15th Odisha Legislative Assembly

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The Fifteenth Odisha Legislative Assembly 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]^[3]

Brief history

Following BJD's victory in 2014 election, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik along with his council of ministers were sworn in by Governor S. C. Jamir on 21 May 2014.^[4]^[5] Cabinet reshuffle took place on 8 May 2017^[6]^[7]^[8] & 5 February 2018.^[9]^[10] After securing a historic fifth term by winning 2019 Odisha Assembly election, Shri Patnaik resigned on 28 May 2019.^[11]

House composition

Party	Strength
Party	Assembly Begins	Assembly Dissolves
Biju Janata Dal	117	112
Indian National Congress	16	11
Bharatiya Janata Party	10	9
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	1
Samata Kranti Dal	1	0
Independent	2	2
Vacant	-	12

Office bearers

Post	Portrait	Name	Tenure		Party
Governor	File:Governor S. C. Jamir with CM Naveen Patnaik and President Kovind (cropped).jpg	S. C. Jamir	Assembly Begins	20 March 2018	N/A
	File:The Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Shri Satya Pal Malik calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on October 10, 2018 (cropped).JPG	Satya Pal Malik Template:Small	21 March 2018	28 May 2018
	File:Collage of Ratha Jatra and Head of States Governor and CM (cropped).jpg	Ganeshi Lal	29 May 2018	Assembly Dissolves
Speaker	File:Niranjan Pujari.jpg	Niranjan Pujari Template:Small	26 May 2014	6 May 2017	Template:Full party name with color
Speaker	File:Pradip Kumar Amat.jpg	Pradip Kumar Amat Template:Small	16 May 2017	31 May 2019
Deputy Speaker	File:Sananda Marndi.jpg	Sananda Marndi Template:Small	16 June 2014	30 May 2019	Template:Full party name with color
Leader of the House Template:Small	File:Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik in October 2014.jpg	Naveen Patnaik Template:Small	21 May 2014	28 May 2019	Template:Full party name with color
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs	File:Bikram Keshari Arukha.jpg	Bikram Keshari Arukha Template:Small	20 May 2014	28 May 2019	Template:Full party name with color
Leader of Opposition Template:Small	File:Narasingha Mishra.jpg	Narasingha Mishra Template:Small	11 June 2014	29 May 2019	Template:Full party name with color
Pro tem Speaker	File:V. Sugnana Kumari Deo.jpg	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo Template:Small	22 May 2014	24 May 2014	Template:Full party name with color

Council of Ministers

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Members of Legislative Assembly

