List of leaders of the opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly

Leader of the Opposition of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Naveen Patnaik since 19 June 2024
Odisha Legislative Assembly
Style	Honourable Leader of Opposition Manyabara Virodhi Dala Neta
Member of	Odisha Legislative Assembly
Residence	Naveen Niwas, Bhubaneswar
Seat	Office of the Leader of Opposition, Odisha Legislative Assembly
Nominator	Members of the Official Opposition Party of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Appointer	Speaker of the Assembly
Term length	Duration of the Assembly i.e. 5 years
Inaugural holder	Shraddhakar Supakar
Deputy	Prasanna Acharya

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^[1] 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

#	Portrait	Name (lifespan) Constituency	Tenure			Party		Chief Minister	Assembly (Election)
1		Shraddhakar Supakar (1914–1993) MLA from Rairakhol	16 February 1952	4 March 1957	5 years, 16 days		All India Ganatantra Parishad	Nabakrushna Choudhuri	1st (1952)
2		Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo (1912–1975) MLA from Titlagarh	1 April 1957	22 May 1959	2 years, 51 days			Nabakrushna Choudhuri Harekrushna Mahatab	2nd (1957)
President's rule was imposed in during the period (25 February – 23 June 1961)
(2)		Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo (1912–1975) MLA from Kantabanji	21 June 1961	1 March 1967	5 years, 253 days		All India Ganatantra Parishad	Biju Patnaik Biren Mitra Sadashiva Tripathy	3rd (1961)
3		Sadashiva Tripathy (1910–1980) MLA from Nowrangpur	18 March 1967	11 January 1971	3 years, 311 days		Indian National Congress	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	4th (1967)
President's rule was imposed in during the period (11 January – 3 April 1971)
4		Binayak Acharya (1918–1983) MLA from Berhampur	4 May 1971	14 June 1972	1 year, 41 days		Indian National Congress	Bishwanath Das	5th (1971)
(2)		Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo (1912–1975) MLA from Bolangir	14 June 1972	9 February 1973	240 days		Swatantra Party	Nandini Satpathy
5		Biju Patnaik (1916–1997) MLA from Rajanagar	9 February 1973	3 March 1973	22 days		Utkal Congress
President's rule was imposed in during the period (3 March 1973 – 6 March 1974)
(5)		Biju Patnaik (1916–1997) MLA from Rajanagar	19 March 1974	16 December 1976	2 years, 272 days		Utkal Congress	Nandini Satpathy	6th (1974)
President's rule was imposed in during the period (16 December – 29 December 1976)
(5)		Biju Patnaik (1916–1997) MLA from Rajanagar	30 December 1976	24 March 1977	84 days		Utkal Congress	Binayak Acharya	6th (1974)
6		Ram Prasad Mishra (1920–2014) MLA from Kantabanji	31 March 1977	30 April 1977	30 days		Swatantra Party
President's rule was imposed in during the period (30 April – 26 June 1977)
7		Chintamani Panigrahi (1922–2000) MLA from Begunia	29 June 1977	20 February 1978	236 days		Indian National Congress (R)	Nilamani Routray	7th (1977)
8		Brundaban Nayak (1912–1984) MLA from Hinjili	20 February 1978	3 September 1979	1 year, 195 days		Indian National Congress (I)
9		Prahlad Mallik (1929–1990) MLA from Patkura	3 September 1979	13 February 1980	163 days		Janata Party
10		Ananta Narayan Singh Deo (1929–2003) MLA from Surada	13 February 1980	17 February 1980	4 days
President's rule was imposed in during the period (17 February – 9 June 1980)
-	Vacant		9 June 1980	1 April 1984	3 years, 297 days	No Official Opposition		Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	8th (1980)
11		Sarat Kumar Deb (1944–1988) MLA from Aul	2 April 1984	10 March 1985	342 days		Janata Party (Secular)
(5)		Biju Patnaik (1916–1997) MLA from Bhubaneswar	22 March 1985	3 March 1990	4 years, 346 days		Janata Party	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Hemananda Biswal	9th (1985)
-	Vacant		5 March 1990	15 March 1995	5 years, 10 days	No Official Opposition		Biju Patnaik	10th (1990)
(5)		Biju Patnaik (1916–1997) MLA from Bhubaneswar	23 March 1995	20 May 1996	1 year, 58 days		Janata Dal	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Giridhar Gamang Hemananda Biswal	11th (1995)
12		Ashok Kumar Das (1942–2008) MLA from Korei	22 May 1996	17 December 1997	1 year, 209 days
13		Ram Krushna Patnaik (1940–2021) MLA from Kodala	22 February 1998	16 November 1998	267 days
14		Prafulla Samal (born 1947) MLA from Bhadrak	16 November 1998	1 December 1998	15 days
15		Satchidananda Dalal (born 1941) MLA from Boudh	11 December 1998	29 February 2000	1 year, 80 days
16		Ramakanta Mishra (born 1944) MLA from Ranpur	21 March 2000	6 February 2004	3 years, 322 days		Indian National Congress	Naveen Patnaik	12th (2000)
17		Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1927–2015) MLA from Begunia	4 June 2004	24 January 2009	4 years, 234 days				13th (2004)
18		Ramachandra Ulaka (1935–2011) MLA from Rayagada	24 January 2009	19 May 2009	115 days
19		Bhupinder Singh (born 1951) MLA from Narla	27 May 2009	10 March 2014	4 years, 287 days				14th (2009)
20		Narasingha Mishra (born 1940) MLA from Bolangir	11 June 2014	29 May 2019	4 years, 352 days				15th (2014)
21		Pradipta Kumar Naik (born 1966) MLA from Bhawanipatna	25 June 2019	30 July 2022	3 years, 35 days		Bharatiya Janata Party		16th (2019)
22		Jayanarayan Mishra (born 1963) MLA from Sambalpur	30 July 2022	4 June 2024	1 year, 310 days
23		Naveen Patnaik (born 1946) MLA from Hinjili	19 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 153 days		Biju Janata Dal	Mohan Charan Majhi	17th (2024)

See also

• Government of Odisha
• Governor of Odisha
• Chief Minister of Odisha
• Odisha Legislative Assembly
• List of current Indian opposition leaders

References

1. "THE SALARY AND ALLOWANCES OF LEADERS OF OPPOSITION IN PARLIAMENT ACT, 1977 AND RULES MADE THEREUNDER". 16 January 2010. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010.