| Speaker of theOdisha Legislative Assembly | |
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| Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Style | Honourable Speaker Sir/Madam Manyabara Vachaspati Mahoday/Mahodaya |
| Member of | Odisha Legislative Assembly |
| Residence | Residence of the Speaker,Bhubaneswar |
| Seat | Office of the Speaker,Odisha Legislative Assembly |
| Appointer | Members of theOdisha Legislative Assembly |
| Term length | Duration of the Assembly i.e. 5 years |
| Inaugural holder | Mukunda Prasad Das |
| Deputy | Bhabani Shankar Bhoi |
TheSpeaker of theOdisha Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Odisha, the main law-making body for theIndian state ofOdisha.[1]
In theRepublic of India, the various central and state legislatures are presided by either aSpeaker or aChairman. The Speaker is elected in the very first meeting of theOdisha Legislative Assembly after theGeneral 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 ofOdisha Legislative Assembly is presided over by the Deputy Speaker.[2]
| # | Portrait | Name (lifespan) Constituency | Tenure | Party | Chief Minister | Assembly (Election) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mukunda Prasad Das (1887–1969) Member fromCentral Balasore Sadar | 28 July 1937 | 29 May 1946 | 8 years, 305 days | Indian National Congress | Krushna Chandra Gajapati | 1st Provisional (1937) | ||
| 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 fromSoro | 6 March 1952 | 27 May 1957 | 5 years, 82 days | Nabakrushna Choudhuri | 1st (1952) | |||
| 4 |  | Nilakantha Das (1884–1967) MLA fromSatyabadi | 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 fromKodala East | 1 July 1961 | 18 March 1967 | 5 years, 260 days | Indian National Congress | Biju Patnaik Biren Mitra Sadashiva Tripathy | 3rd (1961) | ||
| 6 | Nandakishore Mishra> (1906–1992) MLA fromLoisingha | 18 March 1967 | 11 January 1971 | 6 years, 299 days | Swatantra Party | Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo | 4th (1967) | ||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (11 January – 3 April 1971) | |||||||||
| (6) | Nandakishore Mishra (1906–1992) MLA fromLoisingha | 12 April 1971 | 3 March 1973 | 1 year, 325 days | Swatantra Party | Bishwanath Das Nandini Satpathy | 5th (1971) | ||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (3 March 1973 – 6 March 1974) | |||||||||
| 7 | Brajamohan Mohanty (1923–1999) MLA fromPuri | 21 March 1974 | 16 December 1976 | 2 years, 270 days | Indian National Congress | Nandini Satpathy | 6th (1974) | ||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (16 December – 29 December 1976) | |||||||||
| (7) | Brajamohan Mohanty (1923–1999) MLA fromPuri | 30 December 1976 | 26 June 1977 | 178 days | Indian National Congress | Binayak Acharya | 6th (1974) | ||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (30 April – 26 June 1977) | |||||||||
| 8 |  | Satyapriya Mohanty (1905–1999) MLA fromBhubaneswar | 1 July 1977 | 17 February 1980 | 2 years, 231 days | Janata Party | Nilamani Routray | 7th (1977) | |
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (17 February – 9 June 1980) | |||||||||
| 9 | Somnath Rath (1924–2013) MLA fromBhanjanagar | 12 June 1980 | 11 February 1984 | 3 years, 244 days | Indian National Congress | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | 8th (1980) | ||
| 10 |  | Prasanna Kumar Dash (1919–2005) MLA fromBaripada | 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 fromKissannagar | 9 March 1990 | 22 March 1995 | 5 years, 13 days | Janata Dal | Biju Patnaik | 10th (1990) | |
| 12 | Kishore Chandra Patel (born 1946) MLA fromSundargarh | 22 March 1995 | 14 January 1996 | 298 days | Indian National Congress | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Giridhar Gamang Hemananda Biswal | 11th (1995) | ||
| 13 | Chintamani Dyan Samantra (born 1940) MLA fromChikiti | 16 February 1996 | 10 March 2000 | 4 years, 23 days | Independent | ||||
| 14 |  | Sarat Kumar Kar (1939–2020) MLA fromMahanga | 10 March 2000 | 21 May 2004 | 4 years, 72 days | Biju Janata Dal | Naveen Patnaik | 12th (2000) | |
| 15 | .JPG) | Maheswar Mohanty (1956–2023) MLA fromPuri | 21 May 2004 | 31 March 2008 | 3 years, 315 days | 13th (2004) | |||
| 16 | Prahlad Dora (1946–2021) MLA fromChitrakonda | 31 March 2008 | 19 August 2008 | 141 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
| 17 | Kishore Kumar Mohanty (1958–2021) MLA fromJharsuguda | 19 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | 279 days | Biju Janata Dal | ||||
| 18 | Pradip Kumar Amat (born 1952) MLA fromBoudh | 25 May 2009 | 20 May 2014 | 4 years, 360 days | 14th (2009) | ||||
