Pradyumna Kumar Nayak

Pradyumna Kumar Nayak (born 1967)^[1] is an Indian politician from Odisha. He was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from the Bhanjanagar Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election.^[2]

Pradyumna Kumar Nayak
Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly Office Address- Kripalu Nagar, Bagdebi Road, Bhanjanagar, Ganjam, 9437308792
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Bikram Keshari Arukha
Constituency	Bhanjanagar
Personal details
Born	Tilisingi Current Residence Address-Kripalu Nagar, Bagdebi Road, Bhanjanagar, Ganjam
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Residence(s)	Ganjam district, Odisha
Profession	Politician

Early life and education

Nayak is from Bhanjanagar, Ganjam district, Odisha. He is the son of Shyama Sundar Nayak. He completed his LLM in 1996 at Capital Law College, Bhubaneshwar which is affiliated with Utkal University.^[1] He is a practising advocate.

Career

Nayak became an MLA for the first time winning the Bhanjanagar Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election. He polled 83,822 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Bikram Keshari Arukha of the Biju Janata Dal, by a margin of 16,324 votes.^[3][4][5] In the 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, he lost the election on the BJP ticket to Bikram Keshari Arukha of the BJD, by a margin of 9,103 votes.^[6]