5th Orissa Legislative Assembly
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Indian National Congress (R) (after 14/06/1972)
The Fifth Orissa Legislative Assembly was convened after the 1971 Orissa Legislative Assembly election.[1]
Swatantra Party, Utkal Congress and Praja Socialist Party formed a Coalition Ministry with Biswanath Das as the Chief Minister. With large number of defection of ruling coalition members to Indian National Congress (R), Shri Das resigned on 14 June 1972. Leader of Congress (R) Party, Nandini Satpathy, was sworn in the same day and continued till 3 March 1973. This govt also fell within 9 months as once again, there was large-scale defection from the ruling party. Subsequently, President's Rule was imposed and snap election was called. Throughout this tumultuous period, Major party position's were continuously fluctuating with merger and counter merger & defection and counter defection.[2]
House Composition
Office Bearers
| Post | Portrait | Name | Tenure | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor |  |
Shaukatullah Shah Ansari | Assembly Begins | 20 September 1971 | N/A | |
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Jogendra Singh (Acting) |
20 September 1971 | 30 June 1972 | |||
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Justice Gati Krushna Misra (Acting) |
1 July 1972 | 8 November 1972 | |||
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Basappa Danappa Jatti | 8 November 1972 | Assembly Dissolves | |||
| Speaker |  |
Nandakishore Mishra MLA from Loisingha |
12 April 1971 | 3 March 1973 | Swatantra Party | |
| Deputy Speaker |  |
Narayan Birabar Samanta MLA from Erasama |
6 May 1971 | 3 March 1973 | Utkal Congress | |
| Leader of the House (Chief Minister) |
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Biswanath Das MLA from Rourkela |
3 April 1971 | 14 June 1972 | Independent | |
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Nandini Satpathy MLA from Cuttack City |
14 June 1972 | 3 March 1973 | Indian National Congress (R) | ||
| Deputy Leader of the House (Deputy Chief Minister) |
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Nilamani Routray MLA from Basudebpur |
14 June 1972 | 1 March 1973 | Utkal Congress | |
| Leader of Opposition |  |
Binayak Acharya MLA from Berhampur |
4 May 1971 | 14 June 1972 | Indian National Congress (R) | |
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Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo MLA from Bolangir |
14 June 1972 | 9 February 1973 | Swatantra Party | ||
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Biju Patnaik MLA from Rajanagar |
9 February 1973 | 3 March 1973 | Utkal Congress | ||