4th Orissa Legislative Assembly

4th Orissa Legislative Assembly
4th Orissa Legislative Assembly
	Front view of Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneshwar (2010)
Overview
Meeting place	Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India
Term	1 March 1967 – 23 January 1971
Election	1967 Orissa Legislative Assembly election
Government	SWP + OJC
Opposition	Indian National Congress
Website	assembly.odisha.gov.in
Orissa Legislative Assembly
	House Composition
Members	140
Governor	Ajudhia Nath Khosla; Shaukatullah Shah Ansari
Speaker	Nandakishore Mishra, SWP
Deputy Speaker	Harihar Bahinipati, PSP
Leader of the House; (Chief Minister)	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo, SWP
Leader of Opposition	Sadashiva Tripathy, INC
Party control	SWP + OJC (75/140)
	10 Sessions with 197 sitting days

The Fourth Orissa Legislative Assembly was convened after the 1967 Orissa Legislative Assembly election.

Brief History

Prior to election, All India Ganatantra Parishad merged with Swatantra Party and Harekrushna Mahatab left Congress to form Orissa Jana Congress. Both Swatantra and Jana Congress Party formed a post poll Coalition Government with Shri R. N. Singh Deo as the Chief Minister on 8 March 1967. Due to difference between the parties, the Coalition Government collapsed on the 9th January 1971. Subsequently, President's Rule was imposed and early election was called.

House Composition

Party	Strength
Swatantra Party	49
Indian National Congress	31
Orissa Jana Congress	26
Praja Socialist Party	21
Communist Party of India	7
Samyukta Socialist Party	2
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1
Independent	3

Office Bearers

Post	Name	Tenure		Party
Governor	Ajudhia Nath Khosla	Assembly Begins	30 January 1968	N/A
Governor	Shaukatullah Shah Ansari	31 January 1968	Assembly Dissolves	N/A
Speaker	Nandakishore Mishra MLA from Loisingha	18 March 1967	11 January 1971		Swatantra Party
Deputy Speaker	Harihar Bahinipati MLA from Puri	29 March 1967	11 January 1971		Praja Socialist Party
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo MLA from Bolangir	8 March 1967	9 January 1971		Swatantra Party
Deputy Leader of the House (Deputy Chief Minister)	Pabitra Mohan Pradhan MLA from Pallahara	8 March 1967	9 January 1971		Orissa Jana Congress
Leader of Opposition	Sadashiva Tripathy MLA from Nowrangpur	18 March 1967	11 January 1971		Indian National Congress

