15th Odisha Legislative Assembly

15th Odisha Legislative Assembly
15th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Overview
Meeting place	Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India
Term	19 May 2014 – 25 May 2019
Election	2014
Government	Biju Janata Dal
Opposition	Indian National Congress
Website	odishaassembly.nic.in
Odisha Legislative Assembly
Members	147
Governor	S. C. Jamir; Satya Pal Malik (Additional Charge); Ganeshi Lal
Speaker	Niranjan Pujari, BJD; Pradip Kumar Amat, BJD
Deputy Speaker	Sananda Marndi, BJD
Leader of the House; (Chief Minister)	Naveen Patnaik, BJD
Leader of Opposition	Narasingha Mishra, INC
Party control	BJD (117/147)
	17 Sessions with 226 Sittings

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]

House composition

Time Period	Strength	BJD	INC	BJP	CPM	SKD	IND
Assembly Begins	147	117	16	10	1	1	2
Assembly Dissolves	135	112	11	9	1	0	2

Office bearers

Post	Name	Tenure		Party
Governor	S. C. Jamir	Assembly Begins	20 March 2018	N/A
	Satya Pal Malik (Additional Charge)	21 March 2018	28 May 2018
	Ganeshi Lal	29 May 2018	Assembly Dissolves
Speaker	Niranjan Pujari MLA from Sonepur	26 May 2014	6 May 2017		Biju Janata Dal
Speaker	Pradip Kumar Amat MLA from Boudh	16 May 2017	31 May 2019		Biju Janata Dal
Deputy Speaker	Sananda Marndi MLA from Baripada	16 June 2014	30 May 2019		Biju Janata Dal
Leader of the House (Chief Minister) Leader of BJD Legislature Party	Naveen Patnaik MLA from Hinjili	21 May 2014	28 May 2019		Biju Janata Dal
Leader of Opposition Leader of Congress Legislature Party	Narasingha Mishra MLA from Bolangir	11 June 2014	29 May 2019		Indian National Congress
Pro tem Speaker	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo MLA from Kabisuryanagar	22 May 2014	24 May 2014		Biju Janata Dal

