The Eleventh Orissa Legislative Assembly was convened after 1995 Orissa Legislative Assembly election. Indian National Congress came back to power after winning 80 seats. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Giridhar Gamang and Hemananda Biswal formed government.
Brief history Following Cong's victory in 1995 election, Chief Minister Janaki Ballabh Patnaik was sworn in by Governor B. Satya Narayan Reddy on 15 March 1995. Cabinet was further expanded on 20 March 1995, 14 January 1996, 18 August 1997 & 24 August 1998. Shri Patnaik resigned on 13 February 1999 owning moral responsibility for the series of attacks on the minorities in the state & furore over Anjana Mishra rape case. He continued as Care taker CM till 17 February 1999 following which, Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang was sworn in by Acting Governor C. Rangarajan. His ministry was further expanded on 22 February 1999. Shri Gamang resigned on 6 December 1999 following mounting criticism of his handling of rescue and rehabilitation of the 1999 super cyclone. Chief Minister Hemananda Biswal along was worn in by Governor M. M. Rajendran on 6 December 1999. His ministry was expanded on 9 December 1999. Shri Biswal resigned on 5 March 2000 following Cong's defeat in 2000 Odisha Assembly election.
House Composition PartyStrengthAssembly BeginsAssembly DissolvesIndian National Congress8081Janata Dal4614Biju Janata Dal -25Bharatiya Janata Party911Jharkhand Mukti Morcha44Communist Party of India10Jharkhand Party11Independent68Vacant -3
Office Bearers PostPortraitNameTenurePartyGovernorB. Satya Narayan ReddyAssembly Begins17 June 1995N/AGopala Ramanujam18 June 199530 January 1997K. V. Raghunatha Reddy31 January 199712 February 1997Gopala Ramanujam13 February 199713 December 1997K. V. Raghunatha Reddy13 December 199727 April 1998C. Rangarajan27 April 199814 November 1999M. M. Rajendran15 November 1999Assembly DissolvesSpeaker Kishore Chandra Patel22 March 199514 January 1996 Chintamani Dyan Samantra16 February 199610 March 2000Deputy Speaker Chintamani Dyan Samantra28 March 199512 February 1996 Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj15 March 199629 February 2000Leader of the HouseJanaki Ballabh Patnaik15 March 199517 February 1999Giridhar Gamang17 February 19996 December 1999Hemananda Biswal6 December 19995 March 2000Minister for Parliamentary AffairsBasanta Kumar Biswal15 March 19955 March 2000Leader of OppositionBiju Patnaik23 March 199520 May 1996Ashok Kumar Das22 May 199617 December 1997 Ram Krushna Patnaik22 February 199816 November 1998 Prafulla Samal16 November 19981 December 1998 Satchidananda Dalal11 December 199829 February 2000Pro tem Speaker Ghasiram Majhi19 March 199522 March 1995
Council of Ministers Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Ministry
Giridhar Gamang ministry
Hemananda Biswal ministry
Members of Legislative Assembly +SourceDistrictAC. No.ConstituencyMemberPartyRemarks Mayurbhanj 1 Karanjia (ST) Raghunath Hembram Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. 2 Jashipur (ST) Sambhunath Naik 3 Bahalda (ST) Khelarama Mahali 4 Rairangpur (ST) Laxman Majhi 5 Bangriposi (ST) Ajen Murmu 6 Kuliana (ST) Sudam Marndi 7 Baripada Prasanna Kumar Dash 8 Baisinga (ST) Pruthunatha Kisku 9 Khunta (ST) Saraswati Hembram 10 Udala (ST) Rabaneswara Madhei Balasore 11 Bhograi Kamala Das Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. 12 Jaleswar Jaynarayana Mohanty 13 Basta Raghunath Mohanty 14 Balasore Arun Dey 15 Soro Kartika Mohapatra Resigned in May 1996 on his election to 11th Lok Sabha.Indurani Mohapatra Won in October 1996 Bypoll. 16 Simulia Padma Lochan Panda 17 Nilgiri Akhyay Kumar Acharya Bhadrak 18 Bhandaripokhari (SC) Arjun Charan Sethi Resigned in March 1998 on his election to 12th Lok Sabha. Kumarshri Chiranjibi Won in June 1998 Bypoll. 