{{Short description|Unicameral state legislature of the Indian state of Odisha}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox legislature | background_color = #FF9933 | text_color = white | name = Odisha Legislative Assembly | native_name = ଓଡ଼ିଶା ବିଧାନ ସଭା | legislature = 17th Odisha Assembly | logo_pic = Odisha Vidhan Sabha Logo.png | logo_res = 300px | house_type = Unicameral | term_limits = 5 years | preceded_by = Orissa Provincial Assembly | foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|br=yes|1937|02|03}} | leader1_type = Governor | leader1 = '''Dr. Kambhampati Hari Babu''' | election1 = 3 January 2025 | leader2_type = Speaker | leader2 = '''Surama Padhy''' | party2 = '''BJP''' | election2 = 20 June 2024 | leader3_type = Deputy Speaker | leader3 = '''Bhabani Shankar Bhoi''' | party3 = '''BJP''' | election3 = 24 July 2024 | leader4_type = Chief Minister <br /> (Leader of the House) | leader4 = '''Mohan Charan Majhi''' | party4 = '''BJP''' | election4 = 12 June 2024 | leader5_type = Deputy Chief Minister<br/>(Deputy Leader of the House) | leader5 = '''Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo''', '''BJP'''<br>'''Pravati Parida''' | party5 = '''BJP''' | election5 = 12 June 2024 | leader6_type = Leader of Opposition | leader6 = '''Naveen Patnaik''' | party6 = '''BJD''' | election6 = 20 June 2024 | leader7_type = Secretary | leader7 = Satyabrata Rout, I.A.S. | election7 = 31 January 2025 | members = '''147''' | structure1 = 300px | political_groups1 = <!-- Do not make changes to Party totals without making corresponding changes under section 'Members of Legislative Assembly' --> '''Government (93)''' :*{{Color box|{{Party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} BJP (79) :*{{Color box|{{Party color|Independent politician}}}} IND (14) '''Opposition (54)'''<br>'''Official Opposition (42)''' :*{{Color box|{{Party color|Biju Janata Dal}}}} BJD (42){{efn|Following cross voting in 2026 Rajya sabha polls, 3 members from INC & 8 members from BJD were suspended from their respective parties for <nowiki>''anti party activities''</nowiki>. 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.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Express News |date=2026-03-18 |title=Odisha Congress suspends three MLAs, seeks disqualification for cross-voting in Rajya Sabha election |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2026/Mar/18/odisha-congress-suspends-three-mlas-seeks-disqualification-for-cross-voting-in-rajya-sabha-election |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2026-03-22 |title=BJD suspends 6 MLAs for RS cross-voting |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/bjd-suspends-6-mlas-for-rs-cross-voting/articleshow/129727175.cms |access-date=2026-03-23 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>}} '''Other Opposition (12)''' :*{{Color box|{{Party color|Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance}}}} INDIA (12) :**{{Color box|{{Party color|Indian National Congress}}}} INC (11){{efn|Following cross voting in 2026 Rajya sabha polls, 3 members from INC & 8 members from BJD were suspended from their respective parties for <nowiki>''anti party activities''</nowiki>. 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.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Express News |date=2026-03-18 |title=Odisha Congress suspends three MLAs, seeks disqualification for cross-voting in Rajya Sabha election |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2026/Mar/18/odisha-congress-suspends-three-mlas-seeks-disqualification-for-cross-voting-in-rajya-sabha-election |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2026-03-22 |title=BJD suspends 6 MLAs for RS cross-voting |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/bjd-suspends-6-mlas-for-rs-cross-voting/articleshow/129727175.cms |access-date=2026-03-23 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>}} :**{{Color box|{{Party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}}} CPI(M) (1) : | voting_system1 = First-past-the-post voting | last_election1 = Summer 2024 | next_election1 = By Summer 2029 | session_room = Odisha Vidhan Soudha.jpg | session_res = 300px | meeting_place = Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneswar, Odisha | website = {{url|https://assembly.odisha.gov.in}} }} The '''Odisha Legislative Assembly''' is the unicameral state legislature of the state of Odisha in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubaneswar, the capital city. The Legislative Assembly comprises 147 Members of Legislative Assembly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/orissa-w.htm |title=Orissa Legislative Assembly |work=legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in |year=2005 |quote=The strength of Assembly was later increased to 147 with effect from the Sixth Legislative Assembly (1974). |access-date=29 December 2012 |archive-date=4 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204183100/http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/orissa-w.