Council of Ministers

Source
Portfolio	Name Constituency	Tenure
Chief Minister Finance Home (excluding Jail and Reformatories & Public Relations) Planning & Coordination Other departments not allocated to any Minister.	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo MLA from Bolangir	8 March 1967	9 January 1971	SWA
Tourism		8 March 1967	6 September 1967	SWA
Tourism		31 August 1969	24 November 1969	SWA
Cabinet Minister
Deputy Chief Minister Mines & Geology	Pabitra Mohan Pradhan MLA from Pallahara	8 March 1967	7 January 1971	Jana Congress
Political and Services (excluding Administration of New Capital & River Valley Development)		8 March 1967	6 September 1967	Jana Congress
Political and Services		6 September 1967	24 November 1969	Jana Congress
Political and Services (excluding Administration of New Capital & River Valley Development)		24 November 1969	7 January 1971	Jana Congress
Administration of New Capital & River Valley Development in Political and Services Registration in Revenue	Santanu Kumar Das MLA from Jajpur East	8 March 1967	6 September 1967	Jana Congress
		24 November 1969	7 January 1971	Jana Congress
Excise		8 March 1967	7 January 1971	Jana Congress
Tribal & Rural Welfare	Manmohan Tudu MLA from Udala	8 March 1967	6 September 1967	Jana Congress
	Santanu Kumar Das MLA from Jajpur East	6 September 1967	24 November 1969	Jana Congress
	Manmohan Tudu MLA from Udala	24 November 1969	7 January 1971	Jana Congress
Irrigation & Power	Surendranath Patnaik MLA from Salepur	8 March 1967	7 January 1971	Jana Congress
Revenue (excluding Registration)		8 March 1967	6 September 1967	Jana Congress
Revenue		6 September 1967	24 November 1969	Jana Congress
Revenue (excluding Registration)		24 November 1969	7 January 1971	Jana Congress
Agriculture (excluding Fisheries and Animal Husbandry) Labour, Employment & Housing	Raj Ballabh Mishra MLA from Ramchandrapur	8 March 1967	9 January 1971	SWA
Fisheries & Animal Husbandry in Agriculture	Gangadhar Pradhan MLA from Talsara	8 March 1967	6 September 1967	SWA
	Murari Prasad Misra MLA from Jharsuguda	6 September 1967	31 August 1969	SWA
	Gangadhar Pradhan MLA from Talsara	31 August 1969	9 January 1971	SWA
Jail and Reformatories in Home	Gangadhar Pradhan MLA from Talsara	8 March 1967	6 September 1967	SWA
Jail and Reformatories in Home	Harihar Patel MLA from Sundargarh	6 September 1967	9 January 1971	SWA
Industries Public Relations in Homes Text Book Press at Bhubaneswar in Education Commerce		8 March 1967	9 January 1971	SWA
Tourism		6 September 1967	31 August 1969	SWA
Tourism		24 November 1969	9 January 1971	SWA
Education (excluding Text Book Press at Bhubaneswar)	Banamali Patnaik MLA from Pipili	8 March 1967	7 January 1971	JAC
Co-operation in Co-operation & Forestry	Murari Prasad Misra MLA from Jharsuguda	8 March 1967	9 January 1971	SWA
Health	Murari Prasad Misra MLA from Jharsuguda	8 March 1967	6 September 1967	SWA
	N. Ramseshaiah MLA from Jeypore	6 September 1967	31 August 1969	SWA
	Murari Prasad Misra MLA from Jharsuguda	31 August 1969	9 January 1971	SWA
Supply Cultural Affairs	Nityananda Mahapatra MLA from Bhadrak	8 March 1967	7 January 1971	Jana Congress
Works (except Public Health Engineering of Roads and Buildings Branch) Transport	Dayanidhi Naik MLA from Bhawanipatna	8 March 1967	9 January 1971	SWA
Urban Development Public Health Engineering of Roads and Buildings Branch in Works	Kartick Chandra Majhi MLA from Rairangpur	8 March 1967	6 September 1967	SWA
	Haraprasad Mahapatra MLA from Soro	6 September 1967	31 August 1969	SWA
	Kartick Chandra Majhi MLA from Rairangpur	31 August 1969	9 January 1971	SWA
Law	Haraprasad Mahapatra MLA from Soro	8 March 1967	9 January 1971	SWA
Forestry in Co-operation & Forestry	Haraprasad Mahapatra MLA from Soro	8 March 1967	6 September 1967	SWA
	Murari Prasad Misra MLA from Jharsuguda	6 September 1967	31 August 1969	SWA
	Haraprasad Mahapatra MLA from Soro	31 August 1969	9 January 1971	SWA
Community Development & Panchayati Raj	Haraprasad Mahapatra MLA from Soro	8 March 1967	6 September 1967	SWA
Community Development & Panchayati Raj	Raj Ballabh Mishra MLA from Ramchandrapur	6 September 1967	9 January 1971	SWA
Deputy Minister
Revenue Irrigation & Power	Himansu Sekhar Padhi MLA from Baudh	8 March 1967	7 January 1971	Jana Congress
Community Development & Panchayati Raj	Ananta Narayan Singh Deo MLA from Suruda	8 March 1967	9 January 1971	SWA
Industries Commerce		8 March 1967	6 September 1967	SWA
Industries Commerce		31 August 1969	9 January 1971	SWA
Planning & Coordination	Brundaban Tripathy MLA from Kamakhyanagar	8 March 1967	9 January 1971	SWA
Co-operation in Co-operation & Forestry		8 March 1967	6 September 1967	SWA
Co-operation in Co-operation & Forestry		31 August 1969	9 January 1971	SWA
Agriculture		8 March 1967	6 September 1967	SWA
Agriculture (excluding Fisheries and Animal Husbandry)		6 September 1967	31 August 1969	SWA
Agriculture (excluding Fisheries and Animal Husbandry)	Govind Chandra Munda MLA from Keonjhar	31 August 1969	9 January 1971	SWA
Co-operation in Co-operation & Forestry Fisheries & Animal Husbandry in Agriculture	Gangadhar Pradhan MLA from Talsara	6 September 1967	31 August 1969	SWA
Health	Govind Chandra Munda MLA from Keonjhar	8 March 1967	31 August 1969	SWA
Labour, Employment & Housing		8 March 1967	6 September 1967	SWA
Labour, Employment & Housing		31 August 1969	9 January 1971	SWA
Jail and Reformatories in Home		6 September 1967	31 August 1969	SWA
Works (except Public Health Engineering of Roads and Buildings Branch) Transport	Damburu Majhi MLA from Dabugam	8 March 1967	6 September 1967	SWA
	Damburu Majhi MLA from Dabugam	31 August 1969	9 January 1971	SWA
Tribal & Rural Welfare	Manmohan Tudu MLA from Udala	6 September 1967	31 August 1969	Jana Congress
Finance Public Relations in Home	Kartick Chandra Majhi MLA from Rairangpur	6 September 1967	31 August 1969	SWA

