15th Odisha Legislative Assembly

15th Odisha Legislative Assembly
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Overview
Meeting place	Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India
Term	19 May 2014 – 25 May 2019
Election	2014
Government	Biju Janata Dal
Opposition	Indian National Congress
Website	odishaassembly.nic.in
Odisha Legislative Assembly
Members	147
Governor	S. C. Jamir Satya Pal Malik (Additional Charge) Ganeshi Lal
Speaker	Niranjan Pujari, BJD Pradip Kumar Amat, BJD
Deputy Speaker	Sananda Marndi, BJD
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Naveen Patnaik, BJD
Leader of Opposition	Narasingha Mishra, INC
Party control	BJD (117/147)
17 Sessions with 226 Sittings

The Fifteenth Odisha Vidhan Sabha was convened on after 2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election. Biju Janata Dal led by Naveen Patnaik formed government for a record 4th time. ^{[1] [2]}

House Composition

Time Period	Strength	BJD	INC	BJP	CPM	SKD	IND
Assembly Begins	147	117	16	10	1	1	2
Assembly Dissolves	135	112	11	9	1	0	2

Office Bearers

Post	Potrait	Name	Tenure		Party
Governor		S. C. Jamir	Assembly Begins	20 March 2018	N/A
		Satya Pal Malik (Additional Charge)	21 March 2018	28 May 2018
		Ganeshi Lal	29 May 2018	Assembly Dissolves
Speaker		Niranjan Pujari MLA from Sonepur	26 May 2014	6 May 2017		Biju Janata Dal
		Pradip Kumar Amat MLA from Boudh	16 May 2017	31 May 2019
Deputy Speaker		Sananda Marndi MLA from Baripada	16 June 2014	30 May 2019		Biju Janata Dal
Leader of the House (Chief Minister) Leader of BJD Legislature Party		Naveen Patnaik MLA from Hinjili	21 May 2014	28 May 2019		Biju Janata Dal
Leader of Opposition Leader of Congress Legislature Party		Narasingha Mishra MLA from Bolangir	11 June 2014	29 May 2019		Indian National Congress
Pro tem Speaker		V. Sugnana Kumari Deo MLA from Kabisuryanagar	22 May 2014	24 May 2014		Biju Janata Dal

Council of Ministers

This section is transcluded from Fourth Naveen Patnaik ministry. (edit | history)

