16th Odisha Legislative Assembly

16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
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Overview
Meeting place	Odisha Vidhan Soudha, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India
Term	25 May 2019 – 3 June 2024
Election	2019
Government	Biju Janata Dal
Opposition	Bharatiya Janata Party
Website	odishaassembly.nic.in
Odisha Legislative Assembly
Members	147
Governor	Ganeshi Lal Raghubar Das
Speaker	Surjya Narayan Patro, BJD Bikram Keshari Arukha, BJD Pramila Mallik, BJD
Deputy Speaker	Rajanikant Singh, BJD Saluga Pradhan, BJD
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Naveen Patnaik, BJD
Leader of Opposition	Pradipta Kumar Naik, BJP Jayanarayan Mishra, BJP
Party control	BJD (112/147)
15 Sessions with 184 Sittings

The Sixteenth Odisha Vidhan Sabha was convened on after 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election. Biju Janata Dal led by Naveen Patnaik formed government for a record 5th time. ^[1]

House composition

Time Period	Strength	BJD	BJP	INC	CPM	IND
Assembly Begins	146	112	23	9	1	1
Assembly Dissolves	144	108	22	9	1	4

Office bearers

Post [2]	Portrait	Name	Tenure		Party
Governor		Ganeshi Lal	Assembly Begins	30 October 2023	N/A
		Raghubar Das	31 October 2023	Assembly Dissolves
Speaker		Surjya Narayan Patro MLA from Digapahandi	1 June 2019	4 June 2022		Biju Janata Dal
		Bikram Keshari Arukha MLA from Bhanjanagar	13 June 2022	12 May 2023
		Pramila Mallik MLA from Binjharpur	22 September 2023	4 June 2024
Deputy Speaker		Rajanikant Singh MLA from Angul	27 June 2019	8 November 2023		Biju Janata Dal
		Saluga Pradhan MLA from G. Udayagiri	21 November 2023	5 June 2024
Leader of the House (Chief Minister) Leader of BJD Legislature Party		Naveen Patnaik MLA from Hinjili	29 May 2019	11 June 2024		Biju Janata Dal
Leader of Opposition Leader of BJP Legislature Party		Pradipta Kumar Naik MLA from Bhawanipatna	5 June 2019	30 July 2022		Bharatiya Janata Party
		Jayanarayan Mishra MLA from Sambalpur	30 July 2022	5 June 2024
Leader of Congress Legislature Party		Narasingha Mishra MLA from Bolangir	5 June 2019	5 June 2024		Indian National Congress
Pro tem Speaker		Amar Prasad Satpathy MLA from Barchana	29 May 2019	31 May 2019		Biju Janata Dal

