3rd Orissa Legislative Assembly

3rd Orissa Legislative Assembly
3rd Orissa Legislative Assembly
Overview
Meeting place	Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India
Term	21 June 1961 – 1 March 1967
Election	1961 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
Government	Indian National Congress
Opposition	All India Ganatantra Parishad
Website	assembly.odisha.gov.in
Orissa Legislative Assembly
	House Composition
Members	140
Governor	Y. N. Sukthankar; Ajudhia Nath Khosla; Justice Khaleel Ahmed acting
Speaker	Lingaraj Panigrahi, INC
Deputy Speaker	Lokanath Mishra, INC
Leader of the House; (Chief Minister)	Biju Patnaik, INC; Biren Mitra, INC; Sadashiva Tripathy, INC
Leader of Opposition	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo, AIGP
Party control	Indian National Congress (82/140)
	10 Sessions with 335 sitting days

The Third Orissa Legislative Assembly was convened after the 1961 Orissa Legislative Assembly election.^[1]

Brief History

In 1961 assembly election, Cong won an unprecedented 82 seats and Biju Patnaik became Chief Minister for the first time on 23 June 1961. Shri Patnaik resigned in 1963 Gandhi jayanti as per Kamaraj Plan. Shri Biren Mitra became CM but his reign was cut short amidst mounting corruption allegations. Nowrangpur MLA Shri Sadashiva Tripathy became the Chief Minister on 21 February 1965 and continued till the end of assembly term. Beginning of this session, The Assembly premise was shifted from Sardar Patel Hall to the assembly building where session take place currently.^[2]

House Composition

Party	Strength
Indian National Congress	82
All India Ganatantra Parishad	37
Praja Socialist Party	10
Communist Party of India	4
Independent	7

Office Bearers

Post	Name	Tenure		Party
Governor	Yashwant Narayan Sukthankar	Assembly Begins	15 September 1962	N/A
	Ajudhia Nath Khosla	16 September 1962	5 August 1966
	Justice Khaleel Ahmed (Acting)	5 August 1966	11 September 1966
	Ajudhia Nath Khosla	12 September 1966	Assembly Dissolves
Speaker	Lingaraj Panigrahi MLA from Kodala East	1 July 1961	18 March 1967		Indian National Congress
Deputy Speaker	Lokanath Mishra MLA from Patkura	28 August 1961	1 March 1967		Indian National Congress
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Biju Patnaik MLA from Choudwar	23 June 1961	2 October 1963		Indian National Congress
	Biren Mitra MLA from Cuttack City	2 October 1963	21 February 1965		Indian National Congress
	Sadashiva Tripathy MLA from Nowrangpur	21 February 1965	8 March 1967		Indian National Congress
Leader of Opposition	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo MLA from Kantabanji	21 June 1961	1 March 1967		Ganatantra Parishad

Council of Ministers

First Biju Patnaik Ministry

Source
Portfolio	Name Constituency	Tenure
Chief Minister Finance Fisheries, Co-operation & Marketing Organisation in Development Mines & Geology Appointment, Irrigation, Embankment, Drainage and Electricity in Works Planning in Planning & Coordination Other departments not allocated to any Minister.	Biju Patnaik MLA from Choudwar	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	INC
Cabinet Minister
Political and Services Local Self Government in Health Community Development & National Extension Service and Grama Panchayats, Co-ordination in Planning & Coordination	Biren Mitra MLA from Cuttack City	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	INC
Revenue Excise Forestry in Development	Sadashiva Tripathy MLA from Nowrangpur	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	INC
Education Agriculture in Development Tribal & Rural Welfare	Pabitra Mohan Pradhan MLA from Pal-lahara	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	INC
Home Commerce Supply Labour	Nilamani Routray MLA from Basudebpur	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	INC
Health (excluding Local Self Government) Animal Husbandry in Development	P. Venkat Jagannath Rao MLA from Dura	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	INC
Roads & Buildings in Works Transport	Raja Saheb Harihar Singh Mardaraj Bhramarabara Roy MLA from Khandapara	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	INC
Deputy Minister
Education	Saraswati Pradhan MLA from Bhatli	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	INC
Irrigation & Power	Prahlad Mallik MLA from Patamundai	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	INC
Fisheries Co-operation	Santosh Kumar Sahu MLA from Baripada	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	INC
Community Development, Panchayats	Brundaban Nayak MLA from Hinjili	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	INC
Works Transport Agriculture	Bir Bikramaditya Singh Bariha MLA from Padampur	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	INC
Labour	Chandra Mohan Singh MLA from Rairangpur	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	INC
Tribal & Rural Welfare	Toyaka Sangana MLA from Koraput	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	INC

