8th Orissa Legislative Assembly

The Eighth Orissa Legislative Assembly was convened after 1980 Orissa Legislative Assembly election. Indian National Congress (I) led by Janaki Ballabh Patnaik came to power after winning in landslide 118 seats.^[1]

8th Orissa Legislative Assembly
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Overview
Meeting place	Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India
Term	9 June 1980 – 9 March 1985
Election	1980
Government	Indian National Congress (I)
Opposition	Janata Party (Secular)
Website	odishaassembly.nic.in
Orissa Legislative Assembly
Members	147
Governor	C. M. Poonacha Justice Sukanta Kishore Ray (Acting) Justice Ranganath Misra (Acting) Bishambhar Nath Pande
Speaker	Somnath Rath, INC (I) Prasanna Kumar Dash, INC (I)
Deputy Speaker	Himansu Sekhar Padhi, INC (I)
Leader of the House (Chief Minister)	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, INC (I)
Leader of Opposition	No Official Opposition (1980-1984) Sarat Kumar Deb, JP(S) (1984-1985)
Party control	Indian National Congress (I) (118/147)
10 Session with 176 Sittings

House Composition

Time Period	Strength	INC (I)	JP (S)	CPI	JP	INC (U)	IND
Assembly Begins	147	118	13	4	3	2	7

Office Bearers

Post	Portrait	Name	Tenure		Party
Governor		C. M. Poonacha	Assembly Begins	30 September 1980	N/A
		Justice Sukanta Kishore Ray (Acting)	1 October 1980	3 November 1980
		C. M. Poonacha	4 November 1980	24 June 1982
		Justice Ranganath Misra (Acting)	25 June 1982	31 August 1982
		C. M. Poonacha	1 September 1982	17 August 1983
		Bishambhar Nath Pande	17 August 1983	Assembly Dissolves
Speaker		Somnath Rath MLA from Bhanjanagar	12 June 1980	11 February 1984		Indian National Congress (I)
		Prasanna Kumar Dash MLA from Baripada	22 February 1984	14 March 1985		Indian National Congress (I)
Deputy Speaker		Himansu Sekhar Padhi MLA from Boudh	2 July 1980	9 March 1985		Indian National Congress (I)
Leader of the House (Chief Minister) Leader of INC (I) Legislature Party		Janaki Ballabh Patnaik MLA from Athgarh	10 March 1985	7 December 1989		Indian National Congress (I)
Leader of Opposition Leader of JP (S) Legislature Party	Vacant[a]		9 June 1980	1 April 1984	N/A
		Sarat Kumar Deb MLA from Aul	2 April 1984	10 March 1985		Janata Party (Secular)
Pro tem Speaker		Prasanna Kumar Dash MLA from Baripada	11 June 1980	12 June 1980		Indian National Congress (I)