Council of Ministers

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

Source

Portfolio	Portrait	Name	Tenure		Party
Chief Minister Home General Administration & Public Grievance Other departments not allocated to any Minister.		Naveen Patnaik MLA from Hinjili	29 May 2019	11 June 2024		BJD
Cabinet Minister
Excise		Niranjan Pujari [3] MLA from Sonepur	29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
Finance			29 May 2019	22 May 2023		BJD
		Bikram Keshari Arukha [3] MLA from Bhanjanagar	22 May 2023	11 June 2024		BJD
Steel & Mines Works		Prafulla Kumar Mallik MLA from Kamakshyanagar	29 May 2019	11 June 2024		BJD
Health & Family Welfare		Naba Kishore Das [4] MLA from Jharsuguda	29 May 2019	14 February 2023		BJD
		Niranjan Pujari [4] MLA from Sonepur	14 February 2023	11 June 2024		BJD
Agriculture & Farmers Empowerment Fisheries & Animal Resources Development		Arun Kumar Sahoo MLA from Nayagarh	29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
		Ranendra Pratap Swain MLA from Athagarh	5 June 2022	11 June 2024		BJD
Law		Pratap Jena MLA from Mahanga	29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
		Jagannath Saraka MLA from Bissam Cuttack	5 June 2022	11 June 2024		BJD
S.T. & S.C. Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare			5 June 2022	11 June 2024		BJD
Planning & Convergence		Padmanabha Behera MLA from Birmaharajpur	29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
		Rajendra Dholakia MLA from Nuapada	5 June 2022	11 June 2024		BJD
Higher Education		Arun Kumar Sahoo MLA from Nayagarh	29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
		Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak MLA from Mahakalapada	9 June 2023	11 June 2024		BJD
Parliamentary Affairs		Bikram Keshari Arukha MLA from Bhanjanagar	29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
		Niranjan Pujari MLA from Sonepur	5 June 2022	11 June 2024		BJD
Forest & Environment and Climate Change		Bikram Keshari Arukha MLA from Bhanjanagar	29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
		Pradip Kumar Amat MLA from Boudh	5 June 2022	11 June 2024		BJD
Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water		Pratap Jena MLA from Mahanga	29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
		Pradip Kumar Amat MLA from Boudh	5 June 2022	11 June 2024		BJD
Information & Public Relations			5 June 2022	11 June 2024		BJD
Housing & Urban Development		Pratap Jena MLA from Mahanga	29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
		Usha Devi MLA from Chikiti	5 June 2022	11 June 2024		BJD
School & Mass Education		Sudam Marndi MLA from Bangriposi	22 May 2023	11 June 2024		BJD
Revenue & Disaster Management			29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
		Pramila Mallik [5] MLA from Binjharpur	5 June 2022	21 September 2022		BJD
		Ashok Chandra Panda [5] MLA from Ekamra-Bhubaneswar	21 September 2022	11 June 2024		BJD
Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disability Science & Technology Public Enterprises			5 June 2022	11 June 2024		BJD
Co-operation Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare		Ranendra Pratap Swain MLA from Athagarh	29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
		Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak MLA from Mahakalapada	5 June 2022	11 June 2024		BJD
Commerce and Transport		Padmanabha Behera MLA from Birmaharajpur	29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
		Tukuni Sahu MLA from Titlagarh	5 June 2022	11 June 2024		BJD
Water Resources			5 June 2022	11 June 2024		BJD
Women & Child Development Mission Shakti			29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
Energy Industries Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises		Pratap Keshari Deb MLA from Aul	5 June 2022	11 June 2024		BJD
Rural Development		Susanta Singh MLA from Bhatli	29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
Labour & Employees' State Insurance			29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
		Srikanta Sahu [3] MLA from Polasara	5 June 2022	22 May 2023		BJD
		Sarada Prashad Nayak [3] MLA from Rourkela	22 May 2023	11 June 2024		BJD
Ministers of State with Independent Charges
S.T. & S.C. Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare		Jagannath Saraka MLA from Bissam Cuttack	29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disability Science & Technology Public Enterprises		Ashok Chandra Panda MLA from Ekamra Bhubaneswar	29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
Electronics & Information Technology Sports & Youth Services		Tusharkanti Behera MLA from Kakatpur	29 May 2019	11 June 2024		BJD
School & Mass Education		Samir Ranjan Dash [3] MLA from Nimapara	29 May 2019	22 May 2023		BJD
Information & Public Relations Water Resources		Raghunandan Das MLA from Balikuda-Erasama	29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
Energy Industries Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises		Dibya Shankar Mishra MLA from Junagarh	29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
Odia Language, Literature & Culture Tourism		Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi MLA from Simulia	29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
		Aswini Kumar Patra MLA from Jaleswar	5 June 2022	11 June 2024		BJD
Excise			5 June 2022	11 June 2024		BJD
Skill Development & Technical Education		Premananda Nayak MLA from Telkoi	29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
		Pritiranjan Gharai MLA from Sukinda	5 June 2022	11 June 2024		BJD
Rural Development			5 June 2022	11 June 2024		BJD
Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts		Padmini Dian MLA from Kotpad	29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
		Rita Sahu MLA from Bijepur	5 June 2022	11 June 2024		BJD
Women & Child Development Mission Shakti		Basanti Hembram MLA from Karanjia	5 June 2022	11 June 2024		BJD
Higher Education		Rohit Pujari [6] MLA from Rairakhol	5 June 2022	9 June 2023		BJD
Ministers of State
Home		Dibya Shankar Mishra MLA from Junagarh	29 May 2019	5 June 2022		BJD
		Tusharkanti Behera MLA from Kakatpur	5 June 2022	11 June 2024		BJD