Council of Ministers

Source
Portfolio	Name Constituency	Tenure
Chief Minister Home General Administration Other departments not allocated to any Minister.	Naveen Patnaik MLA from Hinjili	20 May 2014	28 May 2019	BJD
Water Resources Works		20 May 2014	3 March 2018	BJD
Public Grievances & Pension Administration		7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Cabinet Minister
Finance	Pradip Kumar Amat MLA from Boudh	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Finance	Shashi Bhusan Behera MLA from Kendrapara	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Public Enterprises	Pradip Kumar Amat MLA from Boudh	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
	Damodar Rout MLA from Paradeep	7 May 2017	22 December 2017	BJD
	Shashi Bhusan Behera MLA from Kendrapara	22 December 2017	3 March 2018	BJD
	Bikram Keshari Arukha MLA from Bhanjanagar	3 March 2018	28 May 2019	BJD
Health & Family Welfare	Pradip Kumar Amat MLA from Boudh	21 October 2016	7 May 2017	BJD
Health & Family Welfare	Pratap Jena MLA from Mahanga	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Law	Pratap Jena MLA from Mahanga	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Excise	Damodar Rout MLA from Paradeep	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Excise	Shashi Bhusan Behera MLA from Kendrapara	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Co-operation	Damodar Rout MLA from Paradeep	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Co-operation	Surjya Narayan Patro MLA from Digapahandi	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare	Surjya Narayan Patro MLA from Digapahandi	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Industries	Debi Prasad Mishra MLA from Baramba	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Industries	Niranjan Pujari MLA from Sonepur	7 May 2017	3 March 2018	BJD
School & Mass Education	Debi Prasad Mishra MLA from Baramba	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
School & Mass Education	Badri Narayan Patra MLA from Ghasipura	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Science & Technology	Badri Narayan Patra MLA from Ghasipura	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Agriculture	Pradeep Maharathy MLA from Pipili	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Agriculture & Farmer Empowerment	Damodar Rout MLA from Paradeep	7 May 2017	22 December 2017	BJD
	Pradeep Maharathy MLA from Pipili	22 December 2017	6 January 2019	BJD
	Shashi Bhusan Behera MLA from Kendrapara	6 January 2019	28 May 2019	BJD
Fisheries & Animal Resources Development	Pradeep Maharathy MLA from Pipili	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
	Damodar Rout MLA from Paradeep	7 May 2017	22 December 2017	BJD
	Pradeep Maharathy MLA from Pipili	22 December 2017	6 January 2019	BJD
	Shashi Bhusan Behera MLA from Kendrapara	6 January 2019	28 May 2019	BJD
Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water	Pradeep Maharathy MLA from Pipili	7 May 2017	6 January 2019	BJD
Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water	Ramesh Chandra Majhi MLA from Jharigam	6 January 2019	28 May 2019	BJD
Revenue & Disaster Management	Bijayshree Routray MLA from Basudevpur	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Revenue & Disaster Management	Maheswar Mohanty MLA from Puri	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Parliamentary Affairs	Bikram Keshari Arukha MLA from Bhanjanagar	20 May 2014	28 May 2019	BJD
Forest & Environment	Bikram Keshari Arukha MLA from Bhanjanagar	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Forest & Environment	Bijayshree Routray MLA from Basudevpur	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Rural Development	Badri Narayan Patra MLA from Ghasipura	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Rural Development	Bikram Keshari Arukha MLA from Bhanjanagar	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Information & Public Relations	Bikram Keshari Arukha MLA from Bhanjanagar	21 October 2016	3 March 2018	BJD
Information & Public Relations	Pratap Jena MLA from Mahanga	3 March 2018	28 May 2019	BJD
Women & Child Development	Usha Devi MLA from Chikiti	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Women & Child Development	Prafulla Samal MLA from Bhandaripokhari	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Mission Shakti	Prafulla Samal MLA from Bhandaripokhari	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Planning & Convergence	Usha Devi MLA from Chikiti	20 May 2014	28 May 2019	BJD
Skill Development & Technical Education		7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disability		27 May 2015	7 May 2017	BJD
Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disability	Prafulla Samal MLA from Bhandaripokhari	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
S.T. & S.C. Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare	Lal Bihari Himirika MLA from Rayagada	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
	Ramesh Chandra Majhi MLA from Jharigam	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises	Jogendra Behera MLA from Loisingha	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises	Prafulla Samal MLA from Bhandaripokhari	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Public Grievances & Pension Administration	Jogendra Behera MLA from Loisingha	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Housing & Urban Development	Puspendra Singh Deo MLA from Dharmagarh	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Housing & Urban Development	Niranjan Pujari MLA from Sonepur	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Water Resources	Niranjan Pujari MLA from Sonepur	3 March 2018	28 May 2019	BJD
Energy	Prafulla Kumar Mallik MLA from Kamakshyanagar	7 May 2017	3 March 2018	BJD
Steel & Mines		7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Works		3 March 2018	28 May 2019	BJD
Ministers of State with Independent Charges
Culture Tourism	Ashok Chandra Panda MLA from Ekamra Bhubaneswar	20 May 2014	28 May 2019	BJD
Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts	Snehangini Chhuria MLA from Attabira	20 May 2014	28 May 2019	BJD
Steel & Mines	Prafulla Kumar Mallik MLA from Kamakshyanagar	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Labour & Employees' State Insurance	Prafulla Kumar Mallik MLA from Kamakshyanagar	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Labour & Employees' State Insurance	Susanta Singh MLA from Bhatli	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Commerce and Transport	Ramesh Chandra Majhi MLA from Jharigam	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Commerce and Transport	Nrushingha Charan Sahu MLA from Parjanga	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Health & Family Welfare Information & Public Relations	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak MLA from Mahakalapada	20 May 2014	21 October 2016	BJD
Panchayati Raj Law	Arun Kumar Sahoo MLA from Nayagarh	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare Employment & Technical Education & Training	Sanjay Kumar Das Burma MLA from Brahmagiri	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Sports & Youth Services	Sudam Marndi MLA from Bangriposi	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Sports & Youth Services	Chandra Sarathi Behera MLA from Cuttack Sadar	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Information Technology	Pranab Prakash Das MLA from Jajpur	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Electronics & Information Technology	Chandra Sarathi Behera MLA from Cuttack Sadar	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Energy	Pranab Prakash Das MLA from Jajpur	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Energy	Susanta Singh MLA from Bhatli	3 March 2018	28 May 2019	BJD
Science & Technology	Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy MLA from Gopalpur	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Higher Education	Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy MLA from Gopalpur	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Higher Education	Ananta Das MLA from Bhograi	7 May 2017	28 May 2019	BJD
Industries	Ananta Das MLA from Bhograi	3 March 2018	28 May 2019	BJD
Ministers of State
Tribal welfare	Sudam Marndi MLA from Bangriposi	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
SC welfare Mission Shakti	Snehangini Chhuria MLA from Attabira	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Rural Water Supply	Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy MLA from Gopalpur	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD
Disability Welfare	Pranab Prakash Das MLA from Jajpur	20 May 2014	7 May 2017	BJD