19 Bhadrak Prafulla Samal Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.Leader of Opposition 20 Dhamnagar Jagannath Rout Resigned in March 1999.Vacant (since 16 March 1999) 21 Chandbali (SC) Netrananda Mallik 22 Basudevpur Bijayshree Routray Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. Jajpur 23 Sukinda Prafulla Chandra Ghadai 24 Korai Ashok Kumar Das Leader of Opposition 25 Jajpur (SC) Suryamani Jena 26 Dharamsala Kalpataru Das Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. 27 Barchana Amar Prasad Satpathy Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. 28 Bari-Derabisi Chinmaya Prasada Behera 29 Binjharpur (SC) Arjuna Das Kendrapara 30 Aul Dola Gobinda Nayak 31 Patamundai (SC) Ganeswar Behera 32 Rajnagar Nalinikanta Mohanty Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. 33 Kendrapara Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty 34 Patkura Bijoy Mohapatra Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. Jagatsinghpur 35 Tirtol Basanta Kumar Biswal 36 Ersama Bijaya Kumar Nayak 37 Balikuda Lalatendu Mohapatra 38 Jagatsinghpur (SC) Bishnu Charan Das Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. Cuttack 39 Kissannagar Yudhisthir Das 40 Mahanga Sk. Matlub Alli 41 Salepur (SC) Rabindra Kumar Behera 42 Gobindpur Panchanan Kanungo Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. 43 Cuttack Sadar Bijay Lakshmi Sahoo 44 Cuttack City Samir Dey 45 Choudwar Kahnu Charan Lenka 46 Banki Pravat Tripathy Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. 47 Athgarh Ranendra Pratap Swain 48 Baramba Debiprasad Mishra Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. Khurda 49 Balipatna (SC) Hrushikesh Nayak 50 Bhubaneswar Biju Patnaik Leader of Opposition, Resigned in May 1996 on his election to 11th Lok Sabha.Biswabhusan Harichandan Won in October 1996 Bypoll. 51 Jatni Suresh Kumar Routray Puri 52 Pipli Yudhistir Samantaray 53 Nimapara (SC) Rabindra Kumar Sethy 54 Kakatpur Baikunthanath Swain Expired on 2 October 1995.Surendra Nath Naik Won in May 1996 Bypoll. 55 Satyabadi Prasad Kumar Harichandan 56 Puri Maheswar Mohanty Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. 57 Brahmagiri Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra Khurda 58 Chilka Debendra Nath Mansingh 59 Khurda Prasanna Kumar Patasani Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.Resigned in March 1998 on his election to 12th Lok Sabha.Dilip Shrichandan Won in June 1998 Bypoll. 60 Begunia Harihara Sahoo Resigned in April 1995.Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Won in 1995 Bypoll. Chief Minister Nayagarh 61 Ranpur Ramakanta Mishra 62 Nayagarh Sitakanta Mishra 63 Khandapara Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj Deputy Speaker 64 Daspalla Rudra Madhab Ray Resigned in February 1997 on his election to Zilla Parishad.Harihar Karan Won in May 1997 Bypoll. Ganjam 65 Jaganathprasad (SC) Madhaba Nanda Behera Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. 66 Bhanjanagar Bikram Keshari Arukha Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.Disqualified by Supreme Court on 14 September 1999.Vacant (since 14 September 1999) 67 Suruda Ananta Narayan Singh Deo 68 Aska Usha Rani Panda 69 Kabisuryanagar Harihar Swain 70 Kodala Ram Krushna Patnaik Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.Leader of Opposition 71 Khallikote V. Sugnana Kumari Deo Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. 72 Chatrapur Daitari Behara 73 Hinjili Udayanath Nayak 74 Gopalpur (SC) Rama Chandra Sethy 75 Berhampur Ramesh Chandra Chyau Patnaik Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. 76 Chikiti Chintamani Dyan Samantara Speaker Gajapati 77 Mohana Surjya Narayan Patro Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. 