8th Orissa Legislative Assembly

8th Orissa Legislative Assembly
8th Orissa Legislative Assembly
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

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]

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)
Speaker		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
Leader of Opposition Leader of JP (S) Legislature Party		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		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.
	34	Patkura	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.
	47	Athgarh	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)
November 1980	Athgarh	Resignation of Rasananda Sahoo	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik		Indian National Congress (I)

Notes

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

References

^ "Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1980". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2025-09-19.

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

[1] "Orissa Assembly Election Results in 1980". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2025-09-19.

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