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The Seventeenth Odisha Legislative Assembly was constituted after the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly elections, which were concluded on 1 June 2024, and the previous assembly term ending on 24 June 2024.[1][2]

Brief history

Following BJP's win 2024 election, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi along with his two deputy CMs, 8 Cabinet Ministers, and 5 Minister of State with Independent Charges were adminstered their oath of office and oath of secrecy by Governor Raghubar Das at Janata Maidan, Bhubaneswar on 12 June 2024. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, along with Chief Ministers of 10 BJP ruled states were present at the venue.[3][4][5]

In 2025, BJP won the highly contested Nuapada bypoll in a landslide, increasing their tally to 79.[6]

Following cross voting in 2026 Rajya sabha polls, 3 members from INC & 8 members from BJD were suspended from their respective parties for ''anti party activities''. Both parties have filed disqualification petition against these members with the Speaker. As the members were elected against party symbol, they are still considered as party member in the assembly, but there seatings has been changed to reflect their suspension. They will continue to be member of the house unless otherwise.[7][8]

House Composition

Party Strength
Assembly Begins As of today
Bharatiya Janata Party 78 79
Biju Janata Dal 51 50
Indian National Congress 14 14
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 1
Independent 3 3
Vacant - -

Office Bearers

Position Portrait Name Tenure Party
Governor File:Raghubar Das with Jual Oram (cropped).jpg Raghubar Das Assembly Begins 2 January 2025 N/A
File:Shri Kambhampati Hari Babu.jpg Kambhampati Hari Babu 3 January 2025 Incumbent
Speaker File:Surama Padhy.jpg Surama Padhy
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20 June 2024 Incumbent Template:Full party name with color
Deputy Speaker File:Bhabani Shankar Bhoi.jpg Bhabani Shankar Bhoi
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25 July 2024 Incumbent Template:Full party name with color
Leader of the House
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File:ଶ୍ରୀ ମୋହନ ଚରଣ ମାଝୀ.jpg Mohan Charan Majhi
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12 June 2024 Incumbent Template:Full party name with color
Deputy Leader of the House
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File:Dy CM KV Singh Deo.jpg Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo
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12 June 2024 Incumbent Template:Full party name with color
File:Dy CM Pravati Parida.jpg Pravati Parida
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12 June 2024 Incumbent Template:Full party name with color
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs File:Mukesh Mahaling 2024.jpg Mukesh Mahaling
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12 June 2024 Incumbent Template:Full party name with color
Leader of Opposition
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File:NaveenPatnaik.jpg Naveen Patnaik
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19 June 2024 Incumbent Template:Full party name with color
Deputy Leader of Opposition
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File:Prasanna Acharya MLA.jpg Prasanna Acharya
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19 June 2024 Incumbent Template:Full party name with color
Leader of Congress Legislature Party File:Rama Chandra Kadam.jpg Rama Chandra Kadam
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21 June 2024 Incumbent Template:Full party name with color
Pro tem Speaker File:Ranendra Pratap Swain.jpg Ranendra Pratap Swain
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17 June 2025 19 June 2025 Template:Full party name with color

Council of Minister

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Members of Legislative Assembly