Biren Mitra Ministry

Source
Portfolio	Name Constituency	Tenure
Chief Minister Finance Industries Planning & Coordination Mines & Geology Irrigation & Power Cultural Affairs Local Self Government in Health Other departments not allocated to any Minister.	Biren Mitra MLA from Cuttack City	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	INC
Cabinet Minister
Political and Services Home Supply Labour	Nilamani Routray MLA from Basudebpur	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	INC
Revenue Excise Forest	Sadashiva Tripathy MLA from Nowrangpur	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	INC
Education Agriculture Animal Husbandry Co-operation	Satyapriya Mohanty MLA from Bhubaneswar	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	INC
Health (excluding Local Self Government)	P. Venkat Jagannath Rao MLA from Dura	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	INC
Works Transport	Raja Saheb Harihar Singh Mardaraj Bhramarabara Roy MLA from Khandapara	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	INC
Community Development & Panchayati Raj	Brundaban Nayak MLA from Hinjili	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	INC
Tribal & Rural Welfare	Toyaka Sangana MLA from Koraput	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	INC
Law	Banamali Babu MLA from Attabira	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	INC
Deputy Minister
Irrigation & Power	Prahlad Mallik MLA from Patamundai	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	INC
Transport Animal Husbandry	Bir Bikramaditya Singh Bariha MLA from Padampur	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	INC
Education	Saraswati Pradhan MLA from Bhatli	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	INC
Jails in Home Labour	Chandra Mohan Singh MLA from Rairangpur	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	INC
Cultural Affairs Local Self Government in Health Co-operation	Santosh Kumar Sahu MLA from Baripada	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	INC

