11th Odisha Legislative Assembly

11th Odisha Legislative Assembly
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Overview
Meeting place	Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India
Term	15 March 1995 – 29 February 2000
Election	1995
Government	Indian National Congress
Opposition	Janata Dal Biju Janata Dal
Website	odishaassembly.nic.in
Odisha Legislative Assembly
Members	147
Governor	B. Satya Narayan Reddy Gopala Ramanujam K. V. Raghunatha Reddy(acting) C. Rangarajan(acting) M. M. Rajendran
Speaker	Kishore Chandra Patel, INC Chintamani Dyan Samantra, IND
Deputy Speaker	Chintamani Dyan Samantra, IND Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj, INC
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, INC Giridhar Gamang, INC Hemananda Biswal, INC
Leader of Opposition	Biju Patnaik, JD Ashok Kumar Das, JD Ram Krushna Patnaik, BJD Prafulla Samal, BJD Satchidananda Dalal, BJD
Party control	Indian National Congress (81/147)
17 Sessions with 248 Sittings

The Eleventh Odisha Vidhan Sabha was convened after 1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election. ^[1] Indian National Congress came back to power after winning 80 seats. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Giridhar Gamang and Hemananda Biswal formed government. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

House Composition

Time Period	Strength	INC	JD	BJD	BJP	JMM	CPI	JPP	IND
Assembly Begins	147	80	46	-	9	4	1	1	6
Assembly Disolves	144	81	14	25	11	4	0	1	8

Office Bearers

Post	Portrait	Name	Tenure		Party
Governor		B. Satya Narayan Reddy	Assembly Begins	17 June 1995	N/A
		Gopala Ramanujam	18 June 1995	30 January 1997
		K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (Additional Charge)	31 January 1997	12 February 1997
		Gopala Ramanujam	13 February 1997	13 December 1997
		K. V. Raghunatha Reddy (Additional Charge)	13 December 1997	27 April 1998
		C. Rangarajan (Additional Charge)	27 April 1998	14 November 1999
		M. M. Rajendran	15 November 1999	Assembly Dissolves
Speaker		Kishore Chandra Patel MLA from Sundargarh	22 March 1995	14 January 1996		Indian National Congress
		Chintamani Dyan Samantra MLA from Chikiti	16 February 1996	10 March 2000		Independent
Deputy Speaker		Chintamani Dyan Samantra MLA from Chikiti	28 March 1995	12 February 1996		Independent
		Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj MLA from Khandapada	15 March 1996	29 February 2000		Indian National Congress
Leader of the House (Chief Minister) Leader of INC Legislature Party		Janaki Ballabh Patnaik MLA from Begunia	15 March 1995	17 February 1999		Indian National Congress
		Giridhar Gamang MLA from Laxmipur	17 February 1999	6 December 1999		Indian National Congress
		Hemananda Biswal MLA from Laikera	6 December 1999	5 March 2000		Indian National Congress
Leader of Opposition Leader of JD Legislature Party		Biju Patnaik MLA from Bhubaneswar	23 March 1995	20 May 1996		Janata Dal
		Ashok Kumar Das MLA from Korei	22 May 1996	17 December 1997 [5]		Janata Dal
Leader of Opposition Leader of BJD Legislature Party		Ram Krushna Patnaik MLA from Kodala	22 February 1998	16 November 1998		Biju Janata Dal
		Prafulla Samal MLA from Bhadrak	16 November 1998	1 December 1998		Biju Janata Dal
		Satchidananda Dalal MLA from Boudh	11 December 1998	29 February 2000		Biju Janata Dal
Pro tem Speaker		Ghasiram Majhi MLA from Nawapara	19 March 1995	22 March 1995		Janata Dal

