List of leaders of the opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly

Leader of the Opposition of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Seal of Odisha Government
Incumbent Naveen Patnaik since 19 June 2024
Style	The Hon’ble
Member of	Odisha Legislative Assembly
Nominator	Members of the Official Opposition of the Legislative Assembly
Appointer	Speaker of the Assembly
Term length	Till the Assembly Continues
Inaugural holder	Shraddhakar Supakar

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 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 follows this 10% rule while the rest of them prefer single largest opposition party according to the rules of their respective houses.

List of Leaders of the Opposition

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Tenure			Assembly	Chief Minister	Party
1		Shraddhakar Supakar	Rairakhol	16 February 1952	4 March 1957	5 years, 16 days	1st	Nabakrushna Choudhuri	Ganatantra Parishad
2		Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	Titlagarh	1 April 1957	22 May 1959	2 years, 51 days	2nd	Nabakrushna Choudhuri Harekrushna Mahatab
(2)		Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	Kantabanji	21 June 1961	1 March 1967	5 years, 253 days	3rd	Biju Patnaik Biren Mitra Sadashiva Tripathy	Ganatantra Parishad
3		Sadashiva Tripathy	Nowrangpur	18 March 1967	23 January 1971	3 years, 311 days	4th	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	Indian National Congress
4		Binayak Acharya	Berhampur	4 May 1971	14 June 1972	1 year, 41 days	5th	Bishwanath Das
(2)		Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	Bolangir	14 June 1972	9 February 1973	240 days		Nandini Satpathy	Swatantra Party
5		Biju Patnaik	Rajanagar	9 February 1973	3 March 1973	22 days			Utkal Congress
(5)		Biju Patnaik	Rajanagar	19 March 1974	24 March 1977	3 years, 5 days	6th	Nandini Satpathy Binayak Acharya	Utkal Congress
6		Ram Prasad Mishra	Kantabanji	31 March 1977	30 April 1977	30 days		Binayak Acharya	Swatantra Party
7		Chintamani Panigrahi	Begunia	29 June 1977	20 February 1978	236 days	7th	Nilamani Routray	Indian National Congress
8		Brundaban Nayak	Hinjili	20 February 1978	3 September 1979	1 year, 195 days
9		Prahlad Mallik	Patkura	3 September 1979	13 February 1980	163 days			Janata Party
10		Ananta Narayan Singh Deo	Surada	13 February 1980	17 February 1980	4 days
11		Sarat Deb	Aul	2 April 1984	10 March 1985	342 days	8th	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Janata Party (Secular)
(5)		Biju Patnaik	Bhubaneswar Central	22 March 1985	3 March 1990	4 years, 346 days	9th	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Hemananda Biswal	Janata Party
(5)		Biju Patnaik	Bhubaneswar Central	23 March 1995	20 May 1996	1 year, 58 days	11th	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Janata Dal
12		Ashok Kumar Das	Korei	22 May 1996	17 December 1997	1 year, 209 days			Janata Dal
13		Ram Krushna Patnaik	Kodala	22 February 1998	16 November 1998	267 days			Janata Dal
14		Prafulla Samal	Bhadrak	16 November 1998	1 December 1998	15 days			Janata Dal
15		Satchidanand Dalal	Boudh	11 December 1998	29 February 2000	1 year, 80 days		Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Giridhar Gamang Hemananda Biswal	Janata Dal
16		Ramakanta Mishra	Ranpur	21 March 2000	6 February 2004	3 years, 322 days	12th	Naveen Patnaik	Indian National Congress
17		Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Begunia	4 June 2004	24 January 2009	4 years, 234 days	13th
18		Ramachandra Ulaka	Rayagada	24 January 2009	19 May 2009	115 days
19		Bhupinder Singh	Narla	27 May 2009	10 March 2014	4 years, 287 days	14th
20		Narasingha Mishra	Bolangir	11 June 2014	29 May 2019	4 years, 352 days	15th
21		Pradipta Kumar Naik	Bhawanipatna	25 June 2019	30 July 2022	3 years, 35 days	16th		Bharatiya Janata Party
22		Jayanarayan Mishra	Sambalpur	30 July 2022	4 June 2024	1 year, 310 days
23		Naveen Patnaik	Hinjili	19 June 2024	Incumbent	144 days	17th	Mohan Charan Majhi	Biju Janata Dal

See also

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