The Third Orissa Legislative Assembly was convened after the 1961 Orissa Legislative Assembly election.
Brief History In 1961 assembly election, Cong won an unprecedented 82 seats and Biju Patnaik became Chief Minister for the first time on 23 June 1961. Shri Patnaik resigned in 1963 Gandhi jayanti as per Kamaraj Plan. Shri Biren Mitra became CM but his reign was cut short amidst mounting corruption allegations. Nowrangpur MLA Shri Sadashiva Tripathy became the Chief Minister on 21 February 1965 and continued till the end of assembly term. Beginning of this session, The Assembly premise was shifted from Sardar Patel Hall to the assembly building where session take place currently.
House Composition PartyStrengthIndian National Congress82All India Ganatantra Parishad37Praja Socialist Party10Communist Party of India4Independent7
Office Bearers PostPortraitNameTenurePartyGovernorYashwant Narayan SukthankarAssembly Begins15 September 1962N/AAjudhia Nath Khosla16 September 19625 August 1966Khaleel Ahmed5 August 196611 September 1966Ajudhia Nath Khosla12 September 1966Assembly DissolvesSpeakerLingaraj Panigrahi1 July 196118 March 1967Deputy SpeakerLokanath Mishra28 August 19611 March 1967Leader of the HouseBiju Patnaik23 June 19612 October 1963Biren Mitra2 October 196321 February 1965Sadashiva Tripathy21 February 19658 March 1967Leader of OppositionRajendra Narayan Singh Deo21 June 19611 March 1967
Council of Ministers
First Biju Patnaik Ministry
Biren Mitra Ministry
Sadashiva Tripathy Ministry
Members of Legislative Assembly
+Source District # Constituency NamePartyRemarks Koraput 1 Omerkote Sadasiba Tripathy Chief Minister 2 Dabugam Jagannath Tripathy 3 Nowrangpur (SC) Harijan Miru 4 Jeypore Raghunath Patnaik 5 Kotpad (SC) Mahadev Bakria 6 Malkangiri (ST) Guru Nayak 7 Padwa Ganeswar Mohapatra 8 Koraput (ST) Toyaka Sangana 9 Pottangi (ST) Musuri Santa Pangi 10 Rayagada (ST) Mandangi Kamaya 11 Gunupur Narasinga Patra 12 Bissamcuttack (ST) Biswanath Chowdhary Ganjam 13 Parlakimedi Nalla Kurma Naikulu 14 R. Udaigiri (ST) Ramachandra Bhoya 15 Digapahandi Raghunath Mahapatra 16 Mohana (SC) Biswanath Nayak 17 Berhampur Sisir Kumar Narendra Deb 18 Patrapur (SC) Trilochan Jani 19 Dura P. Venkat Jagannath Rao 20 Chatrapur Lakshman Mahapatra 21 Khallikote Ramchandra Mardaraj Dev Died in 1963. V. Sugnana Kumari Deo Elected in 1963 bypoll. 22 Hinjili Brundaban Nayak 23 Kodala West Bishwanath Das Resigned as appointed Governor of Uttar Pradesh. Banamali Maharana Elected in 1962 bypoll. 24 Kodala East Lingaraj Panigrahi Speaker 25 Bhanjanagar Maguni Charan Pradhan 26 Jagannath Prasad (SC) Udayanath Naik 27 Aska Lokanath Mishra 28 Suruda Arjun Naik Phulbani 29 Balliguda (ST) Podra Dubara 30 G. Udayagiri (ST) Sarangdhar Pradhan 31 Phulbani Himansu Sekhar Padhi 32 Baudh (SC) Anirudha Dipa Kalahandi 33 Madanpur-Rampur Birakeshari Deo 34 Bhawanipatna (ST) Anchal Majhi 35 Kasipur Nabakumari Devi 36 Koksara (SC) Dayanidhi Naik 37 Junagarh Maheswar Naik 38 Dharamgarh (ST) Mukunda Naik 39 Khariar Anupa Singh Deo 40 Nawpara (ST) Ghasiram Majhi Bolangir 41 KantabanjiRajendra Narayan Singh Deo Leader of Opposition 42 Titilagarh (SC) Achyutananda Mahananda 43 Saintala Ainthu Sahoo 44 Patnagarh (ST) Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi 45 Loisingha Ram Prasad Mishra 46 Bolangir (ST) Chandra Sekhar Singh Bhoi 47 Tusra Nandakishore Mishra 48 Binka Anantaram Nanda 49 Sonepur (SC) Daulata Ganda Sambalpur 50 Melchhamunda Satchidananda Padhi 51 Padampur (ST) Bir Bikramaditya Singh Bariha 52 Bargarh Gananath Pradhan 53 Bijepur (SC) Mohan Nag 54 Bhatli Saraswati Pradhan 55 Sambalpur Banamali Babu 56 Attabira (SC) Dalaganjan Chhuria 57 Katarbaga Bishnu Prasad Mishra 58 Deogarh (ST) Jayadev Thakur 59 Rairakhol Bhanuganga Tribhuban Deb 60 Brajrajnagar Prasanna Kumar Panda 61 Jharsuguda (ST) Binod Behari Singh Bariha Resigned. Binod Behari Singh Bariha Elected on 1963 bypoll. Sundergarh 62 Sundergarh Harihar Patel 63 Talsara (ST) Gangadhar Pradhan 64 Rajgangpur (ST) Rangaballabh Amat 65 Bisra (ST) Premchand Bhagat 66 Bonai (ST) Hemendra Prasad Mahapatra Keonjhar 67 Champua (ST) Guru Charan Naik 68 Patna Raj Ballabh Mishra 69 Keonjhar Janardan Bhanj Deo Died in 1965. Karunakar Pradhan Elected in 1965 bypoll. 