List of speakers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly

Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
ଓଡ଼ିଶା ବିଧାନ ସଭାର ବାଚସ୍ପତି
Incumbent
Surama Padhy
since 20 June 2024
Odisha Legislative Assembly
StyleHonourable Speaker Sir/Madam
ମାନ୍ୟବର ବାଚସ୍ପତି ମହୋଦୟ / ମହୋଦୟା
Member ofOdisha Legislative Assembly
ResidenceResidence of the Speaker, Bhubaneswar
SeatOffice of the Speaker, Odisha Legislative Assembly
AppointerMembers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Term lengthDuration of the Assembly i.e. 5 years
Inaugural holderMukunda Prasad Das
DeputyBhabani Shankar Bhoi
Salary
  • ₹368,000 (US$4,400)/monthly
  • ₹4,416,000 (US$52,000)/annually

The Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Odisha, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Odisha.[1]

In the Republic of India, the various central and state legislatures are presided by either a Speaker or a Chairman. The Speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Odisha Legislative Assembly after the General elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the Vidhan Sabha. The Speaker holds office until either they ceases to be a member of the Vidhan Sabha or he himself resigns. The Speaker can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the Vidhan Sabha by an effective majority of its members. In the absence of a Speaker, the meeting of Odisha Legislative Assembly is presided over by the Deputy Speaker.[2]

List of Speakers

# Portrait Name
(lifespan)
Constituency 		Tenure Chief Minister Assembly
(Election) 		Party
1 Mukunda Prasad Das
(1887–1969)
Member from Central Balasore Sadar 		28 July 1937 29 May 1946 8 years, 305 days Krushna Chandra Gajapati

