Balabhadra Majhi

Balabhadra Majhi (9 February 1961) is an Indian politician. He is a Member of Parliament from Nabarangpur. He was also elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 from Nabarangpur constituency in Odisha.^[1] He is a member of the Bhartiya Janta Party since March 2019.

Balabhadra Majhi
Official Portrait
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Ramesh Chandra Majhi
In office 2014–2019
Preceded by	Pradeep Kumar Majhi
Succeeded by	Ramesh Chandra Majhi
Constituency	Nabarangpur
Personal details
Born	(1961-02-09)9 February 1961 Phataki, Nabarangpur district
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party(2019-)
Other political affiliations	Biju Janata Dal (2014-2019)
Spouse	Amrita Majhi
Children	Ritu Kumari, Samyak
Residence(s)	Phataki, Nabarangpur district
Education	B.Sc. (Engineering)-Civil
Alma mater	NIT Rourkela
Profession	Social Worker, Ex-Railway Servant

Career

He graduated in B.Sc. (Engineering)-Civil,^[2] from NIT Rourkela and served as a Chief Engineer in Indian Railways until 2014, when he resigned from government service (wherein he had 7 years remaining for retirement) to contest the Lok Sabha elections for his constituency.

He was a member of the Biju Janata Dal political party and elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 from Nabarangpur constituency as member of the Biju Janata Dal candidate. But in 2019 Indian general election, Biju Janata Dal denied a ticket to him. He joined Bhartiya Janta Party in March 2019 and was given ticket from the same constituency but lost to state minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi of Biju Janata Dal.^[3][4]

See also

• Indian general election, 2014 (Odisha)