The Fifth Orissa Legislative Assembly was convened after the 1971 Orissa Legislative Assembly election.
Brief History Swatantra Party, Utkal Congress and Praja Socialist Party formed a Coalition Ministry with Biswanath Das as the Chief Minister. With large number of defection of ruling coalition members to Indian National Congress (R), Shri Das resigned on 14 June 1972. Leader of Congress (R) Party, Nandini Satpathy, was sworn in the same day and continued till 3 March 1973. This govt also fell within 9 months as once again, there was large-scale defection from the ruling party. Subsequently, President's Rule was imposed and snap election was called. Throughout this tumultuous period, Major party position's were continuously fluctuating with merger and counter merger & defection and counter defection.
House Composition PartyStrengthIndian National Congress (R)51Swatantra Party36Utkal Congress33Praja Socialist Party4Communist Party of India4Jharkhand Party4Communist Party of India (Marxist)2Indian National Congress (O)1Orissa Jana Congress1Independent4
Office Bearers PostPortraitNameTenurePartyGovernorShaukatullah Shah AnsariAssembly Begins20 September 1971N/AJogendra Singh20 September 197130 June 1972Gati Krushna Misra1 July 19728 November 1972Basappa Danappa Jatti8 November 1972Assembly DissolvesSpeakerNandakishore Mishra12 April 19713 March 1973Deputy SpeakerNarayan Birabar Samanta6 May 19713 March 1973Leader of the HouseBishwanath Das3 April 197114 June 1972Nandini Satpathy14 June 19723 March 1973Deputy Leader of the HouseNilamani Routray14 June 19721 March 1973Leader of OppositionBinayak Acharya4 May 197114 June 1972Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo14 June 19729 February 1973Biju Patnaik9 February 19733 March 1973
Council of Ministers
Second Bishwanath Das Ministry
First Nandini Satpathy Ministry
Members of Legislative Assembly +SourceDistrictAC. No.ConstituencyWinner CandidatePartyRemarks Mayurbhanj 1 Karanjia (ST) Prafulla Kumar Das 2 Jashipur (ST) Lal Mohan Nayak 3 Rairangpur (ST) Siddhalal Murmu 4 Bahalda (ST) Sashi Bhusan Marandi 5 Bangriposi (ST) Radha Mohan Nayak 6 Baripada Pramoda Chandra Bhanjdeo 7 Muruda (ST) Kuanria Majhi 8 Baisinga (ST) Prasanna Kumar Dash 9 Khunta Birabhadra Singh 10 Udala (ST) Manmohan Tudu Baleshwar 11 Bhograi Kartikeswar Patra 12 Jaleswar Prasanta Kumar Pal 13 Basta Chintamani Jena 14 Balasore Priyanath Nandy 15 Nilgiri Banamali Das 16 Sore Jadunath Das Mahapatra 17 Simulia (SC) Chintamani Jena 18 Bhadrak Harekrushna Mahatab Resigned as elected in two seats. Balaram Sahoo Elected in 1971 bypoll. 19 Dhamnagar Hrudananda Mallick 20 Chandabali (SC) Gangadhar Das 21 Basudebpur Nilamani Routray Deputy chief MinisterCuttack 22 Sukinda Sanatan Deo 23 Dharmasala Banka Bihari Das 24 Barchana Managobinda Samal 25 Binjharpur Pabitramohan Jena 26 Jajpur (West) Prafulla Chandra Ghadei 27 Jajpur (East) (SC) Jaganatha Mallick 28 Aul Sarat Kumar Deb 29 Patamundai (SC) Prahlad Mallik 30 Rajanagar Prahlad Mallik Resigned as elected in two seats. Biju Patnaik Elected in 1971 bypoll; Leader of Opposition 31 Kendrapara Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty 32 Patkura Rajkishore Nayak 33 Tirtol Pratap Chandra Mohanty 34 Ersama Narayana Birabar Samanta Deputy Speaker 35 Balikuda Basudeba Mohapatra 36 Jagatsinghpur (SC) Laxman Mallick 37 Gobindpur Trilochan Kanungo 38 Salepur Batakrushna Jena 39 Mahanga Sarat Kumar Kar 40 Chowdwar Kanhu Charan Lenka 41 Cuttack City Bhairaba Chandra Mohanty Resigned. Nandini Satpathy Elected in 1972 bypoll; Chief Minister 42 Cuttack Sadar (SC) Sura Sethi 43 Banki Gokulananda Praharaj 44 Athagarh Radhanatha Rath 45 Baramba Trilochan Harichandan Puri 46 Bhubaneswar Harekrushna Mahatab 47 Balipatna (SC) Basanta Behera 48 