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Out of total 147 Assembly Constituencies of Odisha Legislative Assembly, 33 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) and 24 seats for the Scheduled Castes (SC).<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Odisha Assembly Constituency |url=https://ceoodisha.nic.in/en/voter-services/acmaps/ |website=Chief Electoral Office, Odisha}}</ref>
== History== List of Assembly Sessions of Odisha Legislative Assembly<ref name="Brief history">{{Cite web |title=Brief history |url=https://odishaassembly.nic.in/pdf/BriefHistoryAssemblywebsite.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231053029/https://odishaassembly.nic.in/pdf/BriefHistoryAssemblywebsite.pdf |archive-date=31 December 2023 |access-date=31 December 2023 |website=odishaassembly.nic.in}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" !# !Assembly {{small|(Election)}} !Constitution !Dissolution !Composition{{efn|Provisional Assembly had total strength of 60 members.First to fifth assembly had total strength of 140 members. From Sixth assembly onwards, total strength is of 147 members. These standings are at the beginning of the session.}} !Speaker !Chief Minister !Leader of Opposition |- |A |First Provincial Assembly<br/>{{Small|(1937 election)}} |3 February 1937 |14 September 1945 | * INC - 36 * United - 06 * National - 04 * Nominated - 04 * No Party - 04 * IND - 06 |Mukunda Prasad Das |Krushna Chandra Gajapati ---- Bishwanath Das | N/A |- |B |Second Provincial Assembly<br/>{{Small|(1946 election)}} |18 April 1946 |20 February 1952 | * INC - 47 * AIML - 04 * CPI - 01 * Nominated - 04 * IND - 04 * No Party - 31 |Lal Mohan Patnaik |Harekrushna Mahatab ---- Nabakrushna Choudhuri | N/A |- |1 |First Assembly<br/>{{small|(1952 election)}} |20 February 1952 |4 March 1957 | * INC - 67 * AIGP - 31 * PSP - 10 * CPI - 07 * AIFB - 01 * IND - 24 |Nandakishore Das |Nabakrushna Choudhuri ---- Harekrushna Mahatab |Shraddhakar Supakar |- |2 |Second Assembly<br/>{{Small|(1957 election)}} |1 April 1957 |25 February 1961 | * INC - 56 * AIGP - 51 * PSP - 11 * CPI - 09 * IND - 13 |Nilakantha Das |Harekrushna Mahatab |Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo |- |3 |Third Assembly<br/>{{small|(1961 election)}} |21 June 1961 |1 March 1967 | * INC - 82 * AIGP - 37 * PSP - 10 * CPI - 04 * IND - 17 |Lingaraj Panigrahi |Biju Patnaik ---- Biren Mitra ---- Sadashiva Tripathy |Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo |- |4 |Fourth Assembly<br/>{{small|(1967 election)}} |1 March 1967 |23 January 1971 | * SWP - 49 * INC - 31 * OJC - 26 * PSP - 21 * CPI - 07 * SSP - 02 * CPM - 01 * IND - 03 |Nandakishore Mishra |Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo |Sadashiva Tripathy |- |5 |Fifth Assembly<br/>{{small|(1971 election)}} |23 March 1971 |3 March 1973 | * INC (R) - 51 * SWP - 36 * UC - 33 * PSP - 04 * CPI - 04 * JAP - 04 * CPM - 02 * INC (O) - 01 * OJC - 01 * IND - 03 |Nandakishore Mishra |Bishwanath Das ---- Nandini Satpathy |Binayak Acharya ---- Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo ---- Biju Patnaik |- |6 |Sixth Assembly<br/>{{small|(1974 election)}} |6 March 1974 |30 April 1977 | * INC (R) - 69 * UC - 35 * SWP - 21 * CPI - 08 * CPM - 03 * PSP - 02 * OJC - 01 * JAP - 01 * IND - 07 |Brajamohan Mohanty |Nandini Satpathy ---- Binayak Acharya |Biju Patnaik ---- Ram Prasad Mishra |- |7 |Seventh Assembly<br/>{{small|(1977 election)}} |26 June 1977 |17 February 1980 | * JP - 110 * INC (R)- 26 * CPI - 01 * CPM - 01 * IND - 09 |Satyapriya Mohanty |Nilamani Routray |Chintamani Panigrahi ---- Brundaban Nayak ---- Prahlad Mallik ---- Ananta Narayan Singh Deo |- |8 |Eighth Assembly<br/>{{small|(1980 election)}} |9 June 1980 |9 March 1985 | * INC (I) - 118 * JNP (SC) - 13 * CPI - 04 * JP - 03 * INC (U) - 02 * IND - 07 |Somnath Rath ---- Prasanna Kumar Dash |Janaki Ballabh Patnaik |No Official Opposition<br/>{{small|(till 