Members of Legislative Assembly

Source
District	#	Constituency Name	Name		Remarks
Mayurbhanj	1	Karanjia (ST)	Prafulla Kumar Das	Swatantra Party
	2	Jashipur (ST)	Durga Charan Nayak	Swatantra Party
	3	Rairangpur (ST)	Kartik Chandra Majhi	Swatantra Party
	4	Bahalda (ST)	Sonaram Soren	Orissa Jana Congress
	5	Bangriposi (ST)	Radhamohan Nayak	Swatantra Party
	6	Baripada	Santosh Kumar Sahu	Indian National Congress
	7	Muruda (ST)	Sakila Soren	Praja Socialist Party
	8	Baisinga (ST)	Prasanna Kumar Dash	Praja Socialist Party
	9	Khunta	Harachand Hansada	Praja Socialist Party
	10	Udala (ST)	Manmohan Tudu	Orissa Jana Congress
Baleshwar	11	Bhograi	Pyarimohan Das	Praja Socialist Party
	12	Jaleswar	Prasanna Kumar Paul	Praja Socialist Party
	13	Basta	Chintamani Jena	Indian National Congress
	14	Balasore	Rabindra Mohan Das	Praja Socialist Party
	15	Nilgiri	Banamali Das	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
	16	Sore	Haraprasad Mahapatra	Swatantra Party
	17	Simulia (SC)	Uchhab Charan Jena	Praja Socialist Party
	18	Bhadrak	Nityananda Mahapatra	Orissa Jana Congress
	19	Dhamnagar	Satyabhama Dei	Orissa Jana Congress
	20	Chandabali (SC)	Manmohan Das	Orissa Jana Congress
	21	Basudebpur	Harekrushna Mahatab	Orissa Jana Congress
Cuttack	22	Sukinda	Anandamanjari Debi	Orissa Jana Congress
	23	Dharmasala	Paramananda Mohanty	Praja Socialist Party
	24	Barchana	Jagannath Das	Praja Socialist Party
	25	Binjharpur	Baishnab Charan Mallick	Praja Socialist Party
	26	Jajpur (West)	Prafulla Chandra Ghadei	Orissa Jana Congress
	27	Jajpur (East) (SC)	Santanu Kumar Das	Orissa Jana Congress
	28	Aul	Dibakarnath Sharma	Indian National Congress
	29	Patamundai (SC)	Biswanath Mallick	Praja Socialist Party
	30	Rajanagar	Raja Sailendra Narayan Bhanja Deo	Independent
	31	Kendrapara	Sarojakanta Kanungo	Praja Socialist Party
	32	Patkura	Chakradhar Satpathy	Praja Socialist Party
	33	Tirtol	Nishamani Khuntia	Praja Socialist Party
	34	Ersama	Lokanath Choudhury	Communist Party of India
	35	Balikuda	Baikunthanath Mohanty	Praja Socialist Party
	36	Jagatsinghpur (SC)	Kanduri Charan Mallik	Praja Socialist Party
	37	Gobindpur	Muralidhar Kanungo	Orissa Jana Congress
	38	Salepur	Surendranath Patnaik	Orissa Jana Congress
	39	Mahanga	Biraja Prasad Ray	Praja Socialist Party
	40	Chaudwar	Akulananda Behera	Praja Socialist Party
	41	Cuttack City	Biren Mitra	Indian National Congress
	42	Cuttack Sadar (SC)	Sukadeva Jena	Orissa Jana Congress
	43	Banki	Jogesh Chandra Rout	Independent
	44	Athagarh	Pabitra Mohan Pradhan	Orissa Jana Congress	Resigned as elected in two seats.
	44	Athagarh	Radhanath Rath	Independent	Elected in 1967 bypoll.
	45	Baramba	Pratap Chandra Pattanaik	Orissa Jana Congress
Puri	46	Bhubaneswar	Harekrushna Mahatab	Orissa Jana Congress	Resigned as elected in two seats.
	46	Bhubaneswar	Subhadra Mahatab	Orissa Jana Congress	Elected in 1967 bypoll.
	47	Balipatna (SC)	Harihar Bhoi	Orissa Jana Congress
