History of odisha politics 

Since independence, the Chief Ministers of Odisha have been:

No.		Name	Took office	Left office	Term	Political party
	1	Harekrushna Mahatab	15 August 1947	12 May 1950	1	Indian National Congress
	2	Nabakrushna Choudhury	12 May 1950	19 October 1956	1st: 12 May 1950–20 Feb 1952 2nd: 20 Feb 1952–19 Oct 1956	Indian National Congress
	(1)	Harekrushna Mahatab	19 October 1956	25 February 1961	2nd: 19 Oct 1956–06 Apr 1957 3rd: 06 Apr 1957–22 May 1959 4th: 22 May 1959–25 Feb 1961	Indian National Congress
	3	Biju Pattanaik	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	1	Indian National Congress
	4	Biren Mitra	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	1	Indian National Congress
	5	Sadashiva Tripathy	21 February 1965	8 March 1967	1	Indian National Congress
	6	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	8 March 1967	9 January 1971	1	Swatantra Party and Orissa Jana Congress
	7	Biswanath Das	3 April 1971	14 June 1972	1	United Front (Swatantra Party + Utkal Congress +Jharkhand Party)
	8	Nandini Satpathy	14 June 1972	3 March 1973	1st: 14 Jun 1972–03 Mar 1973 2nd: 06 Mar 1974–16 Dec 1976	Indian National Congress
	9	Binayak Acharya	29 December 1976	30 April 1977	1	Indian National Congress
	10	Nilamani Routray	26 June 1977	17 February 1980	1	Janata Party
	11	Janaki Ballabh Pattanaik	9 June 1980	7 December 1989	1st: 09 Jun 1980–10 Mar 1985 2nd: 10 Mar 1985–07 Dec 1989	Indian National Congress
	12	Hemananda Biswal	7 December 1989	5 March 1990	1	Indian National Congress
	(3)	Biju Pattanaik	5 March 1990	15 March 1995	2	Janata Dal
	(11)	Janaki Ballabh Pattanaik	15 March 1995	17 February 1999	3	Indian National Congress
	13	Giridhar Gamang	17 February 1999	6 December 1999	1	Indian National Congress
	(12)	Hemananda Biswal	6 December 1999	5 March 2000	2	Indian National Congress
	14	Naveen Patnaik	5 March 2000	present	1st: 05 Mar 2000–16 May 2004 2nd: 16 May 2004–21 May 2009 3rd: 21 May 2009– 3rd term in progress	Biju Janata Dal