| 19 |  | Niranjan Pujari (born 1961) MLA fromSonepur | 26 May 2014 | 6 May 2017 | 2 years, 345 days | 15th (2014) | |||
| 20 | Pradip Kumar Amat (born 1952) MLA fromBoudh | 16 May 2017 | 31 May 2019 | 2 years, 15 days | |||||
| 21 | Surjya Narayan Patro (1948–2023) MLA fromDigapahandi | 1 June 2019 | 4 June 2022 | 3 years, 3 days | 16th (2019) | ||||
| 22 | Bikram Keshari Arukha (born 1962) MLA fromBhanjanagar | 13 June 2022 | 12 May 2023 | 333 days | |||||
| 23 |  | Pramila Mallik (born 1963) MLA fromBinjharpur | 22 September 2023 | 3 June 2024 | 255 days | ||||
| 24 | | Surama Padhy (born 1960) MLA fromRanpur | 20 June 2024 | incumbent | 1 year, 160 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Mohan Charan Majhi | 17th (2024) | |
| # | Portrait | Name (lifespan) Constituency | Tenure | Party | Assembly Session | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nanda Kishore Das (died 1986) Member fromSouth Balasore Sadar | 28 July 1937 | 14 September 1945 | 8 years, 48 days | Indian National Congress | 1st Provisional (1937) | ||
| 2 |  | Adruti Lakshmi Bai (died 1986) Member fromBerhampur Town | 29 May 1946 | 20 February 1952 | 5 years, 267 days | 2nd Provincial (1946) | ||
| 3 | | Maulabi Mahammed Hanif MLA fromBhadrak | 8 March 1952 | 4 March 1957 | 4 years, 361 days | 1st (1952) | ||
| 4 | | Jadumani Mangaraj (died 1964) MLA fromBarchana | 29 May 1957 | 25 February 1961 | 3 years, 272 days | 2nd (1957) | ||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (25 February – 23 June 1961) | ||||||||
| 5 | | Lokanath Mishra (1909–1967) MLA fromPatkura | 28 August 1961 | 1 March 1967 | 5 years, 185 days | Indian National Congress | 3rd (1961) | |
| 6 |  | Harihar Bahinipati (1927–2005) MLA fromPuri | 29 March 1967 | 11 January 1971 | 3 years, 288 days | Praja Socialist Party | 4th (1967) | |
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (11 January – 3 April 1971) | ||||||||
| 7 | Narayan Birabar Samanta (1900–1999) MLA fromErasama | 6 May 1971 | 3 March 1973 | 1 year, 301 days | Utkal Congress | 5th (1971) | ||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (3 March 1973 – 6 March 1974) | ||||||||
| 8 | Chintamani Jena (1929–2008) MLA fromBasta | 29 March 1974 | 16 December 1976 | 2 years, 262 days | Indian National Congress | 6th (1974) | ||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (16 December – 29 December 1976) | ||||||||
| (8) | Chintamani Jena (1929–2008) MLA fromBasta | 30 December 1976 | 30 April 1977 | 121 days | Indian National Congress | 6th (1974) | ||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (30 April – 26 June 1977) | ||||||||
| 9 | Surendra Nath Naik (1937–2024) MLA fromKakatpur | 27 July 1977 | 17 February 1980 | 2 years, 205 days | Janata Party | 7th (1977) | ||
| President's rule was imposed in during the period (17 February – 9 June 1980) | ||||||||
| 10 | Himansu Sekhar Padhi (died 2022) MLA fromBoudh | 2 July 1980 | 9 March 1985 | 4 years, 250 days | Indian National Congress | 8th (1980) | ||
| 11 | Chintamani Dyan Samantra (born 1940) MLA fromChikiti | 18 March 1985 | 3 March 1990 | 4 years, 350 days | 9th (1985) | |||
| 12 | Prahlad Dora (1946–2021) MLA fromChitrakonda | 20 March 1990 | 15 March 1995 | 4 years, 360 days | Janata Dal | 10th (1990) | ||
| (11) | Chintamani Dyan Samantra (born 1940) MLA fromChikiti | 28 March 1995 | 12 February 1996 | 321 days | Independent | 11th (1995) | ||
| 13 | Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj (1955–2025) MLA fromKhandapada | 15 March 1996 | 29 February 2000 | 3 years, 351 days | Indian National Congress | |||
| 14 | Rama Chandra Panda (born 1949) MLA fromChhatrapur | 27 March 2000 | 6 February 2004 | 3 years, 316 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | 12th (2000) | ||
| (12) | Prahlad Dora (1946–2021) MLA fromChitrakonda | 3 July 2004 | 19 May 2009 | 4 years, 320 days | 13th (2004) | |||
| 15 | Lal Bihari Himirika (born 1948) MLA fromRayagada | 10 June 2009 | 10 May 2011 | 1 year, 334 days | Biju Janata Dal | 14th (2009) | ||
| 16 | Sananda Marndi (born 1971) MLA fromBaripada | 17 August 2011 | 18 May 2014 | 2 years, 274 days | ||||
| 16 June 2014 | 29 May 2019 | 4 years, 347 days | 15th (2014) | |||||
| 17 | Rajanikant Singh (born 1955) MLA fromAngul | 27 June 2019 | 8 November 2023 | 4 years, 134 days | 16th (2019) | |||
| 18 | Saluga Pradhan (born 1959) MLA fromG. Udayagiri | 21 November 2023 | 3 June 2024 | 195 days | ||||
| 19 |  | Bhabani Shankar Bhoi (born 1980) MLA fromTalasara | 24 July 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 126 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | 17th (2024) | |
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