Members of Legislative Assembly

Source

District	Ac. No.	Constituency	Name	Party		Remarks
Bargarh	1	Padampur	Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha		Biju Janata Dal	Died on October 2022. [7]
			Barsha Singh Bariha			Won in December 2022 Bypoll. [8]
	2	Bijepur	Naveen Patnaik			Elected from 2 seats. Resigned [9]
			Rita Sahu			Minister of State (I/C)
	3	Bargarh	Debesh Acharya
	4	Attabira (SC)	Snehangini Chhuria
	5	Bhatli	Susanta Singh			Cabinet Minister
Jharsuguda	6	Brajarajnagar	Kishore Kumar Mohanty			Died on December 2021. [10]
			Alka Mohanty			Won in June 2022 Bypoll. [11]
	7	Jharsuguda	Naba Kishore Das			Cabinet Minister, Assassinated on January 2023. [12]
			Dipali Das			Won in 2023 Bypoll. [13]
Sundargarh	8	Talsara (ST)	Bhabani Shankar Bhoi		Bharatiya Janata Party
	9	Sundargarh (ST)	Kusum Tete
	10	Biramitrapur (ST)	Shankar Oram
	11	Raghunathpali (SC)	Subrat Tarai		Biju Janata Dal
	12	Rourkela	Sarada Prasad Nayak			Cabinet Minister
	13	Rajgangpur (ST)	C. S. Razeen Ekka		Indian National Congress
	14	Bonai (ST)	Laxman Munda		Communist Party of India
Sambalpur	15	Kuchinda (ST)	Kishore Chandra Naik		Biju Janata Dal
	16	Rengali (SC)	Nauri Nayak		Bharatiya Janata Party
	17	Sambalpur	Jayanarayan Mishra			Leader of Opposition
	18	Rairakhol	Rohit Pujari		Biju Janata Dal	Minister of State (I/C)
Deogarh	19	Deogarh	Subash Chandra Panigrahi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Keonjhar	20	Telkoi (ST)	Premmananda Nayak		Biju Janata Dal	Minister of State (I/C), Disqualified on 11 April 2024. [14]
				Vacant (since 11 April 2024)
	21	Ghasipura	Badri Narayan Patra		Biju Janata Dal
	22	Anandpur (SC)	Bhagirathi Sethi
	23	Patna (ST)	Jagganath Naik
	24	Keonjhar (ST)	Mohan Charan Majhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
	25	Champua	Minakshi Mahanta		Biju Janata Dal
Mayurbhanj	26	Jashipur (ST)	Ganesh Ram Singh Khuntia		Bharatiya Janata Party
	27	Saraskana (ST)	Budhan Murmu
	28	Rairangpur (ST)	Naba Charan Majhi
	29	Bangriposi (ST)	Sudam Marndi		Biju Janata Dal	Cabinet Minister
	30	Karanjia (ST)	Basanti Hembram			Minister of State (I/C)
	31	Udala (ST)	Bhaskar Madhei		Bharatiya Janata Party
	32	Badasahi (SC)	Sanatan Bijuli
	33	Baripada (ST)	Prakash Soren
	34	Morada	Rajkishore Das		Biju Janata Dal
Balasore	35	Jaleswar	Aswini Kumar Patra			Minister of State (I/C)
	36	Bhograi	Ananta Das
	37	Basta	Nityananda Sahoo
	38	Balasore	Madanmohan Dutta		Bharatiya Janata Party	Died on June 2020. [15]
			Swarup Kumar Das		Biju Janata Dal	Won in November 2020 Bypoll. [16]
	39	Remuna (SC)	Sudhanshu Shekar Parida			Suspended from party for anti party activities on 21 September 2023. [17]
					Independent	Since 25 September 2023.
	40	Nilagiri	Sukanta Nayak		Bharatiya Janata Party
	41	Soro (SC)	Parshuram Dhada		Biju Janata Dal
	42	Simulia	Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi			Minister of State (I/C)
Bhadrak	43	Bhandaripokhari	Prafulla Samal
	44	Bhadrak	Sanjib Mallick
	45	Basudevpur	Bishnubrata Routray
	46	Dhamnagar (SC)	Bishnu Charan Sethi		Bharatiya Janata Party	Died on September 2022. [18]
			Suryabanshi Suraj			Won in November 2022 bypoll. [19]
	47	Chandabali	Byomkesh Ray		Biju Janata Dal
Jajpur	48	Binjharpur (SC)	Pramila Mallik			Speaker