Source
District	A.C. No.	Constituency	Name	Party
Bargarh	1	Padampur	Pradip Purohit	Template:Full party name with color
	2	Bijepur	Subal Sahu	Template:Full party name with color	Died on 22 August 2017.^[12]
	2	Bijepur	Rita Sahu	Template:Full party name with color	Won in 2018 Bypoll.^[13]
	3	Bargarh	Debesh Acharya	Template:Full party name with color
	4	Attabira (SC)	Snehangini Chhuria	Cabinet Minister
	5	Bhatli	Susanta Singh	Cabinet Minister
Jharsuguda	6	Brajarajnagar	Radharani Panda	Template:Full party name with color
	7	Jharsuguda	Naba Kishore Das	Template:Full party name with color	Resigned on 28 January 2019
	7	Jharsuguda	Vacant (since 28 January 2019)
Sundergarh	8	Talsara (ST)	Prafulla Majhi	Template:Full party name with color
	9	Sundargarh (ST)	Jogesh Kumar Singh	Resigned on 22 January 2019
	9	Sundargarh (ST)	Vacant (since 22 January 2019)
	10	Biramitrapur (ST)	George Tirkey	Template:Full party name with color	Merged with Congress Party on 2 November 2018.
	10	Biramitrapur (ST)	George Tirkey	Template:Full party name with color
	11	Raghunathapali (SC)	Subrat Tarai	Template:Full party name with color
	12	Rourkela	Dilip Ray	Template:Full party name with color	Resigned on 30 November 2018
	12	Rourkela	Vacant (since 30 November 2018)
	13	Rajgangpur (ST)	Mangala Kisan	Template:Full party name with color
	14	Bonai (ST)	Laxman Munda	Template:Full party name with color
Sambalpur	15	Kuchinda (ST)	Rabi Narayan Naik	Template:Full party name with color
	16	Rengali (SC)	Ramesh Patua	Template:Full party name with color
	17	Sambalpur	Raseswari Panigrahi
	18	Rairakhol	Rohit Pujari	Deputy Govt. Chief Whip
Deogarh	19	Deogarh	Nitesh Ganga Deb	Template:Full party name with color
Keonjhar	20	Telkoi (ST)	Bedabyasa Nayak	Template:Full party name with color
	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	Template:Party name with color
Mayurbhanj	26	Jashipur (ST)	Mangal Singh Mudi	Template:Full party name with color
	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	Template:Full party name with color
	40	Nilagiri	Sukanta Nayak	Template:Full party name with color	Disqualified on 6 April 2019
	40	Nilagiri	Vacant (since 6 April 2019)
	41	Soro (SC)	Parshu Ram Dhada	Template:Full party name with color
	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
Subarnapur	65	Sonepur	Niranjan Pujari	Speaker
Balangir	66	Loisinga (SC)	Jogendra Behera	Cabinet Minister
	67	Patanagarh	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo	Template:Full party name with color
	68	Bolangir	Narasingha Mishra	Template:Full party name with color	Leader of Opposition
	69	Titilagarh	Tukuni Sahu	Template:Full party name with color
	70	Kantabanji	Ayyub Khan
Nuapada	71	Nuapada	Basanta Kumar Panda	Template:Full party name with color
	72	Khariar	Duryodhan Majhi	Resigned on 22 March 2019
	72	Khariar	Vacant (since 22 March 2019)
Nabarangpur	73	Umerkote (ST)	Subhash Gond	Template:Full party name with color
	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	Template:Full party name with color	Resigned on 28 March 2019
	83	G. Udayagiri (ST)	Vacant (since 28 March 2019)
	84	Phulbani (ST)	Duguni Kanhar	Template:Full party name with color
Boudh	85	Kantamal	Mahidhar Rana
Boudh	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	Template:Full party name with color	Resigned on 16 March 2019
	94	Salipur	Vacant (since 16 March 2019)
	95	Mahanga	Pratap Jena	Template:Full party name with color	Cabinet Minister
Kendrapara	96	Patkura	Bed Prakash Agarwalla
	97	Kendrapara (SC)	Kishore Chandra Tarai
	98	Aul	Devendra Sharma	Template:Full party name with color
	99	Rajanagar	Anshuman Mohanty
	100	Mahakalapada	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak	Template:Full party name with color	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	Template:Full party name with color
Puri	105	Kakatpur (SC)	Surendra Sethy	Template:Full party name with color
	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	Template:Party name with color
	110	Pipili	Pradeep Maharathy	Template:Full party name with color	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	Template:Full party name with color
Nayagarh	119	Ranpur	Rabinarayan Mohapatra	Template:Full party name with color
	120	Khandapada	Anubhav Patnaik
	121	Daspalla (SC)	Purna Chandra Nayak	Disqualified on 6 April 2019
	121	Daspalla (SC)	Vacant (since 6 April 2019)
	122	Nayagarh	Arun Kumar Sahoo	Template:Full party name with color	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
	128	Aska	Vacant (since 6 April 2019)
	129	Surada	Purna Chandra Swain	Template:Full party name with color
	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
	136	Mohana (ST)	Vacant (since 6 April 2019)
	137	Paralakhemundi	K. Surya Rao	Template:Full party name with color
Rayagada	138	Gunupur (ST)	Trinatha Gomango	Template:Full party name with color	Disqualified on 6 April 2019
	138	Gunupur (ST)	Vacant (since 6 April 2019)
	139	Bissam Cuttack (ST)	Jagannath Saraka	Template:Full party name with color
	140	Rayagada (ST)	Lal Bihari Himirika	Cabinet Minister
Koraput	141	Lakhmipur (ST)	Kailasa Chandra Kulesika	Template:Full party name with color
	142	Kotpad (ST)	Chandra Sekhar Majhi
	143	Jeypore	Tara Prasad Bahinipati
	144	Koraput (SC)	Krushna Chandra Sagaria	Resigned on 6 November 2018
	144	Koraput (SC)	Vacant (since 6 November 2018)
	145	Pottangi (ST)	Prafulla Pangi	Template:Full party name with color
Malkangiri	146	Malkangiri (ST)	Manasa Madkami
Malkangiri	147	Chitrakonda (ST)	Dambaru Sisa

