Bikram Keshari Arukha is an Indian politician and Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly from Bhanjanagar Assembly constituency who is served as Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly till 2023. [1] [2] [3] [4] He is continuously six time MLA from Bhanjanagar Assembly constituency. [5] [6]
Angul is a town, municipality and the headquarters of Angul district in the state of Odisha, India. Angul has an average elevation of 195 m (640 ft) above sea level. The total geographical area of the district is 6232 km2. In terms of area, it stands 11th among the 30 Districts of Odisha.
Chhatrapur (ଛତ୍ରପୁର) is a town and a Municipality in Ganjam district in the state of Odisha, India.
Rayagada is a municipality in Rayagada district in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the administrative headquarters of Rayagada district.
Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008, following the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.
Laxman Munda is an Indian politician from Odisha. He is four time MLA from Bonai Assembly Constituency which is reserved for ST community in Sundargarh district. Representing Communist Party of India (Marxist), he won the Bonai in the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election. Earlier, he was elected as ann MLA in 2004, 2014 and 2019 elections.
Pradip Kumar Amat is the former finance minister of Odisha, India.
Bhanjanagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Ganjam district. Area of this constituency includes 22 Gram panchayat and 2 blocks namely Bhanjanagar, Jagannath Prasad, Ganjam.
Arka Keshari Deo is an Indian politician. He is elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 from Kalahandi constituency in Odisha. He is a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party. Arka joined BJD in 2013 after death of his father Bikram Keshari Deo. He joined in BJP in September 2023 along with his wife Malvika Devi in Bhubaneswar.
Rama Chandra Hansdah is an Indian politician. He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 from Mayurbhanj constituency in Odisha. He had left Nationalist Congress Party and joined Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in June 2012 along with other three NCP MLAs. He is a former member of Legislative Assembly of Odisha.He was arrested by CBI on 4 November 2014 for his alleged involvement in chit fund scam.
Arabinda Dhali is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP). Dhali is a sixth-term member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly and represented the Malkangiri from 1992 to 2000 and the Jayadev constituency from 2009 to 2014. He was a former transport and corporation minister in BJD-BJP alliance. He had quit from BJP, Odisha to join Bharatiya Janshakti Party on 30 April 2006. With Rama Chandra Panda, a former Deputy Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly, joined Bharatiya Janshakti Party. Then on Monday, Mar 24 2008, he joined the Samajwadi Party. Later, he joined Biju Janata Dal. and won as an MLA from Jayadev Assembly constituency in 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election. He later quit BJD and joined Bharatiya Janata Party on 3 March 2024. Mr. Dhali will fight 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election from BJP for the Jayadev assembly segment in Khurda district.
Pratap Keshari Deb is an Indian politician from the state of Odisha. In May 2017, he won a bypoll to the Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha constituency which was vacated by Bishnu Charan Das when he was appointed chairman of Odisha State Planning Board. Pratap Deb filed a nomination and won the seat uncontested on 18 May 2017. He will complete the remainder of his term until 1 July 2022.
The 2019 Odisha assembly election, held between April 11 and April 29, was the 16th quinquennial legislative assembly election to elect 147 MLAs to the 16th legislative assembly of Odisha. Covering 147 constituencies across four phases, the polls coincided with the Lok Sabha elections. Vote counting for the assembly election took place on May 23, concluding before the previous Odisha Assembly's term expiration on June 11.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in the eastern coastal state of Odisha from 13 May to 1 June 2024 to elect the 147 members of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and results were declared on 4 June 2024 forming the 17th Assembly.
Bikram Keshari Barma was an Indian politician who served as a Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly for Mahanga from 2004 to 2009.
Pramila Mallik is an Indian politician from Odisha. She was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Binjharpur in Jajpur district for a record seven times. She represents Biju Janata Dal. She was a former speaker and a minister. She won the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election.
Surjya Narayan Patro was an Indian politician from Biju Janata Dal who served as Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly. In June 2022, he resigned from his post.
Kishore Kumar Mohanty was an Indian politician who served as Member of Rajya Sabha from Odisha, Speaker and Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly from Jharsuguda Assembly constituency and Brajarajnagar Assembly constituency and Chairman of Western Odisha Development Council.
Barsha Singh Bariha is an Indian politician from the Biju Janata Dal representing the Padampur constituency in the Odisha Legislative Assembly.
Bikram Kumar Panda is an Indian politician and a member of the sixteenth Odisha Legislative Assembly representing the Berhampur Vidhan Sabha constituency. He is a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) party.
Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi is an Indian politician from Odisha, currently serving as an MLA in the Odisha Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the 16th and 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly from the Khariar Assembly constituency in 2019 and 2024, respectively.