Source

Portfolio	Portrait	Name	Tenure		Party
Chief Minister Home General Administration Other departments not allocated to any Minister.		Naveen Patnaik MLA from Hinjili	20 May 2014	28 May 2019		BJD
Water Resources Works			20 May 2014	3 March 2018		BJD
Public Grievances & Pension Administration			7 May 2017	28 May 2019		BJD
Cabinet Minister
Finance		Pradip Kumar Amat MLA from Boudh	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
		Shashi Bhusan Behera MLA from Kendrapara	7 May 2017	28 May 2019		BJD
Public Enterprises		Pradip Kumar Amat MLA from Boudh	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
		Damodar Rout MLA from Paradeep	7 May 2017	22 December 2017		BJD
		Shashi Bhusan Behera MLA from Kendrapara	22 December 2017	3 March 2018		BJD
		Bikram Keshari Arukha MLA from Bhanjanagar	3 March 2018	28 May 2019		BJD
Health & Family Welfare		Pradip Kumar Amat MLA from Boudh	21 October 2016	7 May 2017		BJD
		Pratap Jena MLA from Mahanga	7 May 2017	28 May 2019		BJD
Law						BJD
Excise		Damodar Rout MLA from Paradeep	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
		Shashi Bhusan Behera MLA from Kendrapara	7 May 2017	28 May 2019		BJD
Co-operation		Damodar Rout MLA from Paradeep	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
		Surjya Narayan Patro MLA from Digapahandi	7 May 2017	28 May 2019		BJD
Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare						BJD
Industries		Debi Prasad Mishra MLA from Baramba	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
		Niranjan Pujari MLA from Sonepur	7 May 2017	3 March 2018		BJD
School & Mass Education		Debi Prasad Mishra MLA from Baramba	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
		Badri Narayan Patra MLA from Ghasipura	7 May 2017	28 May 2019		BJD
Science & Technology						BJD
Agriculture		Pradeep Maharathy MLA from Pipili	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
Agriculture & Farmer Empowerment		Damodar Rout MLA from Paradeep	7 May 2017	22 December 2017		BJD
		Pradeep Maharathy MLA from Pipili	22 December 2017	6 January 2019		BJD
		Shashi Bhusan Behera MLA from Kendrapara	6 January 2019	28 May 2019		BJD
Fisheries & Animal Resources Development		Pradeep Maharathy MLA from Pipili	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
		Damodar Rout MLA from Paradeep	7 May 2017	22 December 2017		BJD
		Pradeep Maharathy MLA from Pipili	22 December 2017	6 January 2019		BJD
		Shashi Bhusan Behera MLA from Kendrapara	6 January 2019	28 May 2019		BJD
Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water		Pradeep Maharathy MLA from Pipili	7 May 2017	6 January 2019		BJD
		Ramesh Chandra Majhi MLA from Jharigam	6 January 2019	28 May 2019		BJD
Revenue & Disaster Management		Bijayshree Routray MLA from Basudevpur	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
		Maheswar Mohanty MLA from Puri	7 May 2017	28 May 2019		BJD
Parliamentary Affairs		Bikram Keshari Arukha MLA from Bhanjanagar	20 May 2014	28 May 2019		BJD
Forest & Environment			20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
		Bijayshree Routray MLA from Basudevpur	7 May 2017	28 May 2019		BJD
Rural Development		Badri Narayan Patra MLA from Ghasipura	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
		Bikram Keshari Arukha MLA from Bhanjanagar	7 May 2017	28 May 2019		BJD
Information & Public Relations			21 October 2016	3 March 2018		BJD
		Pratap Jena MLA from Mahanga	3 March 2018	28 May 2019		BJD
Women & Child Development		Usha Devi MLA from Chikiti	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
		Prafulla Samal MLA from Bhandaripokhari	7 May 2017	28 May 2019		BJD
Mission Shakti						BJD
Planning & Convergence		Usha Devi MLA from Chikiti	20 May 2014	28 May 2019		BJD
Skill Development & Technical Education			7 May 2017	28 May 2019		BJD
Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disability			27 May 2015	7 May 2017		BJD
		Prafulla Samal MLA from Bhandaripokhari	7 May 2017	28 May 2019		BJD
S.T. & S.C. Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare		Lal Bihari Himirika MLA from Rayagada	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
		Ramesh Chandra Majhi MLA from Jharigam	7 May 2017	28 May 2019		BJD
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises		Jogendra Behera MLA from Loisingha	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
		Prafulla Samal MLA from Bhandaripokhari	7 May 2017	28 May 2019		BJD
Public Grievances & Pension Administration		Jogendra Behera MLA from Loisingha	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
Housing & Urban Development		Puspendra Singh Deo MLA from Dharmagarh	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
		Niranjan Pujari MLA from Sonepur	7 May 2017	28 May 2019		BJD
Water Resources			3 March 2018	28 May 2019		BJD
Energy		Prafulla Kumar Mallik MLA from Kamakshyanagar	7 May 2017	3 March 2018		BJD
Steel & Mines			7 May 2017	28 May 2019		BJD
Works			3 March 2018	28 May 2019		BJD
Ministers of State with Independent Charges
Culture Tourism		Ashok Chandra Panda MLA from Ekamra Bhubaneswar	20 May 2014	28 May 2019		BJD
Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts		Snehangini Chhuria MLA from Attabira	20 May 2014	28 May 2019		BJD
Steel & Mines		Prafulla Kumar Mallik MLA from Kamakshyanagar	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
Labour & Employees' State Insurance						BJD
		Susanta Singh MLA from Bhatli	7 May 2017	28 May 2019		BJD
Commerce and Transport		Ramesh Chandra Majhi MLA from Jharigam	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
		Nrusingha Charan Sahu MLA from Parjanga	7 May 2017	28 May 2019		BJD
Health & Family Welfare Information & Public Relations		Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak MLA from Mahakalapada	20 May 2014	21 October 2016		BJD
Panchayati Raj Law		Arun Kumar Sahoo MLA from Nayagarh	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Employment & Technical Education & Training		Sanjay Kumar Das Burma MLA from Brahmagiri	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
Sports & Youth Services		Sudam Marndi MLA from Bangriposi	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
		Chandra Sarathi Behera MLA from Cuttack Sadar	7 May 2017	28 May 2019		BJD
Information Technology		Pranab Prakash Das MLA from Jajpur	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
Electronics & Information Technology		Chandra Sarathi Behera MLA from Cuttack Sadar	7 May 2017	28 May 2019		BJD
Energy		Pranab Prakash Das MLA from Jajpur	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
		Susanta Singh MLA from Bhatli	3 March 2018	28 May 2019		BJD
Science & Technology		Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy MLA from Gopalpur	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
Higher Education						BJD
		Ananta Das MLA from Bhograi	7 May 2017	28 May 2019		BJD
Industries			3 March 2018	28 May 2019		BJD
Ministers of State
Tribal welfare under S.T. & S.C. Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare		Sudam Marndi MLA from Bangriposi	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
SC welfare under S.T. & S.C. Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Mission Shakti under Women & Child Development		Snehangini Chhuria MLA from Attabira	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
Rural Water Supply under Rural Development		Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy MLA from Gopalpur	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD
Disability Welfare under Women & Child Development		Pranab Prakash Das MLA from Jajpur	20 May 2014	7 May 2017		BJD