By-polls

Source
Year	Constituency	Reason for by-poll	Winning candidate	Party
February 2018	Bijepur	Death of Subal Sahu	Rita Sahu	Template:Full party name with color

References

↑ Lok Sabha elections: Odisha votes on April 10, 17. IBNLive(2014-03-05). Retrieved 2025-08-27.
↑ Naveen Patnaik takes oath as Chief Minister for fourth term in Odisha. The Economic Times(2014-05-21). Retrieved 2025-08-27.
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↑ Naveen Patnaik takes oath as Chief Minister for fourth term in Odisha. The Economic Times(2014-05-21). Retrieved 2024-06-13.
↑ Naveen Patnaik Takes Oath as Chief Minister for Fourth Term in Odisha. NDTV.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
↑ Naveen Patnaik inducts 10 new ministers in biggest ever cabinet reshuffle, archive, From our online. The New Indian Express(2017-05-08). Retrieved 2025-06-17.
↑ Odisha: Naveen Patnaik reshuffles cabinet, brings back senior BJD leaders. India Today(2017-05-07). Retrieved 2025-06-17.
↑ Patnaik revamps Odisha Cabinet; 12 new Ministers sworn-in. The Hindu(2017-05-07). Retrieved 2025-06-17.
↑ Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik effects minor reshuffle in the portfolios of ministers, archive, From our online. The New Indian Express(2018-03-03). Retrieved 2025-06-17.
↑ Odisha Ministry Reshuffle 2018: CM Naveen Patnaik leaves Key Portfolios. Kalinga TV.
↑ A study on the state legislative assembly elections in Odisha (1952-2024). International Journal of Political Science and Governance({Template:Date).
↑ Odisha Congress leader Subal Sahu passes away. The Financial Express(2017-08-22). Retrieved 2025-08-26.
↑ Odisha's Bijepur bypoll 2018: BJD wins by over 40,000 votes. India Today(2018-02-28). Retrieved 2025-08-26.

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[1] Lok Sabha elections: Odisha votes on April 10, 17. IBNLive(2014-03-05). Retrieved 2025-08-27.

[2] Naveen Patnaik takes oath as Chief Minister for fourth term in Odisha. The Economic Times(2014-05-21). Retrieved 2025-08-27.

[3] A study on the state legislative assembly elections in Odisha (1952-2024). International Journal of Political Science and Governance({Template:Date).

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[5] Naveen Patnaik Takes Oath as Chief Minister for Fourth Term in Odisha. NDTV.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.

[6] Naveen Patnaik inducts 10 new ministers in biggest ever cabinet reshuffle, archive, From our online. The New Indian Express(2017-05-08). Retrieved 2025-06-17.

[7] Odisha: Naveen Patnaik reshuffles cabinet, brings back senior BJD leaders. India Today(2017-05-07). Retrieved 2025-06-17.

[8] Patnaik revamps Odisha Cabinet; 12 new Ministers sworn-in. The Hindu(2017-05-07). Retrieved 2025-06-17.

[9] Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik effects minor reshuffle in the portfolios of ministers, archive, From our online. The New Indian Express(2018-03-03). Retrieved 2025-06-17.

[10] Odisha Ministry Reshuffle 2018: CM Naveen Patnaik leaves Key Portfolios. Kalinga TV.

[:0-11] A study on the state legislative assembly elections in Odisha (1952-2024). International Journal of Political Science and Governance({Template:Date).

[12] Odisha Congress leader Subal Sahu passes away. The Financial Express(2017-08-22). Retrieved 2025-08-26.

[13] Odisha's Bijepur bypoll 2018: BJD wins by over 40,000 votes. India Today(2018-02-28). Retrieved 2025-08-26.

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