5th Orissa Legislative Assembly

5th Orissa Legislative Assembly
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Overview
Meeting place	Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India
Term	23 March 1971 – 3 March 1973
Election	1971 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
Government	SWP + UTC + PSP (till 14/06/1972) Indian National Congress (R) (after 14/06/1972)
Opposition	Indian National Congress (R) (till 14/06/1972) SWP + UTC + PSP (after 14/06/1972)
Website	assembly.odisha.gov.in
Orissa Legislative Assembly
House Composition
Members	140
Governor	Shaukatullah Shah Ansari Sardar Jogendra Singh (Acting) Justice Gati Krushna Misra (Acting) Basappa Danappa Jatti
Speaker	Nandakishore Mishra, SWP
Deputy Speaker	Narayan Birabar Samanta, UTC
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Biswanath Das, IND Nandini Satpathy, INC (R)
Leader of Opposition	Binayak Acharya, INC (R) Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo, SWP Biju Patnaik, UTC
Party control	SWP + UTC + PSP (73/140) (till 14/06/1972) Indian National Congress (R) (71/140) (after 14/06/1972)
5 Sessions with 97 Sittings

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

Party	Strength
Indian National Congress (R)	51
Swatantra Party	36
Utkal Congress	33
Praja Socialist Party	4
Communist Party of India	4
Jharkhand Party	4
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2
Indian National Congress (O)	1
Orissa Jana Congress	1
Independent	4

Office Bearers

Post	Portrait	Name	Tenure		Party
Governor		Shaukatullah Shah Ansari	Assembly Begins	20 September 1971	N/A
		Jogendra Singh (Acting)	20 September 1971	30 June 1972
		Justice Gati Krushna Misra (Acting)	1 July 1972	8 November 1972
		Basappa Danappa Jatti	8 November 1972	Assembly Dissolves
Speaker		Nandakishore Mishra MLA from Loisingha	12 April 1971	3 March 1973		Swatantra Party
Deputy Speaker		Narayan Birabar Samanta MLA from Erasama	6 May 1971	3 March 1973		Utkal Congress
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)		Bishwanath Das MLA from Rourkela	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		Independent
		Nandini Satpathy MLA from Cuttack City	14 June 1972	3 March 1973		Indian National Congress (R)
Deputy Leader of the House (Deputy Chief Minister)		Nilamani Routray MLA from Basudebpur	14 June 1972	1 March 1973		Utkal Congress
Leader of Opposition		Binayak Acharya MLA from Berhampur	4 May 1971	14 June 1972		Indian National Congress (R)
		Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo MLA from Bolangir	14 June 1972	9 February 1973		Swatantra Party
		Biju Patnaik MLA from Rajanagar	9 February 1973	3 March 1973		Utkal Congress