Sadashiva Tripathy Ministry

Source
Portfolio	Name Constituency	Tenure
Chief Minister Finance Industries Planning & Coordination Mines & Geology Irrigation & Power Other departments not allocated to any Minister.	Sadashiva Tripathy MLA from Nowrangpur	21 February 1965	8 March 1967	INC
Commerce Revenue (excluding Registration of Deeds, Documents, Mahammedan Marriage and control of Offices in Registration Department) Forestry Community Development & Panchayati Raj		21 February 1965	3 September 1966
Matters relating to Shri Jagannath Temple, Puri, Hindu Religious Endowment in Law		3 September 1966	8 March 1967
Cabinet Minister
Political and Services Home Supply Labour & Employment Housing	Nilamani Routray MLA from Basudebpur	21 February 1965	25 February 1967	INC
Commerce Forestry	Nilamani Routray MLA from Basudebpur	3 September 1966	25 February 1967	INC
Education Transport	Satyapriya Mohanty MLA from Bhubaneswar	21 February 1965	8 March 1967	INC
Works		21 February 1965	3 September 1966
Works (excepting Public Health Engineering) Excise		3 September 1966	8 March 1967
Health (excluding Local Self Government)	P. Venkat Jagannath Rao MLA from Dura	21 February 1965	8 March 1967	INC
Tribal & Rural Welfare	Toyaka Sangana MLA from Koraput	21 February 1965	27 February 1967	INC
Registration of Deeds, Documents, Mahammedan Marriage and control of Offices in Registration Department in Revenue	Toyaka Sangana MLA from Koraput	21 February 1965	3 September 1966	INC
Law Local Self Government in Health	Banamali Babu MLA from Attabira	21 February 1965	3 September 1966	INC
Law (excluding Matters relating to Shri Jagannath Temple, Puri, Hindu Religious Endowment) Local Self Government in Health	Banamali Babu MLA from Attabira	3 September 1966	8 March 1967	INC
Agriculture Co-operation	Ram Prasad Mishra MLA from Loisingha	21 February 1965	25 February 1967	INC
Animal Husbandry		21 February 1965	3 September 1966
Community Development & Panchayati Raj		3 September 1966	25 February 1967
Deputy Minister
Irrigation & Power Betterment levy of water rate & cess in Revenue	Prahlad Mallik MLA from Patamundai	21 February 1965	8 March 1967	INC
Finance	Prahlad Mallik MLA from Patamundai	3 September 1966	8 March 1967	INC
Education	Saraswati Pradhan MLA from Bhatli	21 February 1965	8 March 1967	INC
Forestry Mines & Geology	Santosh Kumar Sahu MLA from Baripada	21 February 1965	8 March 1967	INC
Cultural Affairs		21 February 1965	3 September 1966
Co-operation		3 September 1966	8 March 1967
Labour & Employment Housing Excise	Chandra Mohan Singh MLA from Rairangpur	21 February 1965	8 March 1967	INC
Registration in Revenue Jails in Home		21 February 1965	3 September 1966
Revenue		3 September 1966	8 March 1967
Industries Commerce Transport	Chittaranjan Naik MLA from Binjharpur	21 February 1965	26 February 1967	INC
Community Development & Panchayati Raj Public Relations in Home	Anupa Singh Deo MLA from Khariar	21 February 1965	8 March 1967	INC
Agriculture Animal Husbandry	Madan Mohan Pradhan MLA from Talcher	2 October 1963	26 February 1967	INC