Members of Legislative Assembly

Source

District	A.C. No.	Constituency	Name	Party		Remarks
Bargarh	1	Padampur	Pradip Purohit		Bharatiya Janata Party
	2	Bijepur	Subal Sahu		Indian National Congress	Died in 22 August 2017. [3]
			Rita Sahu		Biju Janata Dal	Won in 2018 Bypoll. [4]
	3	Bargarh	Debesh Acharya		Biju Janata Dal
	4	Attabira (SC)	Snehangini Chhuria			Cabinet Minister
	5	Bhatli	Susanta Singh			Cabinet Minister
Jharsuguda	6	Brajarajnagar	Radharani Panda		Bharatiya Janata Party
	7	Jharsuguda	Naba Kishore Das		Indian National Congress	Resigned on 28 January 2019
			Vacant (since 28 January 2019)
Sundergarh	8	Talsara (ST)	Prafulla Majhi		Indian National Congress
	9	Sundargarh (ST)	Jogesh Kumar Singh			Resigned on 22 January 2019
			Vacant (since 22 January 2019)
	10	Biramitrapur (ST)	George Tirkey		Samata Kranti Dal	Merged with Congress Party on 2 November 2018.
					Indian National Congress
	11	Raghunathapali (SC)	Subrat Tarai		Biju Janata Dal
	12	Rourkela	Dilip Ray		Bharatiya Janata Party	Resigned on 30 November 2018
			Vacant (since 30 November 2018)
	13	Rajgangpur (ST)	Mangala Kisan		Biju Janata Dal
	14	Bonai (ST)	Laxman Munda		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Sambalpur	15	Kuchinda (ST)	Rabi Narayan Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party
	16	Rengali (SC)	Ramesh Patua		Biju Janata Dal
	17	Sambalpur	Raseswari Panigrahi
	18	Rairakhol	Rohit Pujari			Deputy Govt. Chief Whip
Deogarh	19	Deogarh	Nitesh Ganga Deb		Bharatiya Janata Party
Keonjhar	20	Telkoi (ST)	Bedabyasa Nayak		Biju Janata Dal
	21	Ghasipura	Badri Narayan Patra			Cabinet Minister
	22	Anandapur (SC)	Mayadhar Jena
	23	Patna (ST)	Hrushikesh Naik
	24	Keonjhar (ST)	Abhiram Naik
	25	Champua	Sanatan Mahakud		Independent
Mayurbhanj	26	Jashipur (ST)	Mangal Singh Mudi		Biju Janata Dal
	27	Saraskana (ST)	Bhadav Hansdah
	28	Rairangpur (ST)	Sushil Kumar Hansdah
	29	Bangiriposi (ST)	Sudam Marndi			Minister of State (I/C)
	30	Karanjia (ST)	Bijay Kumar Naik
	31	Udala (ST)	Golakabihari Naik
	32	Badasahi (SC)	Ganeswar Patra
	33	Baripada (ST)	Sananda Marndi			Deputy Speaker
	34	Moroda	Prabin Chandra Bhanjadeo
Balasore	35	Jaleswar	Aswini Kumar Patra
	36	Bhograi	Ananta Das			Minister of State (I/C)
	37	Basta	Nityananda Sahoo
	38	Balasore	Jiban Pratap Dash
	39	Remuna	Gobinda Chandra Das		Bharatiya Janata Party
	40	Nilagiri	Sukanta Nayak		Biju Janata Dal	Disqualified on 6 April 2019
			Vacant (since 6 April 2019)
	41	Soro (SC)	Parshu Ram Dhada		Biju Janata Dal
	42	Simulia	Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi
Bhadrak	43	Bhandaripokhari	Prafulla Samal			Cabinet Minister
	44	Bhadrak	Jugal Kishore Patnaik
	45	Basudevpur	Bijayshree Routray			Cabinet Minister
	46	Dhamnagar (SC)	Muktikanta Mandal