1984)}} ---- Sarat Kumar Deb |- |9 |Ninth Assembly<br/>{{small|(1985 election)}} |9 March 1985 |3 March 1990 | * INC - 117 * JP - 21 * BJP - 01 * CPI - 01 * IND - 07 |Prasanna Kumar Dash |Janaki Ballabh Patnaik ----Hemananda Biswal |Biju Patnaik |- |10 |Tenth Assembly<br/>{{small|(1990 election)}} |3 March 1990 |15 March 1995 | * JD - 123 * INC - 10 * CPI - 05 * BJP - 02 * CPM - 01 * IND - 06 |Yudhistir Das |Biju Patnaik |No Official Opposition |- |11 |Eleventh Assembly<br/>{{small|(1995 election)}} |15 March 1995 |29 February 2000 | * INC - 80 * JD - 46 * BJP - 09 * JMM - 04 * CPI - 01 * JPP - 01 * IND - 06 |Kishore Chandra Patel ----Chintamani Dyan Samantra |Janaki Ballabh Patnaik ---- Giridhar Gamang ---- Hemananda Biswal |Biju Patnaik ---- Ashok Kumar Das ---- Ram Krushna Patnaik ---- Prafulla Samal ---- Satchidananda Dalal |- |12 |Twelfth Assembly<br/>{{small|(2000 election)}} |29 February 2000 |6 February 2004 | * BJD - 68 * BJP - 38 * INC - 26 * JMM - 03 * CPI - 01 * CPM - 01 * JD (S) - 01 * AITC - 01 * IND - 08 |Sarat Kumar Kar |Naveen Patnaik |Ramakanta Mishra |- |13 |Thirteenth Assembly<br/>{{small|(2004 election)}} |15 May 2004 |19 May 2009 | * BJD - 61 * INC - 38 * BJP - 32 * JMM - 04 * OGP - 02 * CPI - 01 * CPM - 01 * IND - 08 |Maheswar Mohanty ---- Prahlad Dora ---- Kishore Kumar Mohanty |Naveen Patnaik |Janaki Ballabh Patnaik ----Ramachandra Ulaka |- |14 |Fourteenth Assembly<br/>{{small|(2009 election)}} |19 May 2009 |24 May 2014 | * BJD - 103 * INC - 27 * BJP - 06 * NCP - 04 * CPI - 01 * IND - 06 |Pradip Kumar Amat |Naveen Patnaik |Bhupinder Singh |- |15 |Fifteenth Assembly<br/>{{small|(2014 election)}} |25 May 2014 |29 May 2019 | * BJD - 117 * INC - 16 * BJP - 10 * CPM - 01 * SKD - 01 * IND - 02 |Niranjan Pujari ----Pradip Kumar Amat |Naveen Patnaik |Narasingha Mishra |- |16 |Sixteenth Assembly<br/>{{small|(2019 election)}} |30 May 2019 |3 June 2024 | * BJD - 113 * BJP - 23 * INC - 09 * CPM - 01 * IND - 01 |Surjya Narayan Patro ---- Bikram Keshari Arukha ---- Pramila Mallik |Naveen Patnaik |Pradipta Kumar Naik ----Jayanarayan Mishra |- |17 |Seventeenth Assembly<br/>{{small|(2024 election)}} |11 June 2024 |''Incumbent'' | * BJP - 79 * BJD - 50 * INC - 14 * CPM - 01 * IND - 03 |Surama Padhy |Mohan Charan Majhi |Naveen Patnaik |} {{Notelist}}
== Current Floor leaders == {{transcluded section|source=17th Odisha Assembly}} {{trim|{{#Section-h:17th Odisha Assembly|Office Bearers}}}}
== Current Members of Legislative Assembly == {{transcluded section|source=17th Odisha Assembly}} {{trim|{{#Section-h:17th Odisha Assembly|Members of Legislative Assembly}}}}
== Speakers of Odisha Legislative Assembly == {{transcluded section|source=List of speakers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly}} List of Speakers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly<ref name="Brief history" /> {{trim|{{#Section-h:List of speakers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly|List of Speakers}}}}
== Deputy Speakers of Odisha Legislative Assembly == {{transcluded section|source=List of speakers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly}} List of Deputy Speakers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly<ref name="Brief history" /> {{trim|{{#Section-h:List of speakers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly|List of Deputy Speakers}}}}
== Leader of Opposition of Odisha Legislative Assembly == {{transcluded section|source=List of leaders of the opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly}} List of leaders of the opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly<ref name="Brief history" /> {{trim|{{#Section-h:List of leaders of the opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly|List of Leaders of Opposition}}}}
==See also== * Government of Odisha * List of Constituencies of Odisha Legislative Assembly * Governor of Odisha * Chief Minister of Odisha * Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha * Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly * Leader of the Opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly * Orissa High Court * Parliament of India
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== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/ Odisha Legislative Assembly website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230094216/http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/ |date=30 December 2010 }}
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