# List of speakers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly

The Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Odisha, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Odisha.
In the Republic of India, the various central and state legislatures are presided by either a Speaker or a Chairman. The Speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Odisha Legislative Assembly after the General elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the Vidhan Sabha. The Speaker holds office until either they ceases to be a member of the Vidhan Sabha or he himself resigns. The Speaker can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the Vidhan Sabha by an effective majority of its members. In the absence of a Speaker, the meeting of Odisha Legislative Assembly is presided over by the Deputy Speaker.

## List of Speakers

| # | Name | Constituency | Tenure | Tenure | Tenure | Assembly | Party |
| 1 | Mukunda Prasad Das | Central Balasore Sadar | 28 July 1937 | 29 May 1946 | 8 years, 305 days | 1st Pre-Independent | Indian National Congress |
| 2 | Lal Mohan Patnaik | | 29 May 1946 | 6 March 1952 | 5 years, 282 days | 2nd Pre-Independent | Indian National Congress |
| 3 | Nandakishore Mishra | Soro | 6 March 1952 | 27 May 1957 | 5 years, 82 days | 1st | Indian National Congress |
| 4 | Nilakantha Das | Satyabadi | 27 May 1957 | 1 July 1961 | 4 years, 35 days | 2nd | Indian National Congress |
| 5 | Lingaraj Panigrahi | Kodala East | 1 July 1961 | 18 March 1967 | 5 years, 260 days | 3rd | Indian National Congress |
| (3) | Nandakishore Mishra | Loisingha | 18 March 1967 | 12 April 1971 | 7 years, 3 days | 4th | Swatantra Party |
| (3) | Nandakishore Mishra | Loisingha | 12 April 1971 | 21 March 1974 | 7 years, 3 days | 5th | Swatantra Party |
| 5 | Brajamohan Mohanty | Puri | 21 March 1974 | 1 July 1977 | 3 years, 102 days | 6th | Indian National Congress |
| 7 | Satyapriya Mohanty | Bhubaneswar | 1 July 1977 | 12 June 1980 | 2 years, 347 days | 7th | Janata Party |
| 8 | Somnath Rath | Bhanjanagar | 12 June 1980 | 11 February 1984 | 3 years, 244 days | 8th | Indian National Congress |
| 9 | Prasanna Kumar Dash | Baripada | 22 February 1984 | 14 February 1985 | 358 days | 8th | Indian National Congress |
| 9 | Prasanna Kumar Dash | Baripada | 14 February 1985 | 9 March 1990 | 5 years, 23 days | 9th | Indian National Congress |
| 10 | Yudhistir Das | Kissannagar | 9 March 1990 | 22 March 1995 | 5 years, 13 days | 10th | Janata Dal |
| 11 | Kishore Chandra Patel | Sundargarh | 22 March 1995 | 14 January 1996 | 298 days | 11th | Indian National Congress |
| 12 | Chintamani Dyan Samantra | Chikiti | 16 February 1996 | 10 March 2000 | 4 years, 23 days | 11th | Independent |
| 13 | Sarat Kumar Kar | Mahanga | 10 March 2000 | 21 May 2004 | 4 years, 72 days | 12th | Biju Janata Dal |
| 14 | Maheswar Mohanty | Puri | 21 May 2004 | 31 March 2008 | 3 years, 315 days | 13th | Biju Janata Dal |
| 15 | Prahlad Dora | Chitrakonda | 31 March 2008 | 19 August 2008 | 141 days | 13th | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 16 | Kishore Kumar Mohanty | Jharsuguda | 19 August 2008 | 25 May 2009 | 279 days | 13th | Biju Janata Dal |
| 17 | Pradip Kumar Amat | Boudh | 25 May 2009 | 20 May 2014 | 4 years, 360 days | 14th | Biju Janata Dal |
| 18 | Niranjan Pujari | Sonepur | 26 May 2014 | 6 May 2017 | 2 years, 345 days | 15th | Biju Janata Dal |
| (17) | Pradip Kumar Amat | Boudh | 16 May 2017 | 31 May 2019 | 2 years, 15 days | 15th | Biju Janata Dal |
| 19 | Surjya Narayan Patro | Digapahandi | 1 June 2019 | 4 June 2022 | 3 years, 3 days | 16th | Biju Janata Dal |
| 20 | Bikram Keshari Arukha | Bhanjanagar | 13 June 2022 | 12 May 2023 | 333 days | 16th | Biju Janata Dal |
| 21 | Pramila Mallik | Binjharpur | 22 September 2023 | 3 June 2024 | 255 days | 16th | Biju Janata Dal |
| 22 | Surama Padhy | Ranpur | 20 June 2024 | incumbent | 143 days | 17th | Bharatiya Janata Party |