	49	Bari	Sunanda Das
	50	Barchana	Amar Prasad Satpathy
	51	Dharmasala	Pranab Kumar Balabantaray			Deputy Govt. Chief Whip
	52	Jajpur	Pranab Prakash Das
	53	Korei	Ashok Kumar Bal
	54	Sukinda	Pritiranjan Gharai			Minister of State (I/C)
Dhenkanal	55	Dhenkanal	Sudhir Kumar Samal
	56	Hindol (SC)	Seemarani Nayak
	57	Kamakhyanagar	Prafulla Kumar Mallick			Cabinet Minister
	58	Parjanga	Nrusingha Charan Sahu
Angul	59	Pallahara	Mukesh Kumar Pal
	60	Talcher	Braja Kishore Pradhan
	61	Angul	Rajanikant Singh			Deputy Speaker
	62	Chhendipada (SC)	Susanta Kumar Behera
	63	Athmallik	Ramesh Chandra Sai
Subarnapur	64	Birmaharajpur (SC)	Padmanabha Behera			Cabinet Minister
	65	Sonepur	Niranjan Pujari			Cabinet Minister
Bolangir	66	Loisingha (SC)	Mukesh Mahaling		Bharatiya Janata Party
	67	Patnagarh	Saroj Kumar Meher		Biju Janata Dal	Deputy Govt. Chief Whip
	68	Bolangir	Narasingha Mishra		Indian National Congress	Leader of Congress Legislature Party
	69	Titlagarh	Tukuni Sahu		Biju Janata Dal	Cabinet Minister
	70	Kantabanji	Santosh Singh Saluja		Indian National Congress
Nuapada	71	Nuapada	Rajendra Dholakia		Biju Janata Dal	Cabinet Minister
	72	Khariar	Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi		Indian National Congress
Nabarangpur	73	Umarkote (ST)	Nityananda Gond		Bharatiya Janata Party
	74	Jharigam (ST)	Prakash Chandra Majhi		Biju Janata Dal
	75	Nabarangpur (ST)	Sadasiva Pradhani
	76	Dabugam (ST)	Manohar Randhari
Kalahandi	77	Lanjigarh (ST)	Pradip Kumar Dishari
	78	Junagarh	Dibya Shankar Mishra			Minister of State (I/C)
	79	Dharmagarh	Mousadhi Bag
	80	Bhawanipatna (SC)	Pradipta Kumar Naik		Bharatiya Janata Party	Leader of Opposition
	81	Narla	Bhupinder Singh		Biju Janata Dal
Kandhamal	82	Baliguda (ST)	Chakramani Kanhar
	83	G. Udayagiri (ST)	Saluga Pradhan			Deputy Speaker
	84	Phulbani (ST)	Angada Kanhar
Boudh	85	Kantamal	Mahidhar Rana
	86	Boudh	Pradip Kumar Amat			Cabinet Minister
Cuttack	87	Baramba	Debiprasad Mishra
	88	Banki	Devi Ranjan Tripathy
	89	Athgarh	Ranendra Pratap Swain			Cabinet Minister
	90	Barabati-Cuttack	Mohammed Moquim		Indian National Congress	Suspended from party, later revoked. [20] [21]
	91	Choudwar-Cuttack	Souvic Biswal		Biju Janata Dal
	92	Niali (SC)	Pramod Kumar Mallick
	93	Cuttack Sadar (SC)	Chandra Sarathi Behera
	94	Salipur	Prasanta Behera
	95	Mahanga	Pratap Jena			Cabinet Minister
Kendrapara	96	Patkura	Sabitri Agarwalla
	97	Kendrapara (SC)	Shashi Bhusan Behera
	98	Aul	Pratap Keshari Deb			Cabinet Minister
	99	Rajanagar	Dhruba Charan Sahoo
	100	Mahakalapada	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak			Cabinet Minister
Jagatsinghpur	101	Paradeep	Sambit Routray
	102	Tirtol (SC)	Bishnu Charan Das			Died on July 2020. [22]
			Bijay Shankar Das			Won in Nov 2020 Bypoll. [16]
	103	Balikuda-Erasama	Raghunadan Das			Minister of State (I/C)
	104	Jagatsinghpur	Prasanta Kumar Muduli			Govt. Chief Whip
Puri	105	Kakatpur (SC)	Tusarakanti Behera			Minister of State (I/C)
	106	Nimapara	Samir Ranjan Dash			Minister of State (I/C)
	107	Puri	Jayanta Kumar Sarangi		Bharatiya Janata Party
	108	Brahmagiri	Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra
	109	Satyabadi	Umakanta Samantaray		Biju Janata Dal