	48	Pipili	Banamali Patnaik	Orissa Jana Congress
	49	Nimapara (SC)	Nilamani Sethy	Orissa Jana Congress
	50	Kakatapur	Gatikrushna Swain	Communist Party of India
	51	Satyabadi	Gangadhar Mohapatra	Indian National Congress
	52	Puri	Harihar Bahinipati	Praja Socialist Party	Deputy Speaker
	53	Bramhagiri	Brajamohan Mohanty	Indian National Congress
	54	Banpur	Raghunath Mishra	Indian National Congress
	55	Khurda	Raja Birkishore Dev	Orissa Jana Congress
	56	Begunia	Gangadhar Paikaray	Communist Party of India
	57	Khandapara	Raja Saheb Harihar Singh Mardaraj Bhramarabara Roy	Indian National Congress
	58	Daspalla (SC)	Bhabagrahi Nayak	Swatantra Party
	59	Nayagarh	Achyutananda Mohanty	Independent
	60	Ranpur	Brajendra Chandra Bir. Baj. Narendra Mohapatra Singh Deo	Indian National Congress
Ganjam	61	Jaganathprasad (SC)	Udayanath Naik	Indian National Congress
	62	Bhanjanagar	Dinabandhu Behera	Indian National Congress
	63	Suruda	Ananta Narayan Singh Deo	Swatantra Party
	64	Aska	Harihar Das	Communist Party of India
	65	Kabisuryanagar	Dandapani Swain	Communist Party of India
	66	Kodala	Banamali Maharana	Praja Socialist Party
	67	Khallikote	Narayan Sahu	Samyukta Socialist Party
	68	Chatrapur	Lakhmana Mahapatra	Communist Party of India
	69	Hinjili	Brundaban Nayak	Indian National Congress
	70	Dura (SC)	Mohan Nayak	Indian National Congress
	71	Berhampur	Binayak Acharya	Indian National Congress
	72	Chikati	Dibakar Patnaik	Indian National Congress
	73	Mohana (ST)	Tareni Sardar	Indian National Congress
	74	Ramagiri (ST)	Arjuna Singh	Indian National Congress
	75	Paralakhemundi	N. Naikulu Kurma	Indian National Congress
Koraput	76	Gunupur (ST)	Bhagirathi Gomango	Indian National Congress
	77	Bissam Cuttack (ST)	Biswanath Choudhury	Swatantra Party
	78	Rayagada (ST)	Anantaram Majhi	Indian National Congress
	79	Narayanpatna (ST)	Bidika Mallana	Swatantra Party
	80	Nandapur (ST)	Malu Santha	Indian National Congress
	81	Malkangiri (ST)	Gangadhar Madhi	Indian National Congress
	82	Jeypore	N. Ramseshaiah	Swatantra Party	Died in 1969.
	82	Jeypore	Pratap Narayan Singh Deo	Swatantra Party	Elected in 1969 bypoll.
	83	Kotpad (ST)	Surjya Narayan Majhi	Indian National Congress
	84	Nowrangpur	Sadasiba Tripathy	Indian National Congress	Leader of Opposition
	85	Kodinga (SC)	Jhitru Naik	Swatantra Party
	86	Dabugam (ST)	Dombaru Majhi	Swatantra Party
	87	Umarkote (ST)	Rabisingh Majhi	Indian National Congress
Kalahandi	88	Nawapara (ST)	Onkar Singh	Indian National Congress
	89	Khariar	Anupa Singh Deo	Indian National Congress
	90	Dharmagarh (SC)	Lochan Dhangada Majhi	Swatantra Party
	91	Koksara	Raghunath Praharaj	Swatantra Party
	92	Junagarh	Maheswar Naik	Swatantra Party
	93	Bhawanipatna (SC)	Dayanidhi Naik	Swatantra Party
	94	Narla (ST)	Anchal 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)	Barada Prasanna Kanhar	Swatantra Party
	99	Baudh	Himanshu Sekhar Padhi	Orissa Jana Congress
