Orissa Legislative Assembly
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Odisha Legislative Assembly ଓଡ଼ିଶା ବିଧାନ ସଭା |
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| 15th Assembly | |
| Type | |
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| Leadership | |
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Speaker
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Sananda Marndi, BJD
Since 16 June 2014 |
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Leader of the House
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Naveen Patnaik, BJD
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Leader of the Opposition
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 147 |
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Political groups
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BJD: 117 seats
INC: 16 seats
BJP: 10 seats
SKD: 1 seat
CPI (M): 1 seat
Independent: 2 seats
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| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
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Last election
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2014 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Vidhan Sabha | |
| Website | |
| http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/ | |
The Odisha Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Odisha state in eastern India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubaneshwar, the capital of the state. The Legislative Assembly comprises 147 Members of Legislative Assembly.
The Governor from time to time summons the Assembly to meet at such time and place as thinks fit, but the gap between the Assembly's last sitting in one session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next session cannot exceed 6 months. The Governor may also from time to time prorogue the Assembly or dissolve the Assembly.
When the Governor summons the Assembly, summons are sent to each member by name, indicating the date, time and place appointed by the Governor for the session of the Assembly. Prorogation by the Governor terminates the session of the Assembly and within a session the Speaker may adjourn the House from time to time or adjourn sine die.
Subject to Article 174 of the Constitution of India read with rule 11 of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Orissa Legislative Assembly, in every calendar year the Assembly is required to have minimum of three sessions with minimum 60 sittings days
Unless the Speaker otherwise desires, the sitting of the Assembly commences at 10:30 am local time and concludes at 7 pm local time with a lunch break of two hours which is from 1 pm to 3 pm local time. Under special circumstance, the speaker can allow the House to continue till 9 pm local time.
All items of businesses require a notice period as follows:-
Questions - 14 clear days (Rule37)
Resolutions - 15 clear days (Rule-98-B)
Amendments to resolutions – 3 clear days (Rule 103)
Private Members' Bills - 30 clear days (Rule 66)
Amendment to Bills - 2 clear days (Rule 81)
Motions - 15 days (Rule 111)
Motions for reduction of demands,i.e.Cut-Motions - 5 days (Rule 124)
Half-an-hour discussion - 3 days (Rule 57)
Resolution for removal of Speaker -14 days (Article 179)
Adjournment Motion - One hour before the sitting (Rule 59)
For the purpose of answering questions, the Departments of Government are divided into groups and dates are fixed for each group. The Ministers concerned are required to answer the questions relating to the group.
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