Members of Legislative Assembly

Source
District	A.C. No.	Constituency	Name		Remarks
Bargarh	1	Padampur	Pradip Purohit	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2	Bijepur	Subal Sahu	Indian National Congress	Died on 22 August 2017.^[3]
	2	Bijepur	Rita Sahu	Biju Janata Dal	Won in 2018 Bypoll.^[4]
	3	Bargarh	Debesh Acharya	Biju Janata Dal
	4	Attabira (SC)	Snehangini Chhuria		Cabinet Minister
	5	Bhatli	Susanta Singh		Cabinet Minister
Jharsuguda	6	Brajarajnagar	Radharani Panda	Bharatiya Janata Party
	7	Jharsuguda	Naba Kishore Das	Indian National Congress	Resigned on 28 January 2019
	7	Jharsuguda	Vacant (since 28 January 2019)
Sundergarh	8	Talsara (ST)	Prafulla Majhi	Indian National Congress
	9	Sundargarh (ST)	Jogesh Kumar Singh	Indian National Congress	Resigned on 22 January 2019
	9	Sundargarh (ST)	Vacant (since 22 January 2019)
	10	Biramitrapur (ST)	George Tirkey	Samata Kranti Dal	Merged with Congress Party on 2 November 2018.
	10	Biramitrapur (ST)	George Tirkey	Indian National Congress
	11	Raghunathapali (SC)	Subrat Tarai	Biju Janata Dal
	12	Rourkela	Dilip Ray	Bharatiya Janata Party	Resigned on 30 November 2018
	12	Rourkela	Vacant (since 30 November 2018)
	13	Rajgangpur (ST)	Mangala Kisan	Biju Janata Dal
	14	Bonai (ST)	Laxman Munda	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Sambalpur	15	Kuchinda (ST)	Rabi Narayan Naik	Bharatiya Janata Party
	16	Rengali (SC)	Ramesh Patua	Biju Janata Dal
	17	Sambalpur	Raseswari Panigrahi
	18	Rairakhol	Rohit Pujari		Deputy Govt. Chief Whip
Deogarh	19	Deogarh	Nitesh Ganga Deb	Bharatiya Janata Party
Keonjhar	20	Telkoi (ST)	Bedabyasa Nayak	Biju Janata Dal
	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	Independent
Mayurbhanj	26	Jashipur (ST)	Mangal Singh Mudi	Biju Janata Dal
	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	Bharatiya Janata Party
	40	Nilagiri	Sukanta Nayak	Biju Janata Dal	Disqualified on 6 April 2019
	40	Nilagiri	Vacant (since 6 April 2019)
	41	Soro (SC)	Parshu Ram Dhada	Biju Janata Dal
	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	Bharatiya Janata Party
	68	Bolangir	Narasingha Mishra	Indian National Congress	Leader of Opposition
	69	Titilagarh	Tukuni Sahu	Biju Janata Dal
	70	Kantabanji	Ayyub Khan	Biju Janata Dal
Nuapada	71	Nuapada	Basanta Kumar Panda	Bharatiya Janata Party
	72	Khariar	Duryodhan Majhi	Bharatiya Janata Party	Resigned on 22 March 2019
	72	Khariar	Vacant (since 22 March 2019)
Nabarangpur	73	Umerkote (ST)	Subhash Gond	Biju Janata Dal
	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	Indian National Congress	Resigned on 28 March 2019
	83	G. Udayagiri (ST)	Vacant (since 28 March 2019)
	84	Phulbani (ST)	Duguni Kanhar	Biju Janata Dal
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	Indian National Congress	Resigned on 16 March 2019
	94	Salipur	Vacant (since 16 March 2019)
	95	Mahanga	Pratap Jena	Biju Janata Dal	Cabinet Minister
Kendrapara	96	Patkura	Bed Prakash Agarwalla
	97	Kendrapara (SC)	Kishore Chandra Tarai
	98	Aul	Devendra Sharma	Indian National Congress
	99	Rajanagar	Anshuman Mohanty	Indian National Congress
	100	Mahakalapada	Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak	Biju Janata Dal	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	Indian National Congress
Puri	105	Kakatpur (SC)	Surendra Sethy	Biju Janata Dal
	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	Independent
	110	Pipili	Pradeep Maharathy	Biju Janata Dal	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	Bharatiya Janata Party
Nayagarh	119	Ranpur	Rabinarayan Mohapatra	Biju Janata Dal
	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	Biju Janata Dal	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	Biju Janata Dal
	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	Indian National Congress
Rayagada	138	Gunupur (ST)	Trinatha Gomango	Biju Janata Dal	Disqualified on 6 April 2019
	138	Gunupur (ST)	Vacant (since 6 April 2019)
	139	Bissam Cuttack (ST)	Jagannath Saraka	Biju Janata Dal
	140	Rayagada (ST)	Lal Bihari Himirika	Biju Janata Dal	Cabinet Minister
Koraput	141	Lakhmipur (ST)	Kailasa Chandra Kulesika	Indian National Congress
	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	Biju Janata Dal
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		Biju Janata Dal

References

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^ India Today Web Desk (2018-02-28). "Odisha's Bijepur bypoll 2018: BJD wins by over 40,000 votes". India Today. Retrieved 2025-08-26.

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