78 Ramagiri (ST) Haladhar Karjee 79 Parlakhemundi Trinath Sahu Rayagada 80 Gunupur (ST) Akshya Kumar Gomango Expired on 21 April 1995.Bhagirathi Gomango Won in May 1996 Bypoll. 81 Bissam-cuttack (ST) Dambarudhar Ulaka 82 Rayagada (ST) Ulaka Rama Chandra Koraput 83 Lakshmipur (ST) Anantaram Majhi Resigned in March 1999.Giridhar Gamang Won on 1999 Bypoll.Chief Minister 84 Pottangi (ST) Ram Chandra Kadam 85 Koraput Gupta Prasad Das Malkangiri 86 Malkangiri (SC) Arabinda Dhali 87 Chitrakonda (ST) Gangadhar Madi Koraput 88 Kotpad (ST) Basudev Majhi 89 Jeypore Raghunath Patnaik Nowrangpur 90 Nowrangpur Habibulla Khan 91 Kodinga (ST) Sadan Nayak 92 Dabugam (ST) Jadav Majhi Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.Expired on 3 April 1999.Vacant (since 3 April 1999) 93 Umarkote (ST) Parama Pujari Nawapara 94 Nawapara Ghasiram Majhi Expired on 23 April 1997.Jagannath Patnaik Won in May 1997 Bypoll. 95 Khariar Duryodhan Majhi Kalahandi 96 Dharamgarh (SC) Bira Sipka 97 Koksara Roshini Singh Deo Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. 98 Junagarh Bikram Keshari Deo Resigned in March 1998 on his election to 12th Lok Sabha.Himansu Sekhar Meher Won in June 1998 Bypoll. 99 Bhawanipatna (SC) Pradipta Kumar Naik 100 Narla (ST) Balabhadra Majhi Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. 101 Kesinga Bhupinder Singh Kandhamal 102 Balliguda (ST) Sahura Mallick 103 Udayagiri (ST) Nagarjuna Pradhan 104 Phulbani (SC) Dasarathi Behera Boudh 105 Boudh Satchidananda Dalal Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.Leader of Opposition Balangir 106 Titilagarh (SC) Jogendra Behera 107 Kantabanji Santosh Singh Saluja 108 Patnagarh Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo 109 Saintala Surendra Singh Bhoi 110 Loisingha Balgopal Mishra 111 Bolangir Ananga Udaya Singh Deo Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. Subarnapur 112 Sonepur (SC) Kunduru Kushal Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997. 113 Binka Narasingha Mishra 114 Birmaharajpur Ram Chandra Pradhan Angul 115 Athmallik Amarnath Pradhan 116 Angul Ramesh Jena Dhenkanal 117 Hindol (SC) Maheswar Naik 118 Dhenkanal Nabin Chandra Narayandas 119 Gondia Nandini Satapathy Angul 120 Kamakhyanagar Kailash Chandra Mohapatra Expired on 17 September 1996.Premalata Mohapatra Won in February 1997 Bypoll. 121 Pallahara Bibhudhendra Pratap Das 122 Talcher (SC) Mahesh Sahoo Bargarh 123 Padampur Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha 124 Melchhamunda Prakash Chandra Debta 125 Bijepur Ripunath Seth 126 Bhatli (SC) Mohan Nag 127 Bargarh Prasanna Acharya Party splits, Joined BJD Party on 18 December 1997.Resigned in March 1998 on his election to 12th Lok Sabha.Ananda Acharya Won in June 1998 Bypoll. Sambalpur 128 Sambalpur Durga Shankar Patanaik Jharsuguda 129 Brajarajnagar Prasanna Kumar Panda Expired on 26 December 1997.Keshab Sahoo Won in February 1998 Bypoll. 130 Jharsuguda Birendra Chandra Pandey 131 Laikera (ST) Hemananda Biswal Chief Minister Sambalpur 132 Kuchinda (ST) Panu Chandra Naik 133 Rairakhol (SC) Abhimanyu Kumar Deogarh 134 Deogarh Pradipta Gang Deb Expired on 20 October 1997.Subash Chandra Panigrahi Won in February 1998 Bypoll. Sundergarh 135 Sundargarh Kishore Chandra Patel Speaker 136 Talsara (ST) Gajadhar Majhi 137 Rajgangpur (ST) Mangala Kisan 138 Biramitrapur (ST) George Tirkey 139 Rourkela Prabhat Mohapatra 140 Raghunathpali (ST) Mansid Ekka 141 Bonai (ST) Jual Oram Resigned in March 1998 on his election to 12th Lok Sabha.Janardan Dehury Won in June 1998 Bypoll. Keonjhar 142 Champua (ST) Dhanurjay Laguri 143 Patna Hrushikesh Naik 144 Keonjhar (ST) Jogendra Naik 145 Telkoi (ST) Chandrasena Naik 146 Ramchandrapur Niranjan Patnaik 147 Anandapur (SC) Jayadev Jena
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