3rd Orissa Legislative Assembly
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Meeting placeOdisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India
Term21 June 1961 – 1 March 1967
GovernmentIndian National Congress
| 3rd Orissa Legislative Assembly | |||||
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 Front view of Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneshwar (2010) | |||||
| Overview | |||||
| Meeting place | Odisha Vidhan Saudha, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India | ||||
| Term | 21 June 1961 – 1 March 1967 | ||||
| Election | 1961 Orissa Legislative Assembly election | ||||
| Government | Indian National Congress | ||||
| Opposition | All India Ganatantra Parishad | ||||
| Website | assembly | ||||
| Orissa Legislative Assembly | |||||
 House Composition | |||||
| Members | 140 | ||||
| Governor | Y. N. Sukthankar Ajudhia Nath Khosla Justice Khaleel Ahmed acting | ||||
| Speaker | Lingaraj Panigrahi, INC | ||||
| Deputy Speaker | Lokanath Mishra, INC | ||||
| Leader of the House (Chief Minister) | Biju Patnaik, INC Biren Mitra, INC Sadashiva Tripathy, INC | ||||
| Leader of Opposition | Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo, AIGP | ||||
| Party control | Indian National Congress (82/140) | ||||
| 10 Sessions with 335 sitting days | |||||
The Third Orissa Legislative Assembly was convened after the 1961 Orissa Legislative Assembly election.[1]
In 1961 assembly election, Cong won an unprecedented 82 seats and Biju Patnaik became Chief Minister for the first time on 23 June 1961. Shri Patnaik resigned in 1963 Gandhi jayanti as per Kamaraj Plan. Shri Biren Mitra became CM but his reign was cut short amidst mounting corruption allegations. Nowrangpur MLA Shri Sadashiva Tripathy became the Chief Minister on 21 February 1965 and continued till the end of assembly term. Beginning of this session, The Assembly premise was shifted from Sardar Patel Hall to the assembly building where session take place currently.[2]
House Composition
| Party | Strength |
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| Indian National Congress | 82 |
| All India Ganatantra Parishad | 37 |
| Praja Socialist Party | 10 |
| Communist Party of India | 4 |
| Independent | 7 |
Office Bearers
| Post | Portrait | Name | Tenure | Party | ||
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| Governor |  |
Yashwant Narayan Sukthankar | Assembly Begins | 15 September 1962 | N/A | |
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Ajudhia Nath Khosla | 16 September 1962 | 5 August 1966 | |||
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Justice Khaleel Ahmed (Acting) |
5 August 1966 | 11 September 1966 | |||
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Ajudhia Nath Khosla | 12 September 1966 | Assembly Dissolves | |||
| Speaker |  |
Lingaraj Panigrahi MLA from Kodala East |
1 July 1961 | 18 March 1967 | Indian National Congress | |
| Deputy Speaker |  |
Lokanath Mishra MLA from Patkura |
28 August 1961 | 1 March 1967 | Indian National Congress | |
| Leader of the House (Chief Minister) |
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Biju Patnaik MLA from Choudwar |
23 June 1961 | 2 October 1963 | Indian National Congress | |
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Biren Mitra MLA from Cuttack City |
2 October 1963 | 21 February 1965 | Indian National Congress | ||
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Sadashiva Tripathy MLA from Nowrangpur |
21 February 1965 | 8 March 1967 | Indian National Congress | ||
| Leader of Opposition |  |
Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo MLA from Kantabanji |
21 June 1961 | 1 March 1967 | Ganatantra Parishad | |