Council of Ministers

Second Bishwanath Das Ministry

Source

Portfolio	Portrait	Name Constituency	Tenure		Party
Chief Minister Finance Planning & Coordination Other departments not allocated to any Minister.		Bishwanath Das MLA from Rourkela	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		Independent
Cabinet Minister
Political and Services (except River Valley Development) Tourism & Public Relations in Home Industries		Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo MLA from Bolangir	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		SWA
Home (except Tourism & Public Relations) Supply State Public Corporation & Under-taking		Nilamani Routray MLA from Basudebpur	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		Utkal Congress
Labour & Employment Housing		Sidhalal Murmu MLA from Rairangpur	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		All India Jharkhand Party
Excise Commerce		Dayanidhi Naik MLA from Bhawanipatna	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		SWA
Co-operation Rural Development Urban Development		Brundaban Nayak MLA from Hinjili	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		Utkal Congress
Animal Husbandry		Gangadhar Pradhan MLA from Talsara	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		SWA
Irrigation & Power (except Lift Irrigation) River Valley Development in Political and Services		Prahlad Mallik MLA from Patamundai	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		Utkal Congress
Agriculture Community Development & Panchayati Raj		Ananta Narayan Singh Deo MLA from Suruda	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		SWA
Revenue Lift Irrigation in Irrigation & Power		Pratap Chandra Mohanty MLA from Tirtol	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		Utkal Congress
Forest Works		Ainthu Sahoo MLA from Patnagarh	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		SWA
Education Culture		Sarat Kumar Kar MLA from Mahanga	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		Utkal Congress
Law Tribal & Rural Welfare		Natabara Pradhan MLA from Baudh	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		SWA
Health & Family Planning		Ram Krushna Patnaik MLA from Kodala	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		Utkal Congress
Deputy Minister
Agriculture Co-operation Transport		Damburu Majhi MLA from Dabugam	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		SWA
Finance Culture		Jadunath Das Mohapatra MLA from Soro	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		Utkal Congress
Tribal & Rural Welfare Tourism & Public Relations in Home		Ghasiram Majhi MLA from Nawapara	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		SWA
Irrigation & Power (except Lift Irrigation)		Birabhadra Singh MLA from Khunta	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		Utkal Congress
Industries Planning & Coordination		Bhanuganga Tribhuban Deb MLA from Bhanjanagar	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		SWA
Rural Development Urban Development Mines & Geology		Saharai Oram MLA from Champua	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		Utkal Congress
Commerce Animal Husbandry		Prafulla Kumar Das MLA from Karanjia	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		SWA
Home (except Tourism & Public Relations) Supply State Public Corporation & Under-taking		Debaraja Sahu MLA from Angul	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		Utkal Congress
Works Excise		Sarat Kumar Deb MLA from Aul	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		SWA
Revenue Lift Irrigation in Irrigation & Power		Gobinda Chandra Sethi MLA from Nimapara	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		Utkal Congress
Community Development & Panchayati Raj		Ramachandra Praharaj MLA from Banpur	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		SWA
Health & Family Planning		Rabi Singh Majhi MLA from Umerkote	3 April 1971	14 June 1972		Utkal Congress

First Nandini Satpathy Ministry

Source

Portfolio	Portrait	Name Constituency	Tenure		Party
Chief Minister Home Political and Services (except Parliamentary Affairs) Rural Development Other departments not allocated to any Minister.		Nandini Satpathy MLA from Cuttack City	14 June 1972	3 March 1973		INC(R)
Cabinet Minister
Deputy Chief Minister Industries Supply Law		Nilamani Routray MLA from Basudebpur	14 June 1972	1 March 1973		Utkal Congress
Revenue Irrigation & Power Mines & Geology		Braja Mohan Mohanty MLA from Puri	14 June 1972	3 March 1973		INC(R)
Agriculture Co-operation Labour & Employment Housing Urban Development		Binayak Acharya MLA from Berhampur	14 June 1972	3 March 1973		INC(R)
Finance Commerce Planning & Coordination Health & Family Planning		Banka Behari Das MLA from Dharmasala	14 June 1972	3 March 1973		INC(R)
Tribal & Rural Welfare		Gangadhar Pradhan MLA from Talsara	14 June 1972	1 March 1973		SWA
Works Transport Excise Community Development & Panchayati Raj		Laxman Mallick MLA from Jagatsinghpur	14 June 1972	3 March 1973		INC(R)
Education & Youth Services Tourism Culture Parliamentary Affairs in Political and Services		Sriballav Panigrahi MLA from Sambalpur	14 June 1972	3 March 1973		INC(R)
Forest Animal Husbandry		Achyutananda Mahananda MLA from Kantabanji	14 June 1972	3 March 1973		SWA
Minister of State
Irrigation & Power		Damburu Majhi MLA from Dabugam	14 June 1972	3 March 1973		SWA
Health & Family Welfare		Somanath Rath MLA from Bhanjanagar	14 June 1972	3 March 1973		INC(R)
Supply		Bhagirathi Gomango MLA from Gunupur	14 June 1972	3 March 1973		INC(R)
Agriculture Co-operation		Gobinda Chandra Sethi MLA from Nimapara	14 June 1972	3 March 1973		Utkal Congress
Community Development & Panchayati Raj		Krupasindhu Bhoi MLA from Padampur	14 June 1972	3 March 1973		INC(R)
Deputy Minister
Rural Development		Bhajaman Behara MLA from Chhendipada	14 June 1972	3 March 1973		Utkal Congress