Bishwanath Das

Krushna Chandra Gajapati

1st Provisional
(1937) 		Indian National Congress
2 Lal Mohan Patnaik
(1891–1956)
Member from Indian Christian 		29 May 1946 6 March 1952 5 years, 282 days Harekrushna Mahatab 2nd Provincial
(1946)
3 Nanda Kishore Das
(died 1986)
MLA from Soro 		6 March 1952 27 May 1957 5 years, 82 days Nabakrushna Choudhuri 1st
(1952)
4 Nilakantha Das
(1884–1967)
MLA from Satyabadi 		27 May 1957 25 February 1961 3 years, 274 days Nabakrushna Choudhuri
Harekrushna Mahatab 		2nd
(1957)
President's rule was imposed in during the period (25 February – 23 June 1961)
5 Lingaraj Panigrahi
(1896–1969)
MLA from Kodala East 		1 July 1961 18 March 1967 5 years, 260 days Biju Patnaik
Biren Mitra
Sadashiva Tripathy 		3rd
(1961) 		Indian National Congress
6 Nandakishore Mishra
(1906–1992)
MLA from Loisingha 		18 March 1967 11 January 1971 6 years, 299 days Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo 4th
(1967) 		Swatantra Party
President's rule was imposed in during the period (11 January – 3 April 1971)
(6) Nandakishore Mishra
(1906–1992)
MLA from Loisingha 		12 April 1971 3 March 1973 1 year, 325 days Bishwanath Das
Nandini Satpathy 		5th
(1971) 		Swatantra Party
President's rule was imposed in during the period (3 March 1973 – 6 March 1974)
7 Brajamohan Mohanty
(1923–1999)
MLA from Puri 		21 March 1974 16 December 1976 2 years, 270 days Nandini Satpathy 6th
(1974) 		Indian National Congress
President's rule was imposed in during the period (16 December – 29 December 1976)
(7) Brajamohan Mohanty
(1923–1999)
MLA from Puri 		30 December 1976 26 June 1977 178 days Binayak Acharya 6th
(1974) 		Indian National Congress
President's rule was imposed in during the period (30 April – 26 June 1977)
8 Satyapriya Mohanty
(1905–1999)
MLA from Bhubaneswar 		1 July 1977 17 February 1980 2 years, 231 days Nilamani Routray 7th
(1977) 		Janata Party
President's rule was imposed in during the period (17 February – 9 June 1980)
9 Somnath Rath
(1924–2013)
MLA from Bhanjanagar 		12 June 1980 11 February 1984 3 years, 244 days Janaki Ballabh Patnaik 8th
(1980) 		Indian National Congress
10 Prasanna Kumar Dash
(1919–2005)
MLA from Baripada 		22 February 1984 14 March 1985 358 days
14 March 1985 9 March 1990 5 years, 23 days Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Hemananda Biswal 		9th
(1985)
11 Yudhistir Das
(1923–2014)
MLA from Kissannagar 		9 March 1990 22 March 1995 5 years, 13 days Biju Patnaik 10th
(1990) 		Janata Dal
12 Kishore Chandra Patel
(born 1946)
MLA from Sundargarh 		22 March 1995 14 January 1996 298 days Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Giridhar Gamang
Hemananda Biswal 		11th
(1995) 		Indian National Congress
13 Chintamani Dyan Samantra
(born 1940)
MLA from Chikiti 		16 February 1996 10 March 2000 4 years, 23 days Independent
14 Sarat Kumar Kar
(1939–2020)
MLA from Mahanga 		10 March 2000 21 May 2004 4 years, 72 days Naveen Patnaik 12th
(2000) 		Biju Janata Dal
15 Maheswar Mohanty
(1956–2023)
MLA from Puri 		21 May 2004 31 March 2008 3 years, 315 days 13th
(2004)
16 Prahlad Dora
(1946–2021)
MLA from Chitrakonda 		31 March 2008 19 August 2008 141 days Bharatiya Janata Party
17 Kishore Kumar Mohanty
(1958–2021)
MLA from Jharsuguda 		19 August 2008 25 May 2009 279 days Biju Janata Dal
18 Pradip Kumar Amat
(born 1952)
MLA from Boudh 		25 May 2009 20 May 2014 4 years, 360 days 14th
(2009)
19 Niranjan Pujari
(born 1961)
MLA from Sonepur 		26 May 2014 6 May 2017 2 years, 345 days 15th
(2014)
20 Pradip Kumar Amat
(born 1952)
MLA from Boudh 		16 May 2017 31 May 2019 2 years, 15 days
21 Surjya Narayan Patro
(1948–2023)
MLA from Digapahandi 		1 June 2019 4 June 2022 3 years, 3 days 16th
(2019)
22 Bikram Keshari Arukha
(born 1962)
MLA from Bhanjanagar 		13 June 2022 12 May 2023 333 days
23 Pramila Mallik
(born 1963)
MLA from Binjharpur 		22 September 2023 3 June 2024 255 days
24 Surama Padhy
(born 1960)
MLA from Ranpur 		20 June 2024 incumbent 1 year, 183 days Mohan Charan Majhi 17th
(2024) 		Bharatiya Janata Party

