhan126Khalikote (SC)Suryamani Baidya127Chhatrapur (SC)Subash Chandra Behera128AskaManjula Swain129SuradaPurna Chandra Swain130SanakhemundiRamesh Chandra Jena131HinjiliNaveen PatnaikChief Minister132GopalpurPradeep Kumar Panigrahi Expelled from party for "anti people activities" on 29 November 2020.Since 29 November 2020.133BerhampurBikram Kumar Panda134DigapahandiSurjya Narayan PatroSpeaker, Died in September 2023.Vacant (since 2 September 2023)135ChikitiUsha DeviCabinet MinisterGajapati136Mohana (ST)Dasarathi Gomango137ParalakhemundiRupesh Kumar PanigrahiRayagada138Gunupur (ST)Raghunath Gomango139Bissam Cuttack (ST)Jagannath SarakaCabinet Minister140Rayagada (ST)Makaranda MuduliKoraput141Lakshmipur (ST)Prabhu Jani142Kotpad (ST)Padmini DianMinister of State (I/C)143JeyporeTara Prasad Bahinipati144Koraput (SC)Raghu Ram Padal145Pottangi (ST)Rama Chandra KadamMalkangiri146Malkangiri (ST)Aditya Madhi147Chitrakonda (ST)Purna Chandra Baka
By-polls YearConstituencyReason for by-pollWinning candidatePartyOct 2019BijepurResignation of Naveen PatnaikRita SahuNov 2020BalasoreDeath of Madanmohan DuttaSwarup Kumar DasTirtol (SC)Death of Bishnu Charan DasBijay Shankar DasOct 2021PipiliDeath of Pradeep MaharathyRudra Pratap MaharathyJun 2022BrajarajnagarDeath of Kishore Kumar MohantyAlka MohantyNov 2022Dhamnagar (SC)Death of Bishnu Charan SethiSuryabanshi SurajDec 2022 PadampurDeath of Bijaya Ranjan Singh BarihaBarsha Singh BarihaJun 2023JharsugudaDeath of Naba DasDipali Das
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