| 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 Legislative Assembly 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 |
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| Assembly Begins | 146 | 112 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| Assembly Dissolves | 144 | 108 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 4 |
Office bearers
| Post[2] | Portrait | Name | Tenure | Party | ||
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Ganeshi Lal | Assembly Begins | 30 October 2023 | N/A | |
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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 | ||||
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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 |
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Naveen Patnaik MLA from Hinjili |
29 May 2019 | 11 June 2024 | Biju Janata Dal | |
| Leader of Opposition
Leader of BJP Legislature Party |
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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 | 
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Amar Prasad Satpathy MLA from Barchana |
29 May 2019 | 31 May 2019 | Biju Janata Dal | |
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Council of Ministers
| Portfolio | Portrait | Name | Tenure | Party | ||
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Naveen Patnaik MLA from Hinjili |
29 May 2019 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | |
| Cabinet Minister | ||||||
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Niranjan Pujari[3] MLA from Sonepur |
29 May 2019 | 5 June 2022 | BJD | |
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29 May 2019 | 22 May 2023 | BJD | |||
| Bikram Keshari Arukha[3] MLA from Bhanjanagar |
22 May 2023 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | |||
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Prafulla Kumar Mallik MLA from Kamakshyanagar |
29 May 2019 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | ||
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Naba Kishore Das[4] MLA from Jharsuguda |
29 May 2019 | 14 February 2023 | BJD | ||
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Niranjan Pujari[4] MLA from Sonepur |
14 February 2023 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | ||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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5 June 2022 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | |||
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Padmanabha Behera MLA from Birmaharajpur |
29 May 2019 | 5 June 2022 | BJD | |
| Rajendra Dholakia MLA from Nuapada |
5 June 2022 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | |||
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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 | |||
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Bikram Keshari Arukha MLA from Bhanjanagar |
29 May 2019 | 5 June 2022 | BJD | ||
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Niranjan Pujari MLA from Sonepur |
5 June 2022 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | ||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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5 June 2022 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | |||
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Pratap Jena MLA from Mahanga |
29 May 2019 | 5 June 2022 | BJD | ||
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Usha Devi MLA from Chikiti |
5 June 2022 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | ||
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Sudam Marndi MLA from Bangriposi |
22 May 2023 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | |
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29 May 2019 | 5 June 2022 | BJD | |||
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Pramila Mallik[5] MLA from Binjharpur |
5 June 2022 | 21 September 2022 | BJD | ||
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Ashok Chandra Panda[5] MLA from Ekamra-Bhubaneswar |
21 September 2022 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | ||
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5 June 2022 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | |||
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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 | |||
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Padmanabha Behera MLA from Birmaharajpur |
29 May 2019 | 5 June 2022 | BJD | |
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Tukuni Sahu MLA from Titlagarh |
5 June 2022 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | ||
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5 June 2022 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | |||
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29 May 2019 | 5 June 2022 | BJD | |||
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Pratap Keshari Deb MLA from Aul |
5 June 2022 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | ||
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Susanta Singh MLA from Bhatli |
29 May 2019 | 5 June 2022 | BJD | ||
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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 | ||||||
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Jagannath Saraka MLA from Bissam Cuttack |
29 May 2019 | 5 June 2022 | BJD | ||
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Ashok Chandra Panda MLA from Ekamra Bhubaneswar |
29 May 2019 | 5 June 2022 | BJD | |
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Tusharkanti Behera MLA from Kakatpur |
29 May 2019 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | ||
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Samir Ranjan Dash[3] MLA from Nimapara |
29 May 2019 | 22 May 2023 | BJD | ||
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Raghunandan Das MLA from Balikuda-Erasama |
29 May 2019 | 5 June 2022 | BJD | ||
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Dibya Shankar Mishra MLA from Junagarh |
29 May 2019 | 5 June 2022 | BJD | ||
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Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi MLA from Simulia |
29 May 2019 | 5 June 2022 | BJD | ||
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Aswini Kumar Patra MLA from Jaleswar |
5 June 2022 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | ||
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5 June 2022 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | |||
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Premananda Nayak MLA from Telkoi |
29 May 2019 | 5 June 2022 | BJD | ||
| Pritiranjan Gharai MLA from Sukinda |
5 June 2022 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | |||
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5 June 2022 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | |||
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Padmini Dian MLA from Kotpad |
29 May 2019 | 5 June 2022 | BJD | |
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Rita Sahu MLA from Bijepur |
5 June 2022 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | ||
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Basanti Hembram MLA from Karanjia |
5 June 2022 | 11 June 2024 | BJD | |
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Rohit Pujari[6] MLA from Rairakhol |
5 June 2022 | 9 June 2023 | BJD | |
| Ministers of State | ||||||
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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 | |||
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Members of Legislative Assembly
By-polls
| Year | Constituency | Reason for by-poll | Winning candidate | Party | |
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| 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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