Council of Ministers

Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Ministry

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Portfolio	Portrait	Name	Tenure		Party
Chief Minister Home General Administration Energy Steel & Mines Agriculture Co-operation Women & Child Development Other departments not allocated to any Minister.		Janaki Ballabh Patnaik MLA from Begunia	15 March 1995	17 February 1999		INC
Excise Sports and Youth Affairs Commerce Labour & Employment Public Enterprises Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare				24 August 1998		INC
Panchayati Raj			9 May 1998	24 August 1998		INC
Housing Public Grievances & Pension Administration			9 May 1998	17 February 1999		INC
Finance			24 August 1998	17 February 1999		INC
Cabinet Minister
Deputy Chief Minister Water Resources Parliamentary Affairs		Basanta Kumar Biswal MLA from Tirtol	15 March 1995	17 February 1999		INC
Finance				24 August 1998		INC
Planning & Coordination			24 August 1998	17 February 1999		INC
Deputy Chief Minister Panchayati Raj Housing Public Grievances & Pension Administration		Hemananda Biswal MLA from Laikera	15 March 1995	9 May 1998		INC
Transport		Kahnu Charan Lenka MLA from Choudwar	15 March 1995	17 February 1999		INC
Revenue				24 August 1998		INC
		Jagannath Patnaik MLA from Nawapara	24 August 1998	17 February 1999		INC
Industries Textiles & Handlooms Handicraft & Cottage Industries		Niranjan Patnaik MLA from Ramchandrapur	20 March 1995	17 February 1999		INC
Environment Science & Technology		Prasanna Kumara Dash MLA from Baripada	20 March 1995	17 February 1999		INC
Law		Raghunath Patnaik MLA from Jeypore	20 March 1995	17 February 1999		INC
Forest School & Mass Education		Ulaka Rama Chandra MLA from Rayagada	20 March 1995	24 August 1998		INC
Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare			24 August 1998	17 February 1999		INC
Higher Education		Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty MLA from Kendrapara	20 March 1995	17 February 1999		INC
Planning & Coordination				24 August 1998		INC
Tourism Culture		Bhupinder Singh MLA from Kesinga	20 March 1995	24 August 1998		INC
Information & Public Relations			24 August 1998	17 February 1999		INC
Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare		Habibulla Khan MLA from Nowrangpur	20 March 1995	24 August 1998		INC
Panchayati Raj			24 August 1998	17 February 1999		INC
Works		Harihar Swain MLA from Kabisuryanagar	20 March 1995	17 February 1999		INC
Forest Public Enterprises		Kishore Chandra Patel MLA from Sundargarh	24 August 1998	17 February 1999		INC
Labour & Employment		Durga Shankar Pattanayak MLA from Sambalpur	24 August 1998	17 February 1999		INC
Rural Development		Sk. Matlub Ali MLA from Mahanga	24 August 1998	17 February 1999		INC
Minister of State with Independent Charges
Urban Development		Amarnath Pradhan MLA from Athmallik	20 March 1995	24 August 1998		INC
Health & Family Welfare			24 August 1998	17 February 1999		INC
		Jagannath Rout MLA from Dhamnagar	20 March 1995	24 August 1998		INC
Urban Development			24 August 1998	17 February 1999		INC
Information & Public Relations		Netrananda Mallick MLA from Chandbali	20 March 1995	24 August 1998		INC
Tourism Culture			24 August 1998	17 February 1999		INC
Fisheries & Animal Resources Development		Prakash Chandra Debata MLA from Melchhamunda	20 March 1995	17 February 1999		INC
Sports and Youth Affairs		Gajadhar Majhi MLA from Talsara	24 August 1998	17 February 1999		INC
Excise		Suresh Kumar Routray MLA from Jatani	24 August 1998	17 February 1999		INC
Commerce		Nagarjuna Pradhan MLA from Udayagiri	24 August 1998	17 February 1999		INC
Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare		Mohan Nag MLA from Bhatli	24 August 1998	17 February 1999		INC
Minister of State
Panchayati Raj		Nabin Chandra Narayan Das MLA from Dhenkanal	20 March 1995	17 February 1999		INC
Women & Child Development		Bijaya Laxmi Sahoo MLA from Cuttack Sadar	20 March 1995	17 February 1999		INC
Co-operation		Rabindra Kumar Sethy MLA from Nimapara	20 March 1995	17 February 1999		INC
Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare		Gajadhar Majhi MLA from Talsara	20 March 1995	24 August 1998		INC
Sports and Youth Affairs		Suresh Kumar Routray MLA from Jatani	20 March 1995	24 August 1998		INC
Steel & Mines		Haladhar Karjee MLA from Ramagiri	24 August 1998	17 February 1999		INC
Agriculture		Ramakanta Mishra MLA from Ranpur	24 August 1998	17 February 1999		INC