Members of Legislative Assembly

Source

District	AC. No.	Constituency	Winner Candidate	Party		Remarks
Mayurbhanj	1	Karanjia (ST)	Prafulla Kumar Das		Swatantra Party
	2	Jashipur (ST)	Lal Mohan Nayak		Indian National Congress (R)
	3	Rairangpur (ST)	Siddhalal Murmu		All India Jharkhand Party
	4	Bahalda (ST)	Sashi Bhusan Marandi		All India Jharkhand Party
	5	Bangriposi (ST)	Radha Mohan Nayak		Swatantra Party
	6	Baripada	Pramoda Chandra Bhanjdeo		Independent
	7	Muruda (ST)	Kuanria Majhi		Swatantra Party
	8	Baisinga (ST)	Prasanna Kumar Dash		Praja Socialist Party
	9	Khunta	Birabhadra Singh		Utkal Congress
	10	Udala (ST)	Manmohan Tudu		Indian National Congress (R)
Baleshwar	11	Bhograi	Kartikeswar Patra		Indian National Congress (R)
	12	Jaleswar	Prasanta Kumar Pal		Praja Socialist Party
	13	Basta	Chintamani Jena		Utkal Congress
	14	Balasore	Priyanath Nandy		Indian National Congress (R)
	15	Nilgiri	Banamali Das		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
	16	Sore	Jadunath Das Mahapatra		Utkal Congress
	17	Simulia (SC)	Chintamani Jena		Communist Party of India
	18	Bhadrak	Harekrushna Mahatab		Indian National Congress (R)	Resigned as elected in two seats.
			Balaram Sahoo		Utkal Congress	Elected in 1971 bypoll.
	19	Dhamnagar	Hrudananda Mallick		Utkal Congress
	20	Chandabali (SC)	Gangadhar Das		Indian National Congress (R)
	21	Basudebpur	Nilamani Routray		Utkal Congress	Deputy chief Minister
Cuttack	22	Sukinda	Sanatan Deo		Utkal Congress
	23	Dharmasala	Banka Bihari Das		Praja Socialist Party
	24	Barchana	Managobinda Samal		Utkal Congress
	25	Binjharpur	Pabitramohan Jena		Indian National Congress (R)
	26	Jajpur (West)	Prafulla Chandra Ghadei		Indian National Congress (R)
	27	Jajpur (East) (SC)	Jaganatha Mallick		Utkal Congress
	28	Aul	Sarat Kumar Deb		Swatantra Party
	29	Patamundai (SC)	Prahlad Mallik		Utkal Congress
	30	Rajanagar	Prahlad Mallik		Utkal Congress	Resigned as elected in two seats.
			Biju Patnaik		Utkal Congress	Elected in 1971 bypoll; Leader of Opposition
	31	Kendrapara	Bhagabat Prasad Mohanty		Praja Socialist Party
	32	Patkura	Rajkishore Nayak		Utkal Congress
	33	Tirtol	Pratap Chandra Mohanty		Utkal Congress
	34	Ersama	Narayana Birabar Samanta		Utkal Congress	Deputy Speaker
	35	Balikuda	Basudeba Mohapatra		Indian National Congress (R)
	36	Jagatsinghpur (SC)	Laxman Mallick		Indian National Congress (R)
	37	Gobindpur	Trilochan Kanungo		Indian National Congress (R)
	38	Salepur	Batakrushna Jena		Utkal Congress
	39	Mahanga	Sarat Kumar Kar		Utkal Congress
	40	Chowdwar	Kanhu Charan Lenka		Indian National Congress (R)
	41	Cuttack City	Bhairaba Chandra Mohanty		Indian National Congress (R)	Resigned.
			Nandini Satpathy		Indian National Congress (R)	Elected in 1972 bypoll; Chief Minister
	42	Cuttack Sadar (SC)	Sura Sethi		Indian National Congress (R)
	43	Banki	Gokulananda Praharaj		Utkal Congress
	44	Athagarh	Radhanatha Rath		Independent
	45	Baramba	Trilochan Harichandan		Swatantra Party
Puri	46	Bhubaneswar	Harekrushna Mahatab		Indian National Congress (R)
	47	Balipatna (SC)	Basanta Behera		Indian National Congress (R)