70 Telkoi (ST) Govinda Chandra Munda 71 Ramachandrapur Muralidhar Kuanr 72 Anandapur (SC) Makar Sethi Dhenkanal 73 Pal-lahara Pabitra Mohan Pradhan 74 Talcher Pabitra Mohan Pradhan Resigned as elected in two seats. Madan Mohan Pradhan Elected in 1961 bypoll. 75 Kamakhyanagar Brundaban Tripathy 76 Dhenkanal Ratnaprava Devi 77 Gondia Kalia Dehuri 78 Chhendipada (SC) Pada Naik 79 Angul Kumud Chandra Singh 80 Athmallik Khetra Mohan Panigrahi Puri 81 Banpur Raghunath Mishra 82 Daspalla (SC) Saheb Naik 83 Khandpara Raja Saheb Harihar Singh Mardaraj Bhramarabara Roy 84 Nayagarh Brundaban Chandra Singh 85 Ranpur Ram Chandra Ram 86 Begunia Gangadhar Paikray 87 Khurda Banamali Patnaik 88 Bhubaneswar Satyapriya Mohanty 89 Balipatna (SC) Gopinath Bhoi 90 Brahmagiri Gopabandhu Patra 91 Puri Bhagban Pratihari 92 Satyabadi Rajraj Deb 93 Pipili Ram Chandra Patnaik 94 Kakatpur Upendra Mohanty 95 Nimapara (SC) Gobinda Chandra Sethi Cuttack 96 Banki Gokulanand Praharaj 97 Baramba Bidyadhar Naik 98 Athgarh Achyutananda Dash 99 Cuttack City Biren Mitra Chief Minister 100 Choudwar Biju Pattnaik Chief Minister 101 Cuttack Sadar (SC) Laxman Mallick 102 Jagatsinghpur Priyanath Dey 103 Govindpur (SC) Kanduri Charan Mallik 104 Mahanga Surendranath Patnaik 105 Salepur (SC) Baidhar Behera 106 Balikuda Bipin Bihari Das 107 Ersama Ratnamali Jema 108 Tirtol Pratap Chandra Mohanty 109 Patkura Lokanath Mishra Deputy Speaker 110 Rajnagar Padma Charan Naik 111 Aul Raja Sailendra Narayan Bhanja Deo 112 Kendrapara Dhruba Charan Sahu 113 Pattamundei (SC) Prahlad Mallik 114 Binjharpur Chittaranjan Naik 115 Berchana Dhananjoy Lenka 116 Dharmasala Gadadhar Dutta 117 Sukinda (SC) Baidhar Singh 118 Jajpur West Madan Mohan Patnaik Died in 1963. Narayan Chandra Pati Elected in 1963 bypoll. 119 Jajpur East (SC) Santanu Kumar Das Balasore 120 Dhamnagar Muralidhar Jena 121 Basudebpur Nilamani Routray 122 Chandbali (SC) Bairagi Jena 123 Bhadrak Nityananda Mahapatra 124 Soro Karunakar Panigrahi 125 Simulia (SC) Bhagiratha Das 126 Nilgiri Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj Harichandan 127 Balasore Bijoy Krushna De 128 Basta Maheswar Baug 129 Bhograi Pyarimohan Das 130 Jaleswar Prasanna Kumar Paul Mayurbhanj 131 Kunta Prasanna Kumar Dash 132 Baisinga (SC) Arjun Patra 133 Udala (ST) Manmohan Tudu 134 Karanjia Pravakar Behera 135 Jashipur (ST) Mochiram Tiriya 136 Rairangpur (ST) Chandra Mohan Singh 137 Bahalda (ST) Sonaram Soren 138 Bangiriposi (ST) Ishwar Chandra Nayak Died in 1964. Prasanna Kumar Das Elected in 1964 bypoll. 139 Baripada Santosh Kumar Sahu 140 Muruda (ST) Sakila Soren
Bypolls +Source Year Constituency Reason for by-poll Winning candidate Party November 1961Talcher Resignation of Pabitra Mohan Pradhan Madan Mohan Pradhan June 1962 Kodala West Resignation of Bishwanath Das Banamali Maharana April 1963 Jajpur West Death of Madan Mohan Patnaik Narayan Chandra Pati Khallikote Death of Ramchandra Mardaraj Dev V. Sugnana Kumari Deo Jharsuguda (ST) Resignation of Binod Behari Singh Bariha Binod Behari Singh Bariha April 1964 Bangiriposi (ST) Death of Ishwar Chandra Nayak Prasanna Kumar Das June 1965 Keonjhar Death of Janardan Bhanj Deo Karunakar Pradhan
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