Members of Legislative Assembly

Source
District	#	Constituency	Name		Remarks
Koraput	1	Omerkote	Sadasiba Tripathy	Indian National Congress	Chief Minister
	2	Dabugam	Jagannath Tripathy	Indian National Congress
	3	Nowrangpur (SC)	Harijan Miru	Indian National Congress
	4	Jeypore	Raghunath Patnaik	Indian National Congress
	5	Kotpad (SC)	Mahadev Bakria	Indian National Congress
	6	Malkangiri (ST)	Guru Nayak	Ganatantra Parishad
	7	Padwa	Ganeswar Mohapatra	Indian National Congress
	8	Koraput (ST)	Toyaka Sangana	Indian National Congress
	9	Pottangi (ST)	Musuri Santa Pangi	Indian National Congress
	10	Rayagada (ST)	Mandangi Kamaya	Indian National Congress
	11	Gunupur	Narasinga Patra	Indian National Congress
	12	Bissamcuttack (ST)	Biswanath Chowdhary	Ganatantra Parishad
Ganjam	13	Parlakimedi	Nalla Kurma Naikulu	Indian National Congress
	14	R. Udaigiri (ST)	Ramachandra Bhoya	Indian National Congress
	15	Digapahandi	Raghunath Mahapatra	Indian National Congress
	16	Mohana (SC)	Biswanath Nayak	Indian National Congress
	17	Berhampur	Sisir Kumar Narendra Deb	Independent
	18	Patrapur (SC)	Trilochan Jani	Indian National Congress
	19	Dura	P. Venkat Jagannath Rao	Indian National Congress
	20	Chatrapur	Lakshman Mahapatra	Communist Party of India
	21	Khallikote	Ramchandra Mardaraj Dev	Indian National Congress	Died in 1963.
	21	Khallikote	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo	Indian National Congress	Elected in 1963 bypoll.
	22	Hinjili	Brundaban Nayak	Indian National Congress
	23	Kodala West	Bishwanath Das	Indian National Congress	Resigned as appointed Governor of Uttar Pradesh.
	23	Kodala West	Banamali Maharana	Praja Socialist Party	Elected in 1962 bypoll.
	24	Kodala East	Lingaraj Panigrahi	Indian National Congress	Speaker
	25	Bhanjanagar	Maguni Charan Pradhan	Indian National Congress
	26	Jagannath Prasad (SC)	Udayanath Naik	Indian National Congress
	27	Aska	Lokanath Mishra	Indian National Congress
	28	Suruda	Arjun Naik	Indian National Congress
Phulbani	29	Balliguda (ST)	Podra Dubara	Ganatantra Parishad
	30	G. Udayagiri (ST)	Sarangdhar Pradhan	Indian National Congress
	31	Phulbani	Himansu Sekhar Padhi	Indian National Congress
	32	Baudh (SC)	Anirudha Dipa	Ganatantra Parishad
Kalahandi	33	Madanpur-Rampur	Birakeshari Deo	Ganatantra Parishad
	34	Bhawanipatna (ST)	Anchal Majhi	Ganatantra Parishad
	35	Kasipur	Nabakumari Devi	Ganatantra Parishad
	36	Koksara (SC)	Dayanidhi Naik	Ganatantra Parishad
	37	Junagarh	Maheswar Naik	Ganatantra Parishad
	38	Dharamgarh (ST)	Mukunda Naik	Ganatantra Parishad
	39	Khariar	Anupa Singh Deo	Indian National Congress
	40	Nawpara (ST)	Ghasiram Majhi	Independent
Bolangir	41	Kantabanji	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	Ganatantra Parishad	Leader of Opposition
	42	Titilagarh (SC)	Achyutananda Mahananda	Ganatantra Parishad
	43	Saintala	Ainthu Sahoo	Ganatantra Parishad
	44	Patnagarh (ST)	Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi	Ganatantra Parishad
	45	Loisingha	Ram Prasad Mishra	Ganatantra Parishad
	46	Bolangir (ST)	Chandra Sekhar Singh Bhoi	Ganatantra Parishad
	47	Tusra	Nandakishore Mishra	Ganatantra Parishad
	48	Binka	Anantaram Nanda	Ganatantra Parishad
	49	Sonepur (SC)	Daulata Ganda	Ganatantra Parishad
Sambalpur	50	Melchhamunda	Satchidananda Padhi	Indian National Congress
	51	Padampur (ST)	Bir Bikramaditya Singh Bariha	Indian National Congress
	52	Bargarh	Gananath Pradhan	Independent
	53	Bijepur (SC)	Mohan Nag	Indian National Congress
	54	Bhatli	Saraswati Pradhan	Indian National Congress
	55	Sambalpur	Banamali Babu	Indian National Congress
	56	Attabira (SC)	Dalaganjan Chhuria	Indian National Congress
	57	Katarbaga	Bishnu Prasad Mishra	Ganatantra Parishad
	58	Deogarh (ST)	Jayadev Thakur	Ganatantra Parishad
	59	Rairakhol	Bhanuganga Tribhuban Deb	Ganatantra Parishad
	60	Brajrajnagar	Prasanna Kumar Panda	Communist Party of India
	61	Jharsuguda (ST)	Binod Behari Singh Bariha	Indian National Congress	Resigned.
	61	Jharsuguda (ST)	Binod Behari Singh Bariha	Indian National Congress	Elected on 1963 bypoll.
Sundergarh	62	Sundergarh	Harihar Patel	Ganatantra Parishad
	63	Talsara (ST)	Gangadhar Pradhan	Ganatantra Parishad
	64	Rajgangpur (ST)	Rangaballabh Amat	Indian National Congress
	65	Bisra (ST)	Premchand Bhagat	Ganatantra Parishad
	66	Bonai (ST)	Hemendra Prasad Mahapatra	Ganatantra Parishad
Keonjhar	67	Champua (ST)	Guru Charan Naik	Ganatantra Parishad
	68	Patna	Raj Ballabh Mishra	Ganatantra Parishad
	69	Keonjhar	Janardan Bhanj Deo	Ganatantra Parishad	Died in 1965.