	47	Chandabali	Byomakesh Ray
Jajpur	48	Binjharpur (SC)	Pramila Mallik
	49	Bari	Debasis Nayak
	50	Barchana	Amar Prasad Satpathy			Govt. Chief Whip
	51	Dharmasala	Pranab Kumar Balabantaray
	52	Jajpur	Pranab Prakash Das			Minister of State (I/C)
	53	Korei	Akash Dasnayak
	54	Sukinda	Pritiranjan Gharai
Dhenkanal	55	Dhenkanal	Sudhir Kumar Samal
	56	Hindol (SC)	Simarani Nayak
	57	Kamakhyanagar	Prafulla Kumar Mallik			Cabinet Minister
	58	Parjanga	Nrusingha Charan Sahu			Minister of State (I/C)
Angul	59	Pallahara	Mahesh Sahoo
	60	Talcher	Brajakishore Pradhan
	61	Angul	Rajanikant Singh
	62	Chhendipada (SC)	Susanta Behera
	63	Athamallik	Sanjib Sahoo
Subarnapur	64	Birmaharajpur (SC)	Padmanabha Behera
	65	Sonepur	Niranjan Pujari			Speaker
Balangir	66	Loisinga (SC)	Jogendra Behera			Cabinet Minister
	67	Patanagarh	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo		Bharatiya Janata Party
	68	Bolangir	Narasingha Mishra		Indian National Congress	Leader of Opposition
	69	Titilagarh	Tukuni Sahu		Biju Janata Dal
	70	Kantabanji	Ayyub Khan
Nuapada	71	Nuapada	Basanta Kumar Panda		Bharatiya Janata Party
	72	Khariar	Duryodhan Majhi			Resigned on 22 March 2019
			Vacant (since 22 March 2019)
Nabarangpur	73	Umerkote (ST)	Subhash Gond		Biju Janata Dal
	74	Jharigam (ST)	Ramesh Chandra Majhi			Cabinet Minister
	75	Nabarangpur (ST)	Manohar Randhari
	76	Dabugam (ST)	Bhujabal Majhi
Kalahandi	77	Lanjigarh (ST)	Balabhadra Majhi
	78	Junagarh	Dibya Shankar Mishra
	79	Dharmagarh	Puspendra Singh Deo			Cabinet Minister
	80	Bhabanipatana (SC)	Anam Naik
	81	Narla	Dhaneswar Majhi
Kandhamal	82	Baliguda	Rajib Patra
	83	G. Udayagiri (ST)	Jacob Pradhan		Indian National Congress	Resigned on 28 March 2019
			Vacant (since 28 March 2019)
	84	Phulbani (ST)	Duguni Kanhar		Biju Janata Dal
Boudh	85	Kantamal	Mahidhar Rana
	86	Boudh	Pradip Kumar Amat			Speaker
Cuttack	87	Baramba	Debiprasad Mishra			Cabinet Minister
	88	Banki	Pravat Kumar Tripathy
	89	Athagarh	Ranendra Pratap Swain
	90	Barabati-Cuttack	Debashish Samantaray
	91	Choudwar-Cuttack	Pravat Ranjan Biswal
	92	Niali (SC)	Pramod Kumar Mallick
	93	Cuttack Sadar (SC)	Chandra Sarathi Behera			Minister of State (I/C)
	94	Salipur	Prakash Chandra Behera		Indian National Congress	Resigned on 16 March 2019
			Vacant (since 16 March 2019)
	95	Mahanga	Pratap Jena		Biju Janata Dal	Cabinet Minister
Kendrapara	96	Patkura	Bed Prakash Agarwalla
	97	Kendrapara (SC)	Kishore Chandra Tarai
	98	Aul	Devendra Sharma		Indian National Congress
	99	Rajanagar	Anshuman Mohanty
	100	Mahakalapada	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak		Biju Janata Dal	Minister of State (I/C)
Jagatsinghpur	101	Paradeep	Damodar Rout			Cabinet Minister
	102	Tirtol (SC)	Rajashree Mallick
	103	Balikuda-Erasama	Prasanta Kumar Muduli