	48	Pipili	Abhimanyu Ran Singh		Indian National Congress (R)
	49	Nimapara (SC)	Govinda Chandra Sethi		Utkal Congress
	50	Kakatapur	Surendra Nath Naik		Utkal Congress
	51	Satyabadi	Chandramadhaba Mishra		Independent
	52	Puri	Braja Mohan Mohanty		Indian National Congress (R)
	53	Bramhagiri	Gopabandhu Patra		Indian National Congress (R)
	54	Banpur	Ramachandra Praharaja		Swatantra Party
	55	Khurda	Benudhar Baliarsing		Indian National Congress (R)
	56	Begunia	Gangadhara Paikaray		Communist Party of India
	57	Khandapara	Bansidhar Pattnaik		Independent
	58	Daspalla (SC)	Saheb Naik		Indian National Congress (R)
	59	Nayagarh	Achyutananda Mohanty		Utkal Congress
	60	Ranpur	Ramesh Chandra Panda		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Ganjam	61	Jaganathprasad (SC)	Bacha Naik		Indian National Congress (R)
	62	Bhanjanagar	Somanath Rath		Indian National Congress (R)
	63	Suruda	Ananta Narayan Singh Deo		Swatantra Party
	64	Aska	Krushna Chandra Tripathy		Utkal Congress
	65	Kabisuryanagar	Sadananda Mahanty		Communist Party of India
	66	Kodala	Ram Krushna Pattanaik		Utkal Congress
	67	Khallikote	Trinatha Samantra		Utkal Congress
	68	Chatrapur	Lakhmana Mahapatra		Communist Party of India
	69	Hinjili	Brundaban Naik		Utkal Congress
	70	Dura (SC)	Mohan Nayak		Indian National Congress (R)
	71	Berhampur	Binayak Acharya		Indian National Congress (R)	Leader of Opposition
	72	Chikati	Satchidananda Deo		Indian National Congress (R)
	73	Mohana (ST)	Bhimasena Mandal		Indian National Congress (R)
	74	Ramagiri (ST)	Gorosang Soboro		Indian National Congress (R)
	75	Paralakhemundi	Darapu Latchanna Naidu		Swatantra Party
Koraput	76	Gunupur (ST)	Bhagirathi Gomango		Indian National Congress (R)
	77	Bissam Cuttack (ST)	Sripathi Praska		Swatantra Party
	78	Rayagada (ST)	Raghunatha Himirika		Indian National Congress (R)
	79	Narayanpatna (ST)	Jogi Tadingi		Indian National Congress (R)
	80	Nandapur (ST)	Sanu Disari		Utkal Congress
	81	Malkangiri (ST)	Gangadhar Madhi		Indian National Congress (R)
	82	Jeypore	Pratap Narayan Singh Deo		Swatantra Party
	83	Kotpad (ST)	Dhansai Randhari		Swatantra Party
	84	Nowrangpur	Habibulla Khan		Swatantra Party
	85	Kodinga (SC)	Purno Chandramirgan		Utkal Congress
	86	Dabugam (ST)	Dombaru Majhi		Swatantra Party
	87	Umarkote (ST)	Rabisingh Majhi		Utkal Congress
Kalahandi	88	Nawapara (ST)	Ghasiram Majhi		Swatantra Party
	89	Khariar	Anupa Singh Deo		Indian National Congress (Organization)
	90	Dharmagarh (SC)	Lochan Dhangada Majhi		Swatantra Party
	91	Koksara	Birakesari Deo		Swatantra Party	Resigned.
			Raghunath Praharaj		Swatantra Party	Elected in 1971 bypoll.
	92	Junagarh	Trinath Sorab		Swatantra Party
	93	Bhawanipatna (SC)	Dayanidhi Nayak		Swatantra Party
	94	Narla (ST)	Dhaneswar Majhi		Swatantra Party
	95	Kesinga	Bhagaban Bhoi		Swatantra Party
Phulbani	96	Udayagiri (ST)	Gopal Pradhan		Swatantra Party
	97	Balliguda (ST)	Naresh Pradhan		Swatantra Party
	98	Phulbani (ST)	Jagadish Jani		Indian National Congress (R)
	99	Baudh	Natabar Pradhan		Swatantra Party