Pipili Abhimanyu Ran Singh 49 Nimapara (SC) Govinda Chandra Sethi 50 Kakatapur Surendra Nath Naik 51 Satyabadi Chandramadhaba Mishra 52 Puri Braja Mohan Mohanty 53 Bramhagiri Gopabandhu Patra 54 Banpur Ramachandra Praharaja 55 Khurda Benudhar Baliarsing 56 Begunia Gangadhara Paikaray 57 Khandapara Bansidhar Pattnaik 58 Daspalla (SC) Saheb Naik 59 Nayagarh Achyutananda Mohanty 60 Ranpur Ramesh Chandra Panda Ganjam 61 Jaganathprasad (SC) Bacha Naik 62 Bhanjanagar Somanath Rath 63 Suruda Ananta Narayan Singh Deo 64 Aska Krushna Chandra Tripathy 65 Kabisuryanagar Sadananda Mahanty 66 Kodala Ram Krushna Pattanaik 67 Khallikote Trinatha Samantra 68 Chatrapur Lakhmana Mahapatra 69 Hinjili Brundaban Naik 70 Dura (SC) Mohan Nayak 71 Berhampur Binayak Acharya Leader of Opposition 72 Chikati Satchidananda Deo 73 Mohana (ST) Bhimasena Mandal 74 Ramagiri (ST) Gorosang Soboro 75 Paralakhemundi Darapu Latchanna Naidu Koraput 76 Gunupur (ST) Bhagirathi Gomango 77 Bissam Cuttack (ST) Sripathi Praska 78 Rayagada (ST) Raghunatha Himirika 79 Narayanpatna (ST) Jogi Tadingi 80 Nandapur (ST) Sanu Disari 81 Malkangiri (ST) Gangadhar Madhi 82 Jeypore Pratap Narayan Singh Deo 83 Kotpad (ST) Dhansai Randhari 84 Nowrangpur Habibulla Khan 85 Kodinga (SC) Purno Chandramirgan 86 Dabugam (ST) Dombaru Majhi 87 Umarkote (ST) Rabisingh Majhi Kalahandi 88 Nawapara (ST) Ghasiram Majhi 89 Khariar Anupa Singh Deo 90 Dharmagarh (SC) Lochan Dhangada Majhi 91 Koksara Birakesari Deo Resigned. Raghunath Praharaj Elected in 1971 bypoll. 92 Junagarh Trinath Sorab 93 Bhawanipatna (SC) Dayanidhi Nayak 94 Narla (ST) Dhaneswar Majhi 95 Kesinga Bhagaban Bhoi Phulbani 96 Udayagiri (ST) Gopal Pradhan 97 Balliguda (ST) Naresh Pradhan 98 Phulbani (ST) Jagadish Jani 99 Baudh Natabar Pradhan Balangir 100 Sonepur Nilambar Raiguru 101 Binka Narasingha Mishra 102 Tusra Radhamohan Mishra 103 Bolangir Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Leader of Opposition 104 Loisinga Nandakishore Misra Speaker 105 Patnagarh Ainthu Sahoo 106 Saintala Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi 107 Titilagarh (SC) Tapi Jal 108 Kantabanji (SC) Achyutananda Mahananda Sambalpur 109 Padampur Krupasindhu Bhoi 110 Melchhamunda Birendra Kumar Sahu 111 Bijepur (SC) Tribikram Mallick 112 Bhatli Kunja Bihari Naik 113 Bargarh Chittaranjan Kar 114 Sambalpur Sriballav Panigrahi 115 Brajarajnagar Upendra Dikshit 116 Jharsuguda Jhashaketan Sahu 117 Laikera (ST) Rameshwar Naik 118 Kuchinda (ST) Jagateswar Mirdha 119 Rairakhol (SC) Abhimanyu Kumbhar 120 Deogarh Bhanuganga Tribhuban Deb Sundargarh 121 Sundargarh Dibyalochan Sekhar Deo 122 Talsara (ST) Gangadhar Pradhan 123 Rajgangpur (ST) Ignace Majhi 124 Bisra (ST) Kullan Bag 125 Rourkela Shyam Sundar Mohapatra Resigned. Biswanath Das Elected in 1971 bypoll; Chief Minister 126 Bonai (ST) Hemendra Prasad Mahapatra Keonjhar 127 Champua (ST) Saharai Oram 128 Patna (ST) Maheswar Majhi 129 Keonjhar (ST) Chhotaray Majhi 130 Telkori (ST) Niladri Nayak 131 Ramachandrapur Muralidhar Kuanr 132 Anandpur (SC) Makar Sethi Dhenkanal 133 Pallahara Narayana Sahu 134 Kamakhyanagar Bramhananda Biswal 135 Gondia Brundaban Tripathy 136 Dhenkanal Surendra Mohan Pattanaik 137 Talcher (SC) Brundaban Behera 138 Chhendipada (SC) Bhajaman Behera 139 Angul Debaraja Sahu 140 Athamallik Raja Kishore Pradhan
Bypolls +SourceYearConstituencyReason for by-pollWinning candidateParty September 1971 Bhadrak Resignation of Harekrushna Mahatab Balaram Sahoo Rajanagar Resignation of Prahlad Mallik Biju Patnaik Koksara Resignation of Birakesari Deo Raghunath Praharaj Rourkela Resignation of Shyam Sundar Mohapatra Bishwanath Das November 1972 Cuttack City Resignation of Bhairaba Chandra Mohanty Nandini Satpathy
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