	104	Jagatsingpur	Chiranjib Biswal		Indian National Congress
Puri	105	Kakatpur (SC)	Surendra Sethy		Biju Janata Dal
	106	Nimapara	Samir Ranjan Dash
	107	Puri	Maheswar Mohanty			Cabinet Minister
	108	Bramhagiri	Sanjay Kumar Das Burma			Minister of State (I/C)
	109	Satyabadi	Umakanta Samantaray		Independent
	110	Pipili	Pradeep Maharathy		Biju Janata Dal	Cabinet Minister
Khordha	111	Jayadev (SC)	Shashi Bhusan Behera			Cabinet Minister
	112	Bhubaneswar Central	Bijay Kumar Mohanty
	113	Bhubaneswar North	Priyadarsi Mishra
	114	Ekamra-Bhubaneswar	Ashok Chandra Panda			Minister of State (I/C)
	115	Jatani	Bhagirathi Badajena
	116	Begunia	Prasanta Kumar Jagadev
	117	Khurda	Rajendra Kumar Sahoo
	118	Chilika	Bibhutibhusan Harichandran		Bharatiya Janata Party
Nayagarh	119	Ranpur	Rabinarayan Mohapatra		Biju Janata Dal
	120	Khandapada	Anubhav Patnaik
	121	Daspalla (SC)	Purna Chandra Nayak			Disqualified on 6 April 2019
			Vacant (since 6 April 2019)
	122	Nayagarh	Arun Kumar Sahoo		Biju Janata Dal	Minister of State (I/C)
Ganjam	123	Bhanjanagar	Bikram Keshari Arukha			Cabinet Minister
	124	Polasara	Srikanta Sahu
	125	Kabisuryanagar	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo
	126	Khalikote (SC)	Purna Chandra Sethy
	127	Chhatrapur (SC)	Priyansu Pradhan
	128	Aska	Debaraj Mohanty			Disqualified on 6 April 2019
			Vacant (since 6 April 2019)
	129	Surada	Purna Chandra Swain		Biju Janata Dal
	130	Sanakhemundi	Nandini Debi
	131	Hinjili	Naveen Patnaik			Chief Minister
	132	Gopalpur	Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy			Minister of State (I/C)
	133	Berhampur	Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik
	134	Digapahandi	Surjya Narayan Patro			Cabinet Minister
	135	Chikiti	Usha Devi			Cabinet Minister
Gajapati	136	Mohana (ST)	Basanti Mallick			Disqualified on 6 April 2019
			Vacant (since 6 April 2019)
	137	Paralakhemundi	K. Surya Rao		Indian National Congress
Rayagada	138	Gunupur (ST)	Trinatha Gomango		Biju Janata Dal	Disqualified on 6 April 2019
			Vacant (since 6 April 2019)
	139	Bissam Cuttack (ST)	Jagannath Saraka		Biju Janata Dal
	140	Rayagada (ST)	Lal Bihari Himirika			Cabinet Minister
Koraput	141	Lakhmipur (ST)	Kailasa Chandra Kulesika		Indian National Congress
	142	Kotpad (ST)	Chandra Sekhar Majhi
	143	Jeypore	Tara Prasad Bahinipati
	144	Koraput (SC)	Krushna Chandra Sagaria			Resigned on 6 November 2018
			Vacant (since 6 November 2018)
	145	Pottangi (ST)	Prafulla Pangi		Biju Janata Dal
Malkangiri	146	Malkangiri (ST)	Manasa Madkami
	147	Chitrakonda (ST)	Dambaru Sisa

Bypolls

Source

Year	Constituency	Reason for by-poll	Winning candidate	Party
February 2018	Bijepur	Death of Subal Sahu	Rita Sahu		Biju Janata Dal

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