Giridhar Gamang ministry

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Portfolio	Portrait	Name	Tenure		Party
Chief Minister Home General Administration Other departments not allocated to any Minister.		Giridhar Gamang MLA from Lakshmipur	17 February 2000	6 December 1999		INC
Cabinet Minister
Water Resources Agriculture Co-operation Parliamentary Affairs		Basanta Kumar Biswal MLA from Tirtol	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Rural Development Panchayati Raj		Kahnu Charan Lenka MLA from Choudwar	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Labour & Employment Public Enterprises		Durga Shankar Pattanayak MLA from Sambalpur	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Energy Health & Family Welfare		Niranjan Patnaik MLA from Ramchandrapur	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Higher Education Public Grievances & Pension Administration		Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty MLA from Kendrapara	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Works Urban Development Information & Public Relations		Bhupinder Singh MLA from Kesinga	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare School & Mass Education		Sk. Matlub Ali MLA from Mahanga	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Finance Law		Raghunath Patnaik MLA from Jeypore	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Revenue Fisheries & Animal Resources Development		Jagannath Patnaik MLA from Nawapara	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Schedule Tribes & Schedule Castes Development		Gajadhar Majhi MLA from Talsara	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Tourism Planning & Coordination		Netrananda Mallick MLA from Chandbali	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Women & Child Development		Saraswati Hembram MLA from Khunta	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Minister of State with Independent Charges
Transport		Prakash Chandra Debata MLA from Melchhamunda	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Excise Sports and Youth Affairs		Suresh Kumar Routray MLA from Jatani	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Commerce		Nabin Chandra Narayan Das MLA from Dhenkanal	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Textiles & Handlooms		Bijaya Laxmi Sahoo MLA from Cuttack Sadar	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Steel & Mines		Haladhar Karjee MLA from Ramagiri	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Minister of State
Industries		Debendranath Mansingh MLA from Chilika	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Health & Family Welfare		Anantaram Majhi MLA from Lakshmipur	22 February 1999	15 March 1999		INC
Fisheries & Animal Resources Development		Padma Lochan Panda MLA from Simulia	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Urban Development		Usha Rani Panda MLA from Aska	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
School & Mass Education		Ripunath Seth MLA from Bijepur	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Home Science & Technology Culture		Prasad Kumar Harichandan MLA from Satyabadi	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Forest and Environment		Surendra Singh Bhoi MLA from Saintala	22 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Rural Development Panchayati Raj		Parama Pujari MLA from Umarkote	24 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC
Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare		Ganeswar Behera MLA from Patamundai	24 February 1999	6 December 1999		INC

Hemananda Biswal ministry

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Portfolio	Portrait	Name	Tenure		Party
Chief Minister Home General Administration Steel & Mines Science & Technology Other departments not allocated to any Minister.		Hemananda Biswal MLA from Laikera	6 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Panchayati Raj Law			7 February 2000			INC
Cabinet Minister
Water Resources Agriculture Co-operation Parliamentary Affairs		Basanta Kumar Biswal MLA from Tirtol	6 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Revenue Youth Services		Jagannath Patnaik MLA from Nawapara	6 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Rural Development Planning & Coordination		Kahnu Charan Lenka MLA from Choudwar	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Health & Family Welfare		Kishore Chandra Patel MLA from Sundargarh	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Schedule Tribes & Schedule Castes Development Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare		Gajadhar Majhi MLA from Talsara	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Labour & Employment Public Enterprises		Durga Shankar Pattanayak MLA from Sambalpur	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Forest Environment		Netrananda Mallick MLA from Chandbali	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Energy		Niranjan Patnaik MLA from Ramchandrapur	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Finance		Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty MLA from Kendrapara	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Urban Development Information & Public Relations		Bhupinder Singh MLA from Kesinga	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Higher Education Public Grievances & Pension Administration		Sk. Matlub Ali MLA from Mahanga	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Panchayati Raj Law		Raghunath Patnaik MLA from Jeypore	9 December 1999	7 February 2000		INC
Women & Child Development		Saraswati Hembram MLA from Khunta	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Minister of State with Independent Charges
Industries		Amarnath Pradhan MLA from Athmallik	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
School & Mass Education		Nabin Chandra Narayan Das MLA from Dhenkanal	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Commerce and Transport		Prakash Chandra Debata MLA from Melchhamunda	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Works Housing		Jayadev Jena MLA from Anandapur	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Textiles & Handlooms		Bijaya Laxmi Sahoo MLA from Cuttack Sadar	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare		Mohan Nag MLA from Bhatli	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Excise		Suresh Kumar Routray MLA from Jatani	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Fisheries & Animal Resources Development		Haladhar Karjee MLA from Ramagiri	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Minister of State
Health & Family Welfare		Usha Rani Panda MLA from Aska	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Higher Education Public Grievances & Pension Administration		Ganeswar Behera MLA from Patamundai	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Panchayati Raj		Padma Lochan Panda MLA from Simulia	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Schedule Tribes & Schedule Castes Development Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare		Parama Pujari MLA from Umarkote	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Culture Youth Services		Prasad Kumar Harichandan MLA from Satyabadi	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Urban Development Tourism		Ramakanta Mishra MLA from Ranpur	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Energy Sports		Ripunath Seth MLA from Bijepur	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Rural Development		Surendra Singh Bhoi MLA from Saintala	9 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC
Science & Technology		Debendranath Mansingh MLA from Chilika	11 December 1999	5 March 2000		INC

