Odisha's first CM Harekrushna Mahatab and out-going CM Naveen Paitnaik, from Congress an BJD, respectively. Mohan Charan Majhi will be BJP's first CM from the state.
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Harekrushna Mahatab
Party: INC
Constituency: East Bhadrak constituency and Soro
Tenure: Jan 26, 1950, to May 12, 1950; Oct 19,1956 to Feb 25, 1961
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Nabakrushna Choudhuri
Party: INC
Constituency: Barchana
Tenure: May 12 to 1950-Oct 1956
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Biju Patnaik
Party: Janata Dal
Constituency: Choudwar and Bhubaneshwar
Tenure: June 23, 1961, to Oct 1963 and March 5, 1990, to March 15, 1995
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Biren Mitra
Party: INC
Constituency: Cuttack City
Tenure: Oct 2, 1963, to Feb 1965
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Sadashiva Tripathy
Party: INC
Constituency: Omerkote
Tenure: Feb 21, 1965, to March 8, 1967
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Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
Party: Swatantra Party
Constituency: Bolangir
Tenure: March 8, 1967, to Jan 9, 1971
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Bishwanath Das
Party: Independent leader
Constituency: Rourkela
Tenure: April 3, 1971, to June 14, 1972
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Nandini Satpathy
Party: INC
Constituency: Cuttack
Tenure: June 14, 1972, to March 3, 1973;1974 to 1976.
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Binayak Acharya
Party: INC
Constituency: Berhampur
Tenure: Dec 29, 1976 to April 30, 1977
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Nilamani Routray
Party: Janata Party
Constituency: Basudevpur
Tenure: June 26, 1977 to Feb 17, 1980
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Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Party: INC
Constituency: Athagarh
Tenure: March 15, 1995 to Feb 17, 1999
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Hemananda Biswal
Party: INC
Constituency: Laikera
Tenure: Dec 7, 1989 to March 5, 1990 and Dec 6, 1999 to March 5, 2000
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Giridhar Gamang
Party: INC
Constituency: Laxmipur
Tenure: Feb 17, 1999 to Dec 6, 1999
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Naveen Patnaik
Party: Biju Janata Dal
Constituency: Hinjili
Tenure: March 5, 2000 to 2024
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