List of speakers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly explained

Post:Speaker
Body:the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Insignia:Seal of Odisha.png
Insigniacaption:Seal of Odisha
Department:Odisha Legislative Assembly
Member Of:Odisha Legislative Assembly
Appointer:Members of the Legislative Assembly
Incumbent:Surama Padhy
Inaugural:Mukunda Prasad Das
Incumbentsince:20 June 2024
Termlength:During the life of the Odisha Legislative Assembly (five years maximum)
Residence:Bhubaneswar
Seat:Vidhan Bhavan, Bhubaneshwar
Deputy:vacant

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

PortraitNameConstituencyTenureAssemblyParty
1Mukunda Prasad DasCentral Balasore Sadar28 July 193729 May 19461st Pre-IndependentIndian National Congress
2Lal Mohan Patnaik29 May 19466 March 19522nd Pre-Independent
3Nandakishore MishraSoro6 March 195227 May 19571st
4Nilakantha DasSatyabadi27 May 19571 July 19612nd
5Lingaraj PanigrahiKodala East1 July 196118 March 19673rd
(3)Nandakishore MishraLoisingha18 March 196712 April 19714thSwatantra Party
12 April 197121 March 19745th
5Brajamohan MohantyPuri21 March 19741 July 19776thIndian National Congress
7Satyapriya MohantyBhubaneswar1 July 197712 June 19807thJanata Party
8Somnath RathBhanjanagar12 June 198011 February 19848thIndian National Congress
9Prasanna Kumar DashBaripada22 February 198414 February 1985
14 February 19859 March 19909th
10Yudhistir DasKissannagar9 March 199022 March 199510thJanata Dal
11Kishore Chandra PatelSundargarh22 March 199514 January 199611thIndian National Congress
12Chintamani Dyan SamantraChikiti16 February 199610 March 2000Independent
13Sarat Kumar KarMahanga10 March 200021 May 200412thBiju Janata Dal
14Maheswar MohantyPuri21 May 200431 March 200813th
15Prahlad DoraChitrakonda31 March 200819 August 2008Bharatiya Janata Party
16Kishore Kumar MohantyJharsuguda19 August 200825 May 2009Biju Janata Dal
17Pradip Kumar AmatBoudh25 May 200920 May 201414th
18Niranjan PujariSonepur26 May 20146 May 201715th
(17)Pradip Kumar AmatBoudh16 May 201731 May 2019
19Surjya Narayan PatroDigapahandi1 June 20194 June 202216th
20Bikram Keshari ArukhaBhanjanagar13 June 202212 May 2023
21Pramila MallikBinjharpur22 September 20233 June 2024
22Surama PadhyRanpur20 June 2024incumbent17thBharatiya Janata Party

Notes and References

  1. Web site: page error . 2024-06-20 . odishaassembly.nic.in.
  2. Web site: Brief history . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231231053029/https://odishaassembly.nic.in/pdf/BriefHistoryAssemblywebsite.pdf . 31 December 2023 . 31 December 2023 . odishaassembly.nic.in.

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