Members of Legislative Assembly

Source

District	AC. No.	Constituency	Member	Party		Remarks
Mayurbhanj	1	Karanjia (ST)	Raghunath Hembram		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal
	2	Jashipur (ST)	Sambhunath Naik		Independent
	3	Bahalda (ST)	Khelarama Mahali		Jharkhand People's Party
	4	Rairangpur (ST)	Laxman Majhi		Indian National Congress
	5	Bangriposi (ST)	Ajen Murmu		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	6	Kuliana (ST)	Sudam Marndi		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	7	Baripada	Prasanna Kumar Dash		Indian National Congress
	8	Baisinga (ST)	Pruthunatha Kisku		Indian National Congress
	9	Khunta (ST)	Saraswati Hembram		Indian National Congress
	10	Udala (ST)	Rabaneswara Madhei		Indian National Congress
Balasore	11	Bhograi	Kamala Das		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal
	12	Jaleswar	Jaynarayana Mohanty		Indian National Congress
	13	Basta	Raghunath Mohanty		Janata Dal
	14	Balasore	Arun Dey		Independent
	15	Soro	Kartika Mohapatra		Indian National Congress	Resigned on May 1996 on his election to 11th Lok Sabha.
			Indurani Mohapatra		Indian National Congress	Won in October 1996 Bypoll.
	16	Simulia	Padma Lochan Panda		Indian National Congress
	17	Nilgiri	Akhyay Kumar Acharya		Indian National Congress
Bhadrak	18	Bhandaripokhari (SC)	Arjun Charan Sethi		Janata Dal	Resigned on March 1998 on his election to 12th Lok Sabha.
			Kumarshri Chiranjibi		Indian National Congress	Won in June 1998 Bypoll.
	19	Bhadrak	Prafulla Samal		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal	Leader of Opposition
	20	Dhamnagar	Jagannath Rout		Indian National Congress	Resigned on March 1999.
			Vacant (since 16 March 1999)
	21	Chandbali (SC)	Netrananda Mallik		Indian National Congress
	22	Basudevpur	Bijayshree Routray		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal
Jajpur	23	Sukinda	Prafulla Chandra Ghadai		Janata Dal
	24	Korai	Ashok Kumar Das		Janata Dal	Leader of Opposition
	25	Jajpur (SC)	Suryamani Jena		Janata Dal
	26	Dharamsala	Kalpataru Das		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal
	27	Barchana	Amar Prasad Satpathy		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal
	28	Bari-Derabisi	Chinmaya Prasada Behera		Indian National Congress
	29	Binjharpur (SC)	Arjuna Das		Indian National Congress
Kendrapara	30	Aul	Dola Gobinda Nayak		Indian National Congress
	31	Patamundai (SC)	Ganeswar Behera		Indian National Congress
	32	Rajnagar	Nalinikanta Mohanty		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal
	33	Kendrapara	Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty		Indian National Congress
	34	Patkura	Bijoy Mohapatra		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal
Jagatsinghpur	35	Tirtol	Basanta Kumar Biswal		Indian National Congress
	36	Ersama	Bijaya Kumar Nayak		Indian National Congress
	37	Balikuda	Lalatendu Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
	38	Jagatsinghpur (SC)	Bishnu Charan Das		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal
Cuttack	39	Kissannagar	Yudhisthir Das		Janata Dal
	40	Mahanga	Sk. Matlub Alli		Indian National Congress
	41	Salepur (SC)	Rabindra Kumar Behera		Indian National Congress
	42	Gobindpur	Panchanan Kanungo		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal
	43	Cuttack Sadar	Bijay Lakshmi Sahoo		Indian National Congress
	44	Cuttack City	Samir Dey		Bharatiya Janata Party
	45	Choudwar	Kahnu Charan Lenka		Indian National Congress
	46	Banki	Pravat Tripathy		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal
	47	Athgarh	Ranendra Pratap Swain		Janata Dal
	48	Baramba	Debiprasad Mishra		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal
Khurda	49	Balipatna (SC)	Hrushikesh Nayak		Janata Dal
	50	Bhubaneswar	Biju Patnaik		Janata Dal	Leader of Opposition, Resigned on May 1996 on his election to 11th Lok Sabha.
			Biswabhusan Harichandan		Bharatiya Janata Party	Won in October 1996 Bypoll.
	51	Jatni	Suresh Kumar Routray		Indian National Congress
Puri	52	Pipli	Yudhistir Samantaray		Indian National Congress