List of Deputy Speakers

# Portrait Name
(lifespan)
Constituency 		Tenure Speaker Assembly
(Election) 		Party
1 Nanda Kishore Das
(died 1986)
Member from South Balasore Sadar 		28 July 1937 14 September 1945 8 years, 48 days Mukunda Prasad Das 1st Provisional
(1937) 		Indian National Congress
2 Adruti Lakshmi Bai
(died 1986)
Member from Berhampur Town 		29 May 1946 20 February 1952 5 years, 267 days Lal Mohan Patnaik 2nd Provincial
(1946)
3 Maulabi Mahammed Hanif
MLA from Bhadrak 		8 March 1952 4 March 1957 4 years, 361 days Nanda Kishore Das 1st
(1952)
4 Jadumani Mangaraj
(died 1964)
MLA from Barchana 		29 May 1957 25 February 1961 3 years, 272 days Nilakantha Das 2nd
(1957)
President's rule was imposed in during the period (25 February – 23 June 1961)
5 Lokanath Mishra
(1909–1967)
MLA from Patkura 		28 August 1961 1 March 1967 5 years, 185 days Lingaraj Panigrahi 3rd
(1961) 		Indian National Congress
6 Harihar Bahinipati
(1927–2005)
MLA from Puri 		29 March 1967 11 January 1971 3 years, 288 days Nandakishore Mishra 4th
(1967) 		Praja Socialist Party
President's rule was imposed in during the period (11 January – 3 April 1971)
7 Narayan Birabar Samanta
(1900–1999)
MLA from Erasama 		6 May 1971 3 March 1973 1 year, 301 days Nandakishore Mishra 5th
(1971) 		Utkal Congress
President's rule was imposed in during the period (3 March 1973 – 6 March 1974)
8 Chintamani Jena
(1929–2008)
MLA from Basta 		29 March 1974 16 December 1976 2 years, 262 days Brajamohan Mohanty 6th
(1974) 		Indian National Congress
President's rule was imposed in during the period (16 December – 29 December 1976)
(8) Chintamani Jena
(1929–2008)
MLA from Basta 		30 December 1976 30 April 1977 121 days Brajamohan Mohanty 6th
(1974) 		Indian National Congress
President's rule was imposed in during the period (30 April – 26 June 1977)
9 Surendra Nath Naik
(1937–2024)
MLA from Kakatpur 		27 July 1977 17 February 1980 2 years, 205 days Satyapriya Mohanty 7th
(1977) 		Janata Party
President's rule was imposed in during the period (17 February – 9 June 1980)
10 Himansu Sekhar Padhi
(died 2022)
MLA from Boudh 		2 July 1980 9 March 1985 4 years, 250 days Somnath Rath
Prasanna Kumar Dash 		8th
(1980) 		Indian National Congress
11 Chintamani Dyan Samantra
(born 1940)
MLA from Chikiti 		18 March 1985 3 March 1990 4 years, 350 days Prasanna Kumar Dash 9th
(1985)
12 Prahlad Dora
(1946–2021)
MLA from Chitrakonda 		20 March 1990 15 March 1995 4 years, 360 days Yudhistir Das 10th
(1990) 		Janata Dal
(11) Chintamani Dyan Samantra
(born 1940)
MLA from Chikiti 		28 March 1995 12 February 1996 321 days Kishore Chandra Patel 11th
(1995) 		Independent
13 Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj
(1955–2025)
MLA from Khandapada 		15 March 1996 29 February 2000 3 years, 351 days Chintamani Dyan Samantra Indian National Congress
14 Rama Chandra Panda
(born 1949)
MLA from Chhatrapur 		27 March 2000 6 February 2004 3 years, 316 days Sarat Kumar Kar 12th
(2000) 		Bharatiya Janata Party
(12) Prahlad Dora
(1946–2021)
MLA from Chitrakonda 		3 July 2004 19 May 2009 4 years, 320 days Maheswar Mohanty
Prahlad Dora
Kishore Kumar Mohanty 		13th
(2004)
15 Lal Bihari Himirika
(born 1948)
MLA from Rayagada 		10 June 2009 10 May 2011 1 year, 334 days Pradip Kumar Amat 14th
(2009) 		Biju Janata Dal
16 Sananda Marndi
(born 1971)
MLA from Baripada 		17 August 2011 18 May 2014 2 years, 274 days
16 June 2014 29 May 2019 4 years, 347 days Niranjan Pujari
Pradip Kumar Amat 		15th
(2014)
17 Rajanikant Singh
(born 1955)
MLA from Angul 		27 June 2019 8 November 2023 4 years, 134 days Surjya Narayan Patro
Bikram Keshari Arukha 		16th
(2019)
18 Saluga Pradhan
(born 1959)
MLA from G. Udayagiri 		21 November 2023 3 June 2024 195 days Pramila Mallik
19 Bhabani Shankar Bhoi
(born 1980)
MLA from Talasara 		24 July 2024 Incumbent 1 year, 149 days Surama Padhy 17th
(2024) 		Bharatiya Janata Party

List of Pro tem Speakers

See also

References

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