The Eighth Orissa Legislative Assembly was convened after 1980 Orissa Legislative Assembly election.
Brief history Following Cong (I) victory in 1980 Indian general election, Opposition led state govt were dismissed and early election were called. Dissatisfied with Janata Govt., Cong (I) was voted to power in 1980 Orissa Assembly election. Chief Minister Janaki Ballabh Patnaik along with 7 Cabinet ministers, 10 Ministers of state and 1 deputy minister were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor C. M. Poonacha at the Raj Bhavan, Bhubaneswar on 9 June 1980. Ministry was further expanded on 14 July 1981 & 10 February 1984. Following Cong win in 1985 Orissa Assembly election due to the sympathy wave created by the unfortunate death of Indira Gandhi, Chief Minister Janaki Patnaik resigned on 10 March 1985.
House Composition PartyStrengthIndian National Congress (I)118Janata Party (Secular)13Communist Party of India4Janata Party3Indian National Congress (U)2Independent7
Office Bearers PostPortraitNameTenurePartyGovernorC. M. PoonachaAssembly Begins30 September 1980N/ASukanta Kishore Ray1 October 19803 November 1980C. M. Poonacha4 November 198024 June 1982Ranganath Misra25 June 198231 August 1982C. M. Poonacha1 September 198217 August 1983Bishambhar Nath Pande17 August 1983Assembly DissolvesSpeaker Somnath Rath12 June 198011 February 1984Prasanna Kumar Dash22 February 198414 March 1985Deputy Speaker Himansu Sekhar Padhi2 July 19809 March 1985Leader of the HouseJanaki Ballabh Patnaik9 June 198010 March 1985Leader of OppositionVacant9 June 19801 April 1984N/A Sarat Kumar Deb2 April 198410 March 1985Pro tem SpeakerPrasanna Kumar Dash11 June 198012 June 1980
Council of Ministers
Members of Legislative Assembly
+SourceDistrictAC. No.ConstituencyMemberPartyRemarksMayurbhanj1Karanjia (ST) Raghunath Hembram 2Jashipur (ST) Sundar Mohan Majhi 3Bahalda (ST) Rama Chandra Hansdah 4Rairangpur (ST) Sidhalal Murmu 5Bangriposi (ST) Kangoi Singh 6Kuliana (ST) Saraswati Hembram 7Baripada Prasanna Kumar Dash Speaker8Baisinga (ST) Kuanria Majhi 9Khunta (ST) Ramesh Soren 10Udala (ST) Rauaneswar Madhei Baleshwar11Bhograi Kartikeswar Patra 12Jaleswar Gadadhar Giri 13Basta Bhopal Chandra Mohapatra 14Balasore Arun Dey 15Soro Pitambar Panda 16Simulia Parsuram Panigrahi 17Nilgiri Akshaya Kumar Acharya 18Bhandaripokhari (SC) Purusottam Sethi 19Bhadrak Jugal Kishore Pattanaik 20Dhamnagar Jagannath Rout 21Chandbali (SC) Netrananda Mallick 22Basudevpur Jagabandhu Das Cuttack23Sukinda Sarat Rout 24Korai Ashok Kumar Das 25Jajpur (SC) Niranjan Jena 26Dharamsala Kangali Panda 27Barchana Sitakanta Mohapatra 28Bari-Derabisi Srikant Kumar Jena 29Binjharpur (SC) Naba Kishore Mallik 30Aul Sarat Kumar Deb Leader of Opposition31Patamundai (SC) Biswanath Mallik 32Rajnagar Nalinikanta Mohanty 33Kendrapara Indramani Rout 34Patkura Biju Pattanaik Resignation in June 1980 on his election to 7th Lok Sabha.Bijoy Mohapatra Won in 1980 Bypoll.35Tirtol Basant Kumar Biswal 36Ersama Damodar Rout 37Balikuda Basudeba Mohapatra 38Jagatsinghpur (SC) Krushna Chandra Mallik 39Kissannagar Surendranath Patnaik 40Mahanga Sk. Matlub Ali 41Salepur (SC) Mayadhar Sethi 42Gobindpur Antarjyami Pradhan 43Cuttack Sadar Dolagobinda Pradhan 44Cuttack City Srikant Panda 45Choudwar Kahnu Charan Lenka 46Banki Akshaya Kumar Patnaik 47Athgarh Rasananda Sahoo Resigned on 7 October 1980.Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Won in 1980 Bypoll. Chief Minister48Baramba Samir Kumar Routray Puri49Balipatna (SC) Basanta Behera 50Bhubaneswar Rama Krushna Pati 51Jatni Suresh Kumar Routray 52Pipli Bipin Das 53Nimapara (SC) Rabindra Kumar Sethy 54Kakatpur Baikunthanath Swain 55Satyabadi Rabindra Kumar Das 56Puri Gadadhar Mishra 57Brahmagiri Gangadhar Mohapatra 58Chilka Debendranath Mansingh 59Khurda Prasanna Kumar Patsani 60Begunia Kailash Chandra Mohapatra 61Ranpur Ramakant Mishra 62Nayagarh Bansidhara Sahoo 63Khandapara Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardraj 64Daspalla Harihar Karan Ganjam65Jaganathprasad (SC) Sribaschha Naik 66Bhanjanagar Somnath Rath Speaker67Suruda Gantayat Swain 68Aska Raghaba Parida 69Kabisuryanagar Radha Govinda Sahu 70Kodala Kanhu Charan Naik 71Khallikote Trinath Samantary 72Chatrapur Biswanath Sahu 73Hinjili Brundaban Nayak 74Gopalpur (SC) Ghanashyam Behera 75Berhampur Krushna Charan Patnaik 76Chikati Chintamani Dyan Samatra 77Mohana Udaya Narayan Dev 78Ramagiri (ST) Gorsanga Savara 79Parlakhemundi Bijoy Kumar Jena Koraput80Gunupur (ST) Bhagirathi Gamango 81Bissam-cuttack (ST) Dambarudhar Ulaka 82Rayagada (ST) Ulaka Ramchandra 83Lakshmipur (ST) Anantaram Majhi 84Pottangi (ST) Chandrama Santa 85Koraput Nrusinghananda Brahma 86Malkangiri (SC) Naka Laxmayya 87Chitrakonda (ST) Gangadhar Madi 88Kotpad (ST) Basudev Majhi 89Jeypore Raghunath Pattanaik 90Nowrangpur Habibulla Khan 91Kodinga (ST) Dombaru Majhi 92Dabugam (ST) Phulamani Santa 93Umarkote (ST) Parama Pujari Kalahandi94Nawapara Bhanu Prakash Joshi 95Khariar Anup Singh Deo 96Dharamgarh (SC) Gajanan Nayak 97Koksara Manmohan Mathur 98Junagarh Maheswar Barad 99Bhawanipatna (SC) Dayanidhi Naik 100Narla (ST) Tejraj Majhi 101Kesinga Bhupinder Singh Phulabani102Balliguda (ST) Sahura Mallik 103Udayagiri (ST) Nagarjun Pradhan 104Phulbani (SC) Chandra Sekhar Behera 105Boudh Himanshu Sekhar Padhi Deputy SpeakerBalangir106Titilagarh (SC) Lalit Mohan Gandhi 107Kantabanji Prasanna Kumar Pal 108Patnagarh Brajamohan Thakur 109Saintala Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi 110Loisingha Balgopal Mishra 111Bolangir Mahammad Muzafar Hussain Khan 112Sonepur (SC) Dhaneswar Kumbhar 113Binka Pradipta Hota 114Birmaharajpur Hrushikesh Hota Dhenkanal115Athmallik Bhajaman Behera 116Angul Santosh Kumar Pradhan 117Hindol (SC) Trinath Nayak 118Dhenkanal Nandini Satpathy 119Gondia Haldhar Mishra 120Kamakhyanagar Kailash Chandra Mohapatra 121Pallahara Bibhudhendra Pratap Das 122Talcher (SC) Brundaban Behera Sambalpur123Padampur Satya Bhusan Sahu 124Melchhamunda Prakash Chandra Debta 125Bijepur Rajib Lochan Hota 126Bhatli (SC) Mohan Nag 127Bargarh Jadumani Pradhan 128Sambalpur Aswini Kumar Guru 129Brajarajnagar Upendra Dixit 130Jharsuguda Birendra Pandey 131Laikera (ST) Hemananda Biswal 132Kuchinda (ST) Jagateswar Mirdha 133Rairakhol (SC) Abhimanyu Kumar 134Deogarh Aswini Kumar Behera Sundergarh135Sundargarh Kishore Chandra Patal 136Talsara (ST) Gajadhar Majhi 137Rajgangpur (ST) Mukharam Naik 138Biramitrapur (ST) Jumus Bilung 139Rourkela Gurupada Nanda 140Raghunathpali (ST) Nelson Soreng 141Bonai (ST) Basanta Kumar Dandapat Keonjhar142Champua (ST) Saharei Oram 143Patna Hrushikesh Naik 144Keonjhar (ST) Jogendra Naik 145Telkoi (ST) Chandrasen Nayak 146Ramchandrapur Niranjan Patnaik 147Anandapur (SC) Jayadev Jena
Bypolls +SourceYearConstituencyReason for by-pollWinning candidatePartyNovember 1980 Patkura Resignation of Biju Patnaik Bijoy Mohapatra AthgarhResignation of Rasananda SahooJanaki Ballabh Patnaik
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