	69	Keonjhar	Karunakar Pradhan	Swatantra Party	Elected in 1965 bypoll.
	70	Telkoi (ST)	Govinda Chandra Munda	Ganatantra Parishad
	71	Ramachandrapur	Muralidhar Kuanr	Indian National Congress
	72	Anandapur (SC)	Makar Sethi	Indian National Congress
Dhenkanal	73	Pal-lahara	Pabitra Mohan Pradhan	Indian National Congress
	74	Talcher	Pabitra Mohan Pradhan	Indian National Congress	Resigned as elected in two seats.
	74	Talcher	Madan Mohan Pradhan	Indian National Congress	Elected in 1961 bypoll.
	75	Kamakhyanagar	Brundaban Tripathy	Ganatantra Parishad
	76	Dhenkanal	Ratnaprava Devi	Ganatantra Parishad
	77	Gondia	Kalia Dehuri	Ganatantra Parishad
	78	Chhendipada (SC)	Pada Naik	Indian National Congress
	79	Angul	Kumud Chandra Singh	Indian National Congress
	80	Athmallik	Khetra Mohan Panigrahi	Ganatantra Parishad
Puri	81	Banpur	Raghunath Mishra	Ganatantra Parishad
	82	Daspalla (SC)	Saheb Naik	Indian National Congress
	83	Khandpara	Raja Saheb Harihar Singh Mardaraj Bhramarabara Roy	Indian National Congress
	84	Nayagarh	Brundaban Chandra Singh	Indian National Congress
	85	Ranpur	Ram Chandra Ram	Communist Party of India
	86	Begunia	Gangadhar Paikray	Communist Party of India
	87	Khurda	Banamali Patnaik	Indian National Congress
	88	Bhubaneswar	Satyapriya Mohanty	Indian National Congress
	89	Balipatna (SC)	Gopinath Bhoi	Indian National Congress
	90	Brahmagiri	Gopabandhu Patra	Independent
	91	Puri	Bhagban Pratihari	Indian National Congress
	92	Satyabadi	Rajraj Deb	Ganatantra Parishad
	93	Pipili	Ram Chandra Patnaik	Indian National Congress
	94	Kakatpur	Upendra Mohanty	Indian National Congress
	95	Nimapara (SC)	Gobinda Chandra Sethi	Indian National Congress
Cuttack	96	Banki	Gokulanand Praharaj	Praja Socialist Party
	97	Baramba	Bidyadhar Naik	Indian National Congress
	98	Athgarh	Achyutananda Dash	Independent
	99	Cuttack City	Biren Mitra	Indian National Congress	Chief Minister
	100	Choudwar	Biju Pattnaik	Indian National Congress	Chief Minister
	101	Cuttack Sadar (SC)	Laxman Mallick	Indian National Congress
	102	Jagatsinghpur	Priyanath Dey	Indian National Congress
	103	Govindpur (SC)	Kanduri Charan Mallik	Praja Socialist Party
	104	Mahanga	Surendranath Patnaik	Indian National Congress
	105	Salepur (SC)	Baidhar Behera	Praja Socialist Party
	106	Balikuda	Bipin Bihari Das	Indian National Congress
	107	Ersama	Ratnamali Jema	Indian National Congress
	108	Tirtol	Pratap Chandra Mohanty	Indian National Congress
	109	Patkura	Lokanath Mishra	Indian National Congress	Deputy Speaker
	110	Rajnagar	Padma Charan Naik	Independent
	111	Aul	Raja Sailendra Narayan Bhanja Deo	Indian National Congress
	112	Kendrapara	Dhruba Charan Sahu	Praja Socialist Party
	113	Pattamundei (SC)	Prahlad Mallik	Indian National Congress
	114	Binjharpur	Chittaranjan Naik	Indian National Congress
	115	Berchana	Dhananjoy Lenka	Indian National Congress
	116	Dharmasala	Gadadhar Dutta	Indian National Congress
	117	Sukinda (SC)	Baidhar Singh	Indian National Congress
	118	Jajpur West	Madan Mohan Patnaik	Indian National Congress	Died in 1963.
	118	Jajpur West	Narayan Chandra Pati	Indian National Congress	Elected in 1963 bypoll.
	119	Jajpur East (SC)	Santanu Kumar Das	Indian National Congress
Balasore	120	Dhamnagar	Muralidhar Jena	Indian National Congress
	121	Basudebpur	Nilamani Routray	Indian National Congress
	122	Chandbali (SC)	Bairagi Jena	Indian National Congress
	123	Bhadrak	Nityananda Mahapatra	Independent
	124	Soro	Karunakar Panigrahi	Indian National Congress
	125	Simulia (SC)	Bhagiratha Das	Indian National Congress
	126	Nilgiri	Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj Harichandan	Ganatantra Parishad
	127	Balasore	Bijoy Krushna De	Indian National Congress
	128	Basta	Maheswar Baug	Praja Socialist Party
	129	Bhograi	Pyarimohan Das	Praja Socialist Party
	130	Jaleswar	Prasanna Kumar Paul	Praja Socialist Party
Mayurbhanj	131	Kunta	Prasanna Kumar Dash	Praja Socialist Party
	132	Baisinga (SC)	Arjun Patra	Praja Socialist Party
	133	Udala (ST)	Manmohan Tudu	Indian National Congress
	134	Karanjia	Pravakar Behera	Indian National Congress
	135	Jashipur (ST)	Mochiram Tiriya	Indian National Congress
	136	Rairangpur (ST)	Chandra Mohan Singh	Indian National Congress
	137	Bahalda (ST)	Sonaram Soren	Indian National Congress
	138	Bangiriposi (ST)	Ishwar Chandra Nayak	Indian National Congress	Died in 1964.
	138	Bangiriposi (ST)	Prasanna Kumar Das	Indian National Congress	Elected in 1964 bypoll.
	139	Baripada	Santosh Kumar Sahu	Indian National Congress
	140	Muruda (ST)	Sakila Soren	Praja Socialist Party