Source
District Ac.
No.
Constituency Name Party Remarks
Bargarh 1 Padampur Barsha Singh Bariha Template:Full party name with color
2 Bijepur Sanat Kumar Gartia Template:Full party name with color
3 Bargarh Ashwini Kumar Sarangi
4 Attabira (SC) Nihar Ranjan Mahanand
5 Bhatli Irasis Acharya
Jharsuguda 6 Brajarajnagar Suresh Pujari Cabinet Minister
7 Jharsuguda Tankadhar Tripathy
Sundargarh 8 Talsara (ST) Bhabani Shankar Bhoi Deputy Speaker
9 Sundargarh (ST) Jogesh Kumar Singh Template:Full party name with color
10 Biramitrapur (ST) Rohit Joseph Tirkey
11 Raghunathpali (SC) Durga Charan Tanti Template:Full party name with color
12 Rourkela Sarada Prashad Nayak Template:Full party name with color
13 Rajgangpur (ST) C. S. Raazen Ekka Template:Full party name with color Chief Whip, Congress
14 Bonai (ST) Laxman Munda Template:Full party name with color
Sambalpur 15 Kuchinda (ST) Rabi Narayan Naik Template:Full party name with color Cabinet Minister
16 Rengali (SC) Sudarshan Haripal Template:Full party name with color
17 Sambalpur Jayanarayan Mishra Template:Full party name with color
18 Rairakhol Prasanna Acharya Template:Full party name with color Deputy Leader of Opposition
Deogarh 19 Deogarh Romanch Ranjan Biswal
Keonjhar 20 Telkoi (ST) Fakir Mohan Naik Template:Full party name with color
21 Ghasipura Badri Narayan Patra Template:Full party name with color
22 Anandpur (SC) Abhimanyu Sethi
23 Patna (ST) Akhila Chandra Naik Template:Full party name with color
24 Keonjhar (ST) Mohan Charan Majhi Chief Minister
25 Champua Sanatan Mahakud Template:Full party name with color Suspended from Party for Anti Party Activities[9]
Mayurbhanj 26 Jashipur (ST) Ganesh Ram Singh Khuntia Template:Full party name with color Minister of State (I/C)
27 Saraskana (ST) Bhadav Hansdah
28 Rairangpur (ST) Jalen Naik
29 Bangriposi (ST) Sanjali Murmu
30 Karanjia (ST) Padma Charan Haiburu
31 Udala (ST) Bhaskar Madhei
32 Badasahi (SC) Sanatan Bijuli
33 Baripada (ST) Prakash Soren
34 Morada Krushna Chandra Mohapatra Cabinet Minister
Balasore 35 Jaleswar Aswini Kumar Patra Template:Full party name with color
36 Bhograi Goutam Buddha Das
37 Basta Subasini Jena Suspended from Party for cross voting in 2026 RS election[8]
38 Balasore Manas Kumar Dutta Template:Full party name with color
39 Remuna (SC) Gobinda Chandra Das Deputy Govt. Chief Whip
40 Nilagiri Santosh Khatua
41 Soro (SC) Madhab Dhada Template:Full party name with color
42 Simulia Padma Lochan Panda Template:Full party name with color
Bhadrak 43 Bhandaripokhari Sanjib Kumar Mallick Template:Full party name with color
44 Bhadrak Sitansu Sekhar Mohapatra Template:Full party name with color
45 Basudevpur Ashok Kumar Das Template:Full party name with color Deputy Leader of Congress Legislature Party
46 Dhamnagar (SC) Suryabanshi Suraj Template:Full party name with color Minister of State (I/C)
47 Chandabali Byomakesh Ray Template:Full party name with color
Jajpur 48 Binjharpur (SC) Pramila Mallik Chief Whip, BJD
49 Bari Biswa Ranjan Mallick
50 Barchana Amar Kumar Nayak Template:Full party name with color
51 Dharmasala Himanshu Sekhar Sahoo Template:Party name with color Supports Bharatiya Janata Party
52 Jajpur Sujata Sahu Template:Full party name with color
53 Korei Akash Dasnayak Template:Full party name with color
54 Sukinda Pradeep Bal Samanta Minister of State (I/C)
Dhenkanal 55 Dhenkanal Krushna Chandra Patra Cabinet Minister
56 Hindol (SC) Simarani Nayak
57 Kamakhyanagar Satrughan Jena
58 Parjanga Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan
Angul 59 Pallahara Ashok Mohanty
60 Talcher Braja Kishore Pradhan Template:Full party name with color
61 Angul Pratap Chandra Pradhan Template:Full party name with color
62 Chhendipada (SC) Agasti Behera
63 Athmallik Nalini Kanta Pradhan Template:Full party name with color
Subarnapur 64 Birmaharajpur (SC) Raghunath Jagadala Template:Full party name with color
65 Sonepur Niranjan Pujari Template:Full party name with color
Bolangir 66 Loisingha (SC) Mukesh Mahaling Template:Full party name with color Cabinet Minister
67 Patnagarh Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Deputy Chief Minister
68 Bolangir Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo Template:Full party name with color
69 Titlagarh Nabin Kumar Jain Template:Full party name with color
70 Kantabanji Laxman Bag
Nuapada 71 Nuapada Rajendra Dholakia Template:Full party name with color Died on 8 September 2025[10]
Jay Dholakia Template:Full party name with color Won in November 2025 Bypoll[11]
72 Khariar Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi Template:Full party name with color
Nabarangpur 73 Umarkote (ST) Nityananda Gond Template:Full party name with color Cabinet Minister
74 Jharigam (ST) Narsing Bhatra
75 Nabarangpur (ST) Gouri Shankar Majhi
