List of leaders of the opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly

The leader of the opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly.

Eligibility Official Opposition is a term used to designate the political party which has secured the second largest number of seats in the assembly. In order to get formal recognition, the party must have at least 10% of total membership of the Legislative Assembly. A single party has to meet the 10% seat criterion, not an alliance. Many of the Indian state legislatures also follow this 10% rule while the rest prefer single largest opposition party according to the rules of their respective houses.

List of Leaders of Opposition

#PortraitNameTenureChief MinisterAssemblyParty1 Shraddhakar Supakar16 February 19524 March 1957Nabakrushna Choudhuri1st2Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo1 April 195722 May 1959Nabakrushna Choudhuri

Harekrushna Mahatab2nd(2)Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo21 June 19611 March 1967Biju Patnaik

Biren Mitra

Sadashiva Tripathy3rd3Sadashiva Tripathy18 March 196711 January 1971Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo4th4Binayak Acharya4 May 197114 June 1972Bishwanath Das5th(2)Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo14 June 19729 February 1973Nandini Satpathy5Biju Patnaik9 February 19733 March 1973(5)Biju Patnaik19 March 197410 December 1974Nandini Satpathy6th10 December 197416 December 1976(5)Biju Patnaik30 December 197624 March 1977Binayak Acharya6th6 Ram Prasad Mishra31 March 197730 April 19777 Chintamani Panigrahi29 June 197720 February 1978Nilamani Routray7th8Brundaban Nayak20 February 19783 September 19799Prahlad Mallik3 September 197913 February 198010Ananta Narayan Singh Deo13 February 198017 February 1980 - Vacant9 June 19801 April 1984Janaki Ballabh Patnaik8thNo Official Opposition11 Sarat Kumar Deb2 April 198410 March 1985(5)Biju Patnaik22 March 19853 March 1990Janaki Ballabh Patnaik

Hemananda Biswal9th - Vacant5 March 199015 March 1995Biju Patnaik10thNo Official Opposition(5)Biju Patnaik23 March 199520 May 1996Janaki Ballabh Patnaik

Giridhar Gamang

Hemananda Biswal11th12Ashok Kumar Das22 May 199617 December 199713 Ram Krushna Patnaik22 February 199816 November 199814 Prafulla Samal16 November 19981 December 199815 Satchidananda Dalal11 December 199829 February 200016 Ramakanta Mishra21 March 20006 February 2004Naveen Patnaik12th17Janaki Ballabh Patnaik4 June 200424 January 200913th18 Ramachandra Ulaka24 January 200919 May 200919Bhupinder Singh27 May 200910 March 201414th20 Narasingha Mishra11 June 201429 May 201915th21Pradipta Kumar Naik25 June 201930 July 202216th22 Jayanarayan Mishra30 July 20224 June 2024 23Naveen Patnaik19 June 2024Incumbent Mohan Charan Majhi17th

Statistics

#Leader of OppositionPartyTerm of office Longest term Total duration 1 Biju Patnaik BLD/JP/JD/UC 4 years, 346 days 9 years, 52 days 2 Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo /SWP 5 years, 253 days 8 years, 179 days 3 Shraddhakar Supakar 5 years, 16 days 5 years, 16 days 4 Narasingha Mishra 4 years, 352 days 4 years, 352 days 5 Bhupinder Singh 4 years, 287 days 4 years, 287 days 6 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik 4 years, 234 days 4 years, 234 days 7 Ramakanta Mishra 3 years, 322 days 3 years, 322 days 8 Sadashiva Tripathy 3 years, 299 days 3 years, 299 days 9 Pradipta Kumar Naik 3 years, 35 days 3 years, 35 days 10 Naveen Patnaik 1 years, 350 days 1 years, 350 days 11 Jayanarayan Mishra 1 years, 309 days 1 years, 309 days 12 Ashok Kumar Das 1 year, 209 days 1 year, 209 days 13 Brundaban Nayak 1 year, 195 days 1 year, 195 days 14 Satchidananda Dalal 1 years, 80 days 1 years, 80 days 15 Binayak Acharya 1 year, 41 days 1 year, 41 days 16 Sarat Kumar Deb 342 days 342 days 17 Ram Krushna Patnaik 267 days 267 days 18 Chintamani Panigrahi 236 days 236 days 19 Prahlad Mallik 163 days 163 days 20 Ramachandra Ulaka 115 days 115 days 21 Ram Prasad Mishra 30 days 30 days 22 Prafulla Samal 15 days 15 days 23 Ananta Narayan Singh Deo 4 days 4 days — No Official Opposition —8 years, 306 days

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List of leaders of the opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly

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