	53	Nimapara (SC)	Rabindra Kumar Sethy		Indian National Congress
	54	Kakatpur	Baikunthanath Swain		Indian National Congress	Expired on 2 October 1995.
			Surendra Nath Naik		Janata Dal	Won in May 1996 Bypoll.
	55	Satyabadi	Prasad Kumar Harichandan		Indian National Congress
	56	Puri	Maheswar Mohanty		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal
	57	Brahmagiri	Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
Khurda	58	Chilka	Debendra Nath Mansingh		Indian National Congress
	59	Khurda	Prasanna Kumar Patasani		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal	Resigned on March 1998 on his election to 12th Lok Sabha.
			Dilip Shrichandan		Bharatiya Janata Party	Won in June 1998 Bypoll.
	60	Begunia	Harihara Sahoo		Indian National Congress	Resigned on April 1995.
			Janaki Ballabh Patnaik		Indian National Congress	Won in 1995 Bypoll. Chief Minister
Nayagarh	61	Ranpur	Ramakanta Mishra		Indian National Congress
	62	Nayagarh	Sitakanta Mishra		Indian National Congress
	63	Khandapara	Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj		Indian National Congress	Deputy Speaker
	64	Daspalla	Rudra Madhab Ray		Janata Dal	Resigned on February 1997 on his election to Zilla Parishad.
			Harihar Karan		Independent	Won in May 1997 Bypoll.
Ganjam	65	Jaganathprasad (SC)	Madhaba Nanda Behera		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal
	66	Bhanjanagar	Bikram Keshari Arukha		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal	Disqualified by Supreme Court on 14 September 1999.
			Vacant (since 14 September 1999)
	67	Suruda	Ananta Narayan Singh Deo		Bharatiya Janata Party
	68	Aska	Usha Rani Panda		Indian National Congress
	69	Kabisuryanagar	Harihar Swain		Indian National Congress
	70	Kodala	Ram Krushna Patnaik		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal	Leader of Opposition
	71	Khallikote	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal
	72	Chatrapur	Daitari Behara		Indian National Congress
	73	Hinjili	Udayanath Nayak		Indian National Congress
	74	Gopalpur (SC)	Rama Chandra Sethy		Janata Dal
					Biju Janata Dal
	75	Berhampur	Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal
	76	Chikiti	Chintamani Dyan Samantara		Independent	Speaker
Gajapati	77	Mohana	Surjya Narayan Patro		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal
	78	Ramagiri (ST)	Haladhar Karjee		Indian National Congress
	79	Parlakhemundi	Trinath Sahu		Independent
Rayagada	80	Gunupur (ST)	Akshya Kumar Gomango		Indian National Congress	Expired on 21 April 1995.
			Bhagirathi Gomango		Independent	Won in May 1996 Bypoll.
	81	Bissam-cuttack (ST)	Dambarudhar Ulaka		Indian National Congress
	82	Rayagada (ST)	Ulaka Rama Chandra		Indian National Congress
Koraput	83	Lakshmipur (ST)	Anantaram Majhi		Indian National Congress	Resigned on March 1999.
			Giridhar Gamang		Indian National Congress	Won on 1999 Bypoll. Chief Minister
	84	Pottangi (ST)	Ram Chandra Kadam		Indian National Congress
	85	Koraput	Gupta Prasad Das		Indian National Congress
Malkangiri	86	Malkangiri (SC)	Arabinda Dhali		Bharatiya Janata Party
	87	Chitrakonda (ST)	Gangadhar Madi		Indian National Congress
Koraput	88	Kotpad (ST)	Basudev Majhi		Indian National Congress
	89	Jeypore	Raghunath Patnaik		Indian National Congress
Nowrangpur	90	Nowrangpur	Habibulla Khan		Indian National Congress
	91	Kodinga (ST)	Sadan Nayak		Indian National Congress
	92	Dabugam (ST)	Jadav Majhi		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal	Expired on 3 April 1999.
			Vacant (since 3 April 1999)
	93	Umarkote (ST)	Parama Pujari		Indian National Congress
Nawapara	94	Nawapara	Ghasiram Majhi		Janata Dal	Expired on 23 April 1997.
			Jagannath Patnaik		Indian National Congress	Won in May 1997 Bypoll.
	95	Khariar	Duryodhan Majhi		Janata Dal
Kalahandi	96	Dharamgarh (SC)	Bira Sipka		Janata Dal
	97	Koksara	Roshini Singh Deo		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal
	98	Junagarh	Bikram Keshari Deo		Bharatiya Janata Party	Resigned on March 1998 on his election to 12th Lok Sabha.