76 Dabugam (ST) Manohar Randhari Template:Full party name with color
Kalahandi 77 Lanjigarh (ST) Pradip Kumar Dishari
78 Junagarh Dibya Shankar Mishra
79 Dharmagarh Sudhir Ranjan Pattjoshi Template:Full party name with color
80 Bhawanipatna (SC) Sagar Charan Das Template:Full party name with color
81 Narla Manorama Mohanty Template:Full party name with color
Kandhamal 82 Baliguda (ST) Chakramani Kanhar Suspended from Party for cross voting in 2026 RS election[8]
83 G. Udayagiri (ST) Prafulla Chandra Pradhan Template:Full party name with color
84 Phulbani (ST) Uma Charan Mallick Template:Full party name with color
Boudh 85 Kantamal Kanhai Charan Danga
86 Boudh Saroj Kumar Pradhan Govt. Chief Whip
Cuttack 87 Baramba Bijaya Kumar Dalabehera Template:Party name with color Supports Bharatiya Janata Party
88 Banki Devi Ranjan Tripathy Template:Full party name with color Suspended from Party for cross voting in 2026 RS election[8]
89 Athgarh Ranendra Pratap Swain
90 Barabati-Cuttack Sofia Firdous Template:Full party name with color Suspended from Party for cross voting in 2026 RS election[7]
91 Choudwar-Cuttack Souvic Biswal Template:Full party name with color Suspended from Party for cross voting in 2026 RS election[8]
92 Niali (SC) Chhabi Malik Template:Full party name with color
93 Cuttack Sadar (SC) Prakash Chandra Sethi
94 Salipur Prasanta Behera Template:Full party name with color
95 Mahanga Sarada Prasad Padhan Template:Party name with color Supports Bharatiya Janata Party
Kendrapara 96 Patkura Arvind Mohapatra Template:Full party name with color Suspended from Party for Anti Party Activities[9]
97 Kendrapara (SC) Ganeswar Behera
98 Aul Pratap Keshari Deb Deputy Chief Whip, BJD
99 Rajanagar Dhruba Charan Sahoo
100 Mahakalapada Durga Prasan Nayak Template:Full party name with color
Jagatsinghpur 101 Paradeep Sampad Chandra Swain Minister of State (I/C)
102 Tirtol (SC) Ramakanta Bhoi Template:Full party name with color Suspended from Party for cross voting in 2026 RS election[8]
103 Balikuda-Erasama Sarada Prasanna Jena
104 Jagatsinghpur Amarendra Das Template:Full party name with color
Puri 105 Kakatpur (SC) Tusharkanti Behera Template:Full party name with color
106 Nimapara Pravati Parida Template:Full party name with color Deputy Chief Minister
107 Puri Sunil Kumar Mohanty Template:Full party name with color
108 Brahmagiri Upasna Mohapatra Template:Full party name with color
109 Satyabadi Om Prakash Mishra
110 Pipili Ashrit Pattanayak
Khordha 111 Jayadev (SC) Naba Kishor Mallick Template:Full party name with color Suspended from Party for cross voting in 2026 RS election[8]
112 Bhubaneswar Central Ananta Narayan Jena
113 Bhubaneswar North Susant Kumar Rout
114 Ekamra Bhubaneswar Babu Singh Template:Full party name with color
115 Jatani Bibhuti Bhusan Balabantaray Template:Full party name with color
116 Begunia Pradip Kumar Sahu
117 Khurda Prasanta Kumar Jagadev Template:Full party name with color
118 Chilika Prithviraj Harichandan Cabinet Minister
Nayagarh 119 Ranpur Surama Padhy Speaker
120 Khandapada Dusmanta Kumar Swain
121 Daspalla (SC) Ramesh Chandra Behera Template:Full party name with color
122 Nayagarh Arun Kumar Sahoo
Ganjam 123 Bhanjanagar Pradyumna Kumar Nayak Template:Full party name with color
124 Polasara Gokula Nanda Mallik Minister of State (I/C)
125 Kabisuryanagar Pratap Chandra Nayak
126 Khalikote (SC) Purna Chandra Sethy
127 Chhatrapur (SC) Krushna Chandra Nayak
128 Aska Saroj Kumar Padhi
129 Surada Nilamani Bisoyi
130 Sanakhemundi Ramesh Chandra Jena Template:Full party name with color Suspended from Party for cross voting in 2026 RS election[7]
131 Hinjili Naveen Patnaik Template:Full party name with color Leader of Opposition
132 Gopalpur Bibhuti Bhushan Jena Template:Full party name with color Cabinet Minister
133 Berhampur K. Anil Kumar
134 Digapahandi Sidhant Mohapatra
135 Chikiti Manoranjan Dyan Samantara
Gajapati 136 Mohana (ST) Dasarathi Gomango Template:Full party name with color Suspended from Party for cross voting in 2026 RS election[7]
137 Paralakhemundi Rupesh Kumar Panigrahi Template:Full party name with color
Rayagada 138 Gunupur (ST) Satyajeet Gomango Template:Full party name with color
139 Bissam Cuttack (ST) Nilamadhab Hikaka
140 Rayagada (ST) Kadraka Appala Swamy
Koraput 141 Lakshmipur (ST) Pabitra Saunta
142 Kotpad (ST) Rupu Bhatra Template:Full party name with color
143 Jeypore Tara Prasad Bahinipati Template:Full party name with color
144 Koraput (SC) Raghuram Machha Template:Full party name with color
145 Pottangi (ST) Rama Chandra Kadam Template:Full party name with color Leader of Congress Legislature Party
Malkangiri 146 Malkangiri (ST) Narasinga Madkami Template:Full party name with color
147 Chitrakonda (ST) Mangu Khilla Template:Full party name with color