Balangir	100	Sonepur	Nilambar Raiguru	Swatantra Party
	101	Binka	Narasingh Charan Misra	Swatantra Party
	102	Tusra	Radhamohan Mishra	Swatantra Party
	103	Bolangir	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	Swatantra Party	Chief Minister
	104	Loisinga	Nandakishore Misra	Swatantra Party	Speaker
	105	Patnagarh	Ainthu Sahoo	Swatantra Party
	106	Saintala	Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi	Swatantra Party
	107	Titilagarh (SC)	Achyutananda Mahananda	Swatantra Party
	108	Kantabanji (SC)	Lokanath Rai	Swatantra Party
Sambalpur	109	Padampur	Bir Bikramaditya Singh Bariha	Orissa Jana Congress
	110	Melchhamunda	Birendra Kumar Sahoo	Swatantra Party
	111	Bijepur (SC)	Mohan Nag	Indian National Congress
	112	Bhatli	Saraswati Pradhan	Indian National Congress
	113	Bargarh	Bharat Chandra Hota	Indian National Congress
	114	Sambalpur	Banamali Babu	Indian National Congress
	115	Brajarajnagar	Prasanna Kumar Panda	Communist Party of India
	116	Jharsuguda	Murari Prasad Misra	Swatantra Party
	117	Laikera (ST)	Lal Rajendra Singh	Swatantra Party
	118	Kuchinda (ST)	Kanhai Singh	Swatantra Party
	119	Rairakhol (SC)	Bhikhari Suna	Swatantra Party
	120	Deogarh	Bhanuganga Tribhuban Deb	Swatantra Party
Sundargarh	121	Sundargarh	Harihar Patel	Swatantra Party
	122	Talsara (ST)	Gangadhar Pradhan	Swatantra Party
	123	Rajgangpur (ST)	Premchand Bhagat	Swatantra Party
	124	Bisra (ST)	Krushna Chandra Naik	Swatantra Party
	125	Rourkela	Rajkishore Samantarai	Praja Socialist Party
	126	Bonai (ST)	Hemendra Prasad Mahapatra	Swatantra Party
Keonjhar	127	Champua (ST)	Kshetra Mohan Nayak	Swatantra Party
	128	Patna (ST)	Ramaray Munda	Swatantra Party
	129	Keonjhar (ST)	Govinda Chandra Munda	Swatantra Party
	130	Telkoi (ST)	Bhagirathi Mohapatra	Swatantra Party
	131	Ramachandrapur	Raj Ballabh Mishra	Swatantra Party
	132	Anandpur (SC)	Bhubanananda Jena	Orissa Jana Congress
Dhenkanal	133	Pallahara	Pabitra Mohan Pradhan	Orissa Jana Congress	Deputy Chief Minister
	134	Kamakhyanagar	Brundaban Tripathy	Swatantra Party
	135	Gondia	Haldhar Mishra	Swatantra Party
	136	Dhenkanal	Ratnaprava Devi	Swatantra Party
	137	Talcher (SC)	Kumar Chandra Behera	Orissa Jana Congress
	138	Chhendipada (SC)	Nabaghan Nayak	Orissa Jana Congress
	139	Angul	Kumud Chandra Singh	Orissa Jana Congress
	140	Athamallik	Surendra Pradhan	Samyukta Socialist Party

Bypolls

Source
Year	Constituency	Reason for by-poll	Winning candidate
May 1967	Athagarh	Resignation of Pabitra Mohan Pradhan	Radhanath Rath	Independent
May 1967	Bhubaneswar	Resignation of Harekrushna Mahatab	Subhadra Mahatab	Orissa Jana Congress
December 1969	Jeypore	Death of N. Ramseshaiah	Pratap Narayan Singh Deo	Swatantra Party

References

↑ "Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1967". 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 1967". 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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