Council of Ministers

First Janaki Ballabh Patnaik ministry

Members of Legislative Assembly

Source

District	AC. No.	Constituency	Member	Party		Remarks
Mayurbhanj	1	Karanjia (ST)	Raghunath Hembram		Janata Party (Secular)
	2	Jashipur (ST)	Sundar Mohan Majhi		Indian National Congress (I)
	3	Bahalda (ST)	Rama Chandra Hansdah		Indian National Congress (I)
	4	Rairangpur (ST)	Sidhalal Murmu		Indian National Congress (I)
	5	Bangriposi (ST)	Kangoi Singh		Indian National Congress (I)
	6	Kuliana (ST)	Saraswati Hembram		Indian National Congress (I)
	7	Baripada	Prasanna Kumar Dash		Indian National Congress (I)	Speaker
	8	Baisinga (ST)	Kuanria Majhi		Indian National Congress (I)
	9	Khunta (ST)	Ramesh Soren		Indian National Congress (I)
	10	Udala (ST)	Rauaneswar Madhei		Indian National Congress (I)
Baleshwar	11	Bhograi	Kartikeswar Patra		Indian National Congress (I)
	12	Jaleswar	Gadadhar Giri		Janata Party
	13	Basta	Bhopal Chandra Mohapatra		Indian National Congress (I)
	14	Balasore	Arun Dey		Communist Party of India
	15	Soro	Pitambar Panda		Communist Party of India
	16	Simulia	Parsuram Panigrahi		Janata Party
	17	Nilgiri	Akshaya Kumar Acharya		Indian National Congress (I)
	18	Bhandaripokhari (SC)	Purusottam Sethi		Indian National Congress (I)
	19	Bhadrak	Jugal Kishore Pattanaik		Indian National Congress (I)
	20	Dhamnagar	Jagannath Rout		Indian National Congress (I)
	21	Chandbali (SC)	Netrananda Mallick		Indian National Congress (I)
	22	Basudevpur	Jagabandhu Das		Indian National Congress (I)
Cuttack	23	Sukinda	Sarat Rout		Indian National Congress (I)
	24	Korai	Ashok Kumar Das		Janata Party (Secular)
	25	Jajpur (SC)	Niranjan Jena		Indian National Congress (I)
	26	Dharamsala	Kangali Panda		Independent
	27	Barchana	Sitakanta Mohapatra		Indian National Congress (I)
	28	Bari-Derabisi	Srikant Kumar Jena		Janata Party (Secular)
	29	Binjharpur (SC)	Naba Kishore Mallik		Indian National Congress (I)
	30	Aul	Sarat Kumar Deb		Janata Party (Secular)	Leader of Opposition
	31	Patamundai (SC)	Biswanath Mallik		Indian National Congress (I)
	32	Rajnagar	Nalinikanta Mohanty		Janata Party (Secular)
	33	Kendrapara	Indramani Rout		Indian National Congress (I)
	34	Patkura	Biju Pattanaik		Janata Party (Secular)	Resignation in June 1980 on his election to 7th Lok Sabha.
			Bijoy Mohapatra		Janata Party (Secular)	Won in 1980 Bypoll.
	35	Tirtol	Basant Kumar Biswal		Indian National Congress (I)
	36	Ersama	Damodar Rout		Janata Party (Secular)
	37	Balikuda	Basudeba Mohapatra		Indian National Congress (I)
	38	Jagatsinghpur (SC)	Krushna Chandra Mallik		Indian National Congress (I)
	39	Kissannagar	Surendranath Patnaik		Independent
	40	Mahanga	Sk. Matlub Ali		Indian National Congress (I)
	41	Salepur (SC)	Mayadhar Sethi		Indian National Congress (I)
	42	Gobindpur	Antarjyami Pradhan		Janata Party (Secular)
	43	Cuttack Sadar	Dolagobinda Pradhan		Indian National Congress (I)
	44	Cuttack City	Srikant Panda		Indian National Congress (I)
	45	Choudwar	Kahnu Charan Lenka		Indian National Congress (I)
	46	Banki	Akshaya Kumar Patnaik		Indian National Congress (I)
	47	Athgarh	Rasananda Sahoo		Indian National Congress (I)	Resigned on 7 October 1980.
			Janaki Ballabh Patnaik		Indian National Congress (I)	Won in 1980 Bypoll. Chief Minister
	48	Baramba	Samir Kumar Routray		Indian National Congress (I)