Bypolls

Source
Year	Constituency	Reason for by-poll	Winning candidate
November 1961	Talcher	Resignation of Pabitra Mohan Pradhan	Madan Mohan Pradhan	Indian National Congress
June 1962	Kodala West	Resignation of Bishwanath Das	Banamali Maharana	Praja Socialist Party
April 1963	Jajpur West	Death of Madan Mohan Patnaik	Narayan Chandra Pati	Indian National Congress
	Khallikote	Death of Ramchandra Mardaraj Dev	V. Sugnana Kumari Deo	Indian National Congress
	Jharsuguda (ST)	Resignation of Binod Behari Singh Bariha	Binod Behari Singh Bariha	Indian National Congress
April 1964	Bangiriposi (ST)	Death of Ishwar Chandra Nayak	Prasanna Kumar Das	Indian National Congress
June 1965	Keonjhar	Death of Janardan Bhanj Deo	Karunakar Pradhan	Swatantra Party

References

↑ "Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1961". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2025-12-13.
↑ Das, Dr. Sthitaprajna; Panigrahi, Puspalata (14 July 2024). "A study on the state legislative assembly elections in Odisha (1952-2024)" (PDF). International Journal of Political Science and Governance. 6 (2): 28–33 – via E-ISSN: 2664-603X, P-ISSN: 2664-6021.

[1] "Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1961". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2025-12-13.

[2] Das, Dr. Sthitaprajna; Panigrahi, Puspalata (14 July 2024). "A study on the state legislative assembly elections in Odisha (1952-2024)" (PDF). International Journal of Political Science and Governance. 6 (2): 28–33 – via E-ISSN: 2664-603X, P-ISSN: 2664-6021.

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