	110	Pipili	Pradeep Maharathy		Biju Janata Dal	Died on October 2020. [23]
			Rudra Pratap Maharathy			Won in October 2021 Bypoll. [24]
Khordha	111	Jayadev (SC)	Arabinda Dhali			Disqualified on 11 April 2024. [14]
				Vacant (since 11 April 2024)
	112	Bhubaneswar Central	Ananta Narayan Jena		Biju Janata Dal
	113	Bhubaneswar North	Susant Kumar Rout
	114	Ekamra Bhubaneswar	Ashok Chandra Panda			Cabinet Minister
	115	Jatani	Suresh Kumar Routray		Indian National Congress	Suspended from party for anti party activities before 2024 elections. [25]
	116	Begunia	Rajendra Kumar Sahoo		Biju Janata Dal
	117	Khurda	Jyotirindra Nath Mitra
	118	Chilika	Prasanta Kumar Jagadev
Nayagarh	119	Ranpur	Satyanarayan Pradhan
	120	Khandapada	Soumya Ranjan Patnaik			Suspended from party for anti party activities on 21 September 2023. [17]
					Independent	Since 25 September 2023.
	121	Daspalla (SC)	Ramesh Chandra Behera		Biju Janata Dal
	122	Nayagarh	Aruna Kumar Sahoo			Cabinet Minister
Ganjam	123	Bhanjanagar	Bikram Keshari Arukha			Speaker
	124	Polasara	Srikanta Sahu			Cabinet Minister
	125	Kabisuryanagar	Latika Pradhan
	126	Khalikote (SC)	Suryamani Baidya
	127	Chhatrapur (SC)	Subash Chandra Behera
	128	Aska	Manjula Swain
	129	Surada	Purna Chandra Swain
	130	Sanakhemundi	Ramesh Chandra Jena		Indian National Congress
	131	Hinjili	Naveen Patnaik		Biju Janata Dal	Chief Minister
	132	Gopalpur	Pradeep Kumar Panigrahi		Biju Janata Dal	Expelled from party for "anti people activities" on 29 November 2020. [26]
					Independent	Since 29 November 2020.
	133	Berhampur	Bikram Kumar Panda		Biju Janata Dal
	134	Digapahandi	Surjya Narayan Patro			Speaker, Died on September 2023. [27]
			Vacant (since 2 September 2023)
	135	Chikiti	Usha Devi		Biju Janata Dal	Cabinet Minister
Gajapati	136	Mohana (ST)	Dasarathi Gomango		Indian National Congress
	137	Paralakhemundi	Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi		Biju Janata Dal
Rayagada	138	Gunupur (ST)	Raghunath Gomango
	139	Bissam Cuttack (ST)	Jagannath Saraka			Cabinet Minister
	140	Rayagada (ST)	Makaranda Muduli		Independent
Koraput	141	Lakshmipur (ST)	Prabhu Jani		Biju Janata Dal
	142	Kotpad (ST)	Padmini Dian			Minister of State (I/C)
	143	Jeypore	Tara Prasad Bahinipati		Indian National Congress
	144	Koraput (SC)	Raghu Ram Padal		Biju Janata Dal
	145	Pottangi (ST)	Rama Chandra Kadam		Indian National Congress
Malkangiri	146	Malkangiri (ST)	Aditya Madhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
	147	Chitrakonda (ST)	Purna Chandra Baka		Biju Janata Dal

By-polls

Year	Constituency	Reason for by-poll	Winning candidate	Party
Oct 2019	Bijepur	Resignation of Naveen Patnaik	Rita Sahu		Biju Janata Dal
Nov 2020	Balasore	Death of Madanmohan Dutta	Swarup Kumar Das
	Tirtol (SC)	Death of Bishnu Charan Das	Bijay Shankar Das
Oct 2021	Pipili	Death of Pradeep Maharathy	Rudra Pratap Maharathy
Jun 2022	Brajarajnagar	Death of Kishore Kumar Mohanty	Alka Mohanty
Nov 2022	Dhamnagar (SC)	Death of Bishnu Charan Sethi	Suryabanshi Suraj		Bharatiya Janata Party
Dec 2022	Padampur	Death of Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha	Barsha Singh Bariha		Biju Janata Dal
Jun 2023	Jharsuguda	Death of Naba Das	Dipali Das

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