			Himansu Sekhar Meher		Bharatiya Janata Party	Won in June 1998 Bypoll.
	99	Bhawanipatna (SC)	Pradipta Kumar Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
	100	Narla (ST)	Balabhadra Majhi		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal
	101	Kesinga	Bhupinder Singh		Indian National Congress
Kandhamal	102	Balliguda (ST)	Sahura Mallick		Indian National Congress
	103	Udayagiri (ST)	Nagarjuna Pradhan		Indian National Congress
	104	Phulbani (SC)	Dasarathi Behera		Independent
Boudh	105	Boudh	Satchidananda Dalal		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal	Leader of Opposition
Balangir	106	Titilagarh (SC)	Jogendra Behera		Janata Dal
	107	Kantabanji	Santosh Singh Saluja		Indian National Congress
	108	Patnagarh	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo		Bharatiya Janata Party
	109	Saintala	Surendra Singh Bhoi		Indian National Congress
	110	Loisingha	Balgopal Mishra		Independent
	111	Bolangir	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal
Subarnapur	112	Sonepur (SC)	Kunduru Kushal		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal
	113	Binka	Narasingha Mishra		Janata Dal
	114	Birmaharajpur	Ram Chandra Pradhan		Indian National Congress
Angul	115	Athmallik	Amarnath Pradhan		Indian National Congress
	116	Angul	Ramesh Jena		Indian National Congress
Dhenkanal	117	Hindol (SC)	Maheswar Naik		Indian National Congress
	118	Dhenkanal	Nabin Chandra Narayandas		Indian National Congress
	119	Gondia	Nandini Satapathy		Indian National Congress
Angul	120	Kamakhyanagar	Kailash Chandra Mohapatra		Indian National Congress	Expired on 17 September 1996.
			Premalata Mohapatra		Indian National Congress	Won in February 1997 Bypoll.
	121	Pallahara	Bibhudhendra Pratap Das		Indian National Congress
	122	Talcher (SC)	Mahesh Sahoo		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bargarh	123	Padampur	Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha		Janata Dal
	124	Melchhamunda	Prakash Chandra Debta		Indian National Congress
	125	Bijepur	Ripunath Seth		Indian National Congress
	126	Bhatli (SC)	Mohan Nag		Indian National Congress
	127	Bargarh	Prasanna Acharya		Janata Dal	Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. [6]
					Biju Janata Dal	Resigned on March 1998 on his election to 12th Lok Sabha.
			Ananda Acharya		Biju Janata Dal	Won in June 1998 Bypoll.
Sambalpur	128	Sambalpur	Durga Shankar Patanaik		Indian National Congress
Jharsuguda	129	Brajarajnagar	Prasanna Kumar Panda		Communist Party of India	Expired on 26 December 1997.
			Keshab Sahoo		Indian National Congress	Won in February 1998 Bypoll.
	130	Jharsuguda	Birendra Chandra Pandey		Indian National Congress
	131	Laikera (ST)	Hemananda Biswal		Indian National Congress	Chief Minister
Sambalpur	132	Kuchinda (ST)	Panu Chandra Naik		Indian National Congress
	133	Rairakhol (SC)	Abhimanyu Kumar		Indian National Congress
Deogarh	134	Deogarh	Pradipta Gang Deb		Janata Dal	Expired on 20 October 1997.
			Subash Chandra Panigrahi		Bharatiya Janata Party	Won in February 1998 Bypoll.
Sundergarh	135	Sundargarh	Kishore Chandra Patel		Indian National Congress	Speaker
	136	Talsara (ST)	Gajadhar Majhi		Indian National Congress
	137	Rajgangpur (ST)	Mangala Kisan		Janata Dal
	138	Biramitrapur (ST)	George Tirkey		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	139	Rourkela	Prabhat Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
	140	Raghunathpali (ST)	Mansid Ekka		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
	141	Bonai (ST)	Jual Oram		Bharatiya Janata Party	Resigned on March 1998 on his election to 12th Lok Sabha.
			Janardan Dehury		Indian National Congress	Won in June 1998 Bypoll.
Keonjhar	142	Champua (ST)	Dhanurjay Laguri		Indian National Congress
	143	Patna	Hrushikesh Naik		Indian National Congress
	144	Keonjhar (ST)	Jogendra Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
	145	Telkoi (ST)	Chandrasena Naik		Indian National Congress
	146	Ramchandrapur	Niranjan Patnaik		Indian National Congress
	147	Anandapur (SC)	Jayadev Jena		Indian National Congress