Balangir	100	Sonepur	Nilambar Raiguru		Swatantra Party
	101	Binka	Narasingha Mishra		Swatantra Party
	102	Tusra	Radhamohan Mishra		Swatantra Party
	103	Bolangir	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo		Swatantra Party	Leader of Opposition
	104	Loisinga	Nandakishore Misra		Swatantra Party	Speaker
	105	Patnagarh	Ainthu Sahoo		Swatantra Party
	106	Saintala	Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi		Swatantra Party
	107	Titilagarh (SC)	Tapi Jal		Swatantra Party
	108	Kantabanji (SC)	Achyutananda Mahananda		Swatantra Party
Sambalpur	109	Padampur	Krupasindhu Bhoi		Indian National Congress (R)
	110	Melchhamunda	Birendra Kumar Sahu		Swatantra Party
	111	Bijepur (SC)	Tribikram Mallick		Indian National Congress (R)
	112	Bhatli	Kunja Bihari Naik		Indian National Congress (R)
	113	Bargarh	Chittaranjan Kar		Indian National Congress (R)
	114	Sambalpur	Sriballav Panigrahi		Indian National Congress (R)
	115	Brajarajnagar	Upendra Dikshit		Indian National Congress (R)
	116	Jharsuguda	Jhashaketan Sahu		Indian National Congress (R)
	117	Laikera (ST)	Rameshwar Naik		Indian National Congress (R)
	118	Kuchinda (ST)	Jagateswar Mirdha		Indian National Congress (R)
	119	Rairakhol (SC)	Abhimanyu Kumbhar		Indian National Congress (R)
	120	Deogarh	Bhanuganga Tribhuban Deb		Swatantra Party
Sundargarh	121	Sundargarh	Dibyalochan Sekhar Deo		Indian National Congress (R)
	122	Talsara (ST)	Gangadhar Pradhan		Swatantra Party
	123	Rajgangpur (ST)	Ignace Majhi		All India Jharkhand Party
	124	Bisra (ST)	Kullan Bag		All India Jharkhand Party
	125	Rourkela	Shyam Sundar Mohapatra		Indian National Congress (R)	Resigned.
			Biswanath Das		Independent	Elected in 1971 bypoll; Chief Minister
	126	Bonai (ST)	Hemendra Prasad Mahapatra		Swatantra Party
Keonjhar	127	Champua (ST)	Saharai Oram		Utkal Congress
	128	Patna (ST)	Maheswar Majhi		Utkal Congress
	129	Keonjhar (ST)	Chhotaray Majhi		Utkal Congress
	130	Telkori (ST)	Niladri Nayak		Utkal Congress
	131	Ramachandrapur	Muralidhar Kuanr		Indian National Congress (R)
	132	Anandpur (SC)	Makar Sethi		Indian National Congress (R)
Dhenkanal	133	Pallahara	Narayana Sahu		Indian National Congress (R)
	134	Kamakhyanagar	Bramhananda Biswal		Indian National Congress (R)
	135	Gondia	Brundaban Tripathy		Indian National Congress (R)
	136	Dhenkanal	Surendra Mohan Pattanaik		Indian National Congress (R)
	137	Talcher (SC)	Brundaban Behera		Orissa Jana Congress
	138	Chhendipada (SC)	Bhajaman Behera		Utkal Congress
	139	Angul	Debaraja Sahu		Utkal Congress
	140	Athamallik	Raja Kishore Pradhan		Utkal Congress

Bypolls

Source

Year	Constituency	Reason for by-poll	Winning candidate	Party
September 1971	Bhadrak	Resignation of Harekrushna Mahatab	Balaram Sahoo		Utkal Congress
	Rajanagar	Resignation of Prahlad Mallik	Biju Patnaik		Utkal Congress
	Koksara	Resignation of Birakesari Deo	Raghunath Praharaj		Swatantra Party
	Rourkela	Resignation of Shyam Sundar Mohapatra	Bishwanath Das		Independent
November 1972	Cuttack City	Resignation of Bhairaba Chandra Mohanty	Nandini Satpathy		Indian National Congress (R)