Puri	49	Balipatna (SC)	Basanta Behera		Indian National Congress (I)
	50	Bhubaneswar	Rama Krushna Pati		Communist Party of India
	51	Jatni	Suresh Kumar Routray		Indian National Congress (I)
	52	Pipli	Bipin Das		Indian National Congress (I)
	53	Nimapara (SC)	Rabindra Kumar Sethy		Indian National Congress (I)
	54	Kakatpur	Baikunthanath Swain		Indian National Congress (I)
	55	Satyabadi	Rabindra Kumar Das		Indian National Congress (I)
	56	Puri	Gadadhar Mishra		Indian National Congress (I)
	57	Brahmagiri	Gangadhar Mohapatra		Indian National Congress (I)
	58	Chilka	Debendranath Mansingh		Indian National Congress (I)
	59	Khurda	Prasanna Kumar Patsani		Indian National Congress (I)
	60	Begunia	Kailash Chandra Mohapatra		Indian National Congress (I)
	61	Ranpur	Ramakant Mishra		Indian National Congress (I)
	62	Nayagarh	Bansidhara Sahoo		Indian National Congress (I)
	63	Khandapara	Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardraj		Independent
	64	Daspalla	Harihar Karan		Indian National Congress (I)
Ganjam	65	Jaganathprasad (SC)	Sribaschha Naik		Indian National Congress (I)
	66	Bhanjanagar	Somnath Rath		Indian National Congress (I)	Speaker
	67	Suruda	Gantayat Swain		Indian National Congress (I)
	68	Aska	Raghaba Parida		Indian National Congress (I)
	69	Kabisuryanagar	Radha Govinda Sahu		Indian National Congress (I)
	70	Kodala	Kanhu Charan Naik		Indian National Congress (I)
	71	Khallikote	Trinath Samantary		Indian National Congress (I)
	72	Chatrapur	Biswanath Sahu		Communist Party of India
	73	Hinjili	Brundaban Nayak		Janata Party (Secular)
	74	Gopalpur (SC)	Ghanashyam Behera		Indian National Congress (I)
	75	Berhampur	Krushna Charan Patnaik		Indian National Congress (I)
	76	Chikati	Chintamani Dyan Samatra		Independent
	77	Mohana	Udaya Narayan Dev		Janata Party (Secular)
	78	Ramagiri (ST)	Gorsanga Savara		Indian National Congress (I)
	79	Parlakhemundi	Bijoy Kumar Jena		Independent
Koraput	80	Gunupur (ST)	Bhagirathi Gamango		Indian National Congress (I)
	81	Bissam-cuttack (ST)	Dambarudhar Ulaka		Indian National Congress (I)
	82	Rayagada (ST)	Ulaka Ramchandra		Indian National Congress (I)
	83	Lakshmipur (ST)	Anantaram Majhi		Indian National Congress (I)
	84	Pottangi (ST)	Chandrama Santa		Indian National Congress (I)
	85	Koraput	Nrusinghananda Brahma		Indian National Congress (I)
	86	Malkangiri (SC)	Naka Laxmayya		Indian National Congress (I)
	87	Chitrakonda (ST)	Gangadhar Madi		Indian National Congress (I)
	88	Kotpad (ST)	Basudev Majhi		Indian National Congress (I)
	89	Jeypore	Raghunath Pattanaik		Indian National Congress (I)
	90	Nowrangpur	Habibulla Khan		Indian National Congress (I)
	91	Kodinga (ST)	Dombaru Majhi		Indian National Congress (I)
	92	Dabugam (ST)	Phulamani Santa		Indian National Congress (I)
	93	Umarkote (ST)	Parama Pujari		Indian National Congress (I)
Kalahandi	94	Nawapara	Bhanu Prakash Joshi		Indian National Congress (I)
	95	Khariar	Anup Singh Deo		Independent
	96	Dharamgarh (SC)	Gajanan Nayak		Indian National Congress (I)
	97	Koksara	Manmohan Mathur		Indian National Congress (I)
	98	Junagarh	Maheswar Barad		Indian National Congress (I)
	99	Bhawanipatna (SC)	Dayanidhi Naik		Indian National Congress (I)
	100	Narla (ST)	Tejraj Majhi		Indian National Congress (I)
	101	Kesinga	Bhupinder Singh		Indian National Congress (I)