Bypolls

Date Constituency Previous MLA Reason Elected MLA
11 November 2025[11] 71 Nuapada Rajendra Dholakia Template:Full party name with color Died on 8 September 2025[12] Jay Dholakia[11] Template:Full party name with color

See also

References

  1. Odisha Assembly elections 2024: Polls to be held in 4 phases; 3.32 crore voters will exercise franchise. The Indian Express(2024-03-16). Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  2. Terms of the Houses. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  3. Highlights: BJP Tribal Leader, 4-Time MLA Mohan Majhi Sworn In As Odisha Chief Minister. NDTV.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  4. Mohan Charan Majhi sworn in as Odisha’s first BJP Chief Minister. The Hindu(2024-06-12). Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  5. Odisha Cabinet portfolios: CM Mohan Charan Majhi keeps Home. India News(2024-06-13). Retrieved 2024-06-15.
  6. BJP clinches landslide victory in Nuapada; BJD finishes third. The Hindu(2025-11-14). Retrieved 2026-04-05.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Odisha Congress suspends three MLAs, seeks disqualification for cross-voting in Rajya Sabha election, Service, Express News. The New Indian Express(2026-03-18). Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 BJD suspends 6 MLAs for RS cross-voting. The Times of India(2026-03-22). Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  9. 9.0 9.1 BJD suspends 2 MLAs, cites anti-party activities. The Times of India(2026-01-16). Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  10. Odisha BJD MLA Rajendra Dholakia passes away at 68; was suffering from kidney-related ailments. The Times of India(2025-09-08). Retrieved 2025-09-08.
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Jay Dholakia wins Nuapada bypoll as BJP surges; BJD secures third spot. The Times of India(2025-11-14). Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  12. BJD leader and Nuapada MLA Dholakia dies at 69. The New Indian Express(2025-09-09). Retrieved 2025-10-17.

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