Bypolls

Source

Year	Constituency	Reason for by-poll	Winning candidate	Party
May 1995	Begunia	Resignation of Harihara Sahoo	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik		Indian National Congress
May 1996	Gunupur (ST)	Death of Akshya Kumar Gomango	Bhagirathi Gomango		Independent
	Kakatpur	Death of Baikunthanath Swain	Surendra Nath Naik		Janata Dal
October 1996	Soro	Resignation of Kartika Mohapatra	Indurani Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
	Bhubaneswar	Resignation of Biju Patnaik	Biswabhusan Harichandan		Bharatiya Janata Party
February 1997	Kamakhyanagar	Death of Kailash Chandra Mohapatra	Premalata Mohapatra		Indian National Congress
May 1997	Daspalla	Resignation of Rudra Madhab Ray	Harihar Karan		Independent
	Nawapara	Death of Ghasiram Majhi	Jagannath Patnaik		Indian National Congress
February 1998	Brajarajnagar	Death of Prasanna Kumar Panda	Keshab Sahoo		Indian National Congress
	Deogarh	Death of Pradipta Gang Deb	Subash Chandra Panigrahi		Bharatiya Janata Party
June 1998	Bhandaripokhari (SC)	Resignation of Arjun Charan Sethi	Kumarshri Chiranjibi		Indian National Congress
	Khurda	Resignation of Prasanna Kumar Patasani	Dilip Shrichandan		Bharatiya Janata Party
	Junagarh	Resignation of Bikram Keshari Deo	Himansu Sekhar Meher		Bharatiya Janata Party
	Bargarh	Resignation of Prasanna Acharya	Ananda Acharya		Biju Janata Dal
	Bonai (ST)	Resignation of Jual Oram	Janardan Dehury		Indian National Congress
June 1999	Lakshmipur (ST)	Resignation of Anantaram Majhi	Giridhar Gamang		Indian National Congress

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