Phulabani	102	Balliguda (ST)	Sahura Mallik		Indian National Congress (I)
	103	Udayagiri (ST)	Nagarjun Pradhan		Indian National Congress (I)
	104	Phulbani (SC)	Chandra Sekhar Behera		Indian National Congress (I)
	105	Boudh	Himanshu Sekhar Padhi		Indian National Congress (I)	Deputy Speaker
Balangir	106	Titilagarh (SC)	Lalit Mohan Gandhi		Indian National Congress (I)
	107	Kantabanji	Prasanna Kumar Pal		Indian National Congress (I)
	108	Patnagarh	Brajamohan Thakur		Indian National Congress (I)
	109	Saintala	Ramesh Chandra Singh Bhoi		Indian National Congress (I)
	110	Loisingha	Balgopal Mishra		Independent
	111	Bolangir	Mahammad Muzafar Hussain Khan		Indian National Congress (I)
	112	Sonepur (SC)	Dhaneswar Kumbhar		Indian National Congress (I)
	113	Binka	Pradipta Hota		Indian National Congress (I)
	114	Birmaharajpur	Hrushikesh Hota		Indian National Congress (I)
Dhenkanal	115	Athmallik	Bhajaman Behera		Indian National Congress (I)
	116	Angul	Santosh Kumar Pradhan		Indian National Congress (I)
	117	Hindol (SC)	Trinath Nayak		Janata Party (Secular)
	118	Dhenkanal	Nandini Satpathy		Indian National Congress (U)
	119	Gondia	Haldhar Mishra		Indian National Congress (U)
	120	Kamakhyanagar	Kailash Chandra Mohapatra		Indian National Congress (I)
	121	Pallahara	Bibhudhendra Pratap Das		Indian National Congress (I)
	122	Talcher (SC)	Brundaban Behera		Janata Party
Sambalpur	123	Padampur	Satya Bhusan Sahu		Indian National Congress (I)
	124	Melchhamunda	Prakash Chandra Debta		Indian National Congress (I)
	125	Bijepur	Rajib Lochan Hota		Indian National Congress (I)
	126	Bhatli (SC)	Mohan Nag		Indian National Congress (I)
	127	Bargarh	Jadumani Pradhan		Indian National Congress (I)
	128	Sambalpur	Aswini Kumar Guru		Indian National Congress (I)
	129	Brajarajnagar	Upendra Dixit		Indian National Congress (I)
	130	Jharsuguda	Birendra Pandey		Indian National Congress (I)
	131	Laikera (ST)	Hemananda Biswal		Indian National Congress (I)
	132	Kuchinda (ST)	Jagateswar Mirdha		Indian National Congress (I)
	133	Rairakhol (SC)	Abhimanyu Kumar		Indian National Congress (I)
	134	Deogarh	Aswini Kumar Behera		Indian National Congress (I)
Sundergarh	135	Sundargarh	Kishore Chandra Patal		Indian National Congress (I)
	136	Talsara (ST)	Gajadhar Majhi		Indian National Congress (I)
	137	Rajgangpur (ST)	Mukharam Naik		Indian National Congress (I)
	138	Biramitrapur (ST)	Jumus Bilung		Indian National Congress (I)
	139	Rourkela	Gurupada Nanda		Indian National Congress (I)
	140	Raghunathpali (ST)	Nelson Soreng		Indian National Congress (I)
	141	Bonai (ST)	Basanta Kumar Dandapat		Indian National Congress (I)
Keonjhar	142	Champua (ST)	Saharei Oram		Janata Party (Secular)
	143	Patna	Hrushikesh Naik		Janata Party (Secular)
	144	Keonjhar (ST)	Jogendra Naik		Indian National Congress (I)
	145	Telkoi (ST)	Chandrasen Nayak		Indian National Congress (I)
	146	Ramchandrapur	Niranjan Patnaik		Indian National Congress (I)
	147	Anandapur (SC)	Jayadev Jena		Indian National Congress (I)

Bypolls

Source

Year	Constituency	Reason for by-poll	Winning candidate	Party
November 1980	Patkura	Resignation of Biju Patnaik	Bijoy Mohapatra		Janata Party (Secular)
	Athgarh	Resignation of Rasananda Sahoo	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik		Indian National Congress (I)

Notes

1. No party was able to secure 10% of assembly strength i.e. 14 seats