Prasanta Behera

Prasanta Behera is a Politician from Odisha in India.^[1] He is serving as M.L.A. of Salipur since 2019.^[2][3]

Prasanta Behera
Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office April 2019
Preceded by	Prakash Chandra Behera
Constituency	Salipur
Personal details
Born	Prasanta Behera (1977-05-01) 1 May 1977 (age 48) Shankarpur, Choudwar, Odisha, India
Political party	Biju Janata Dal
Spouse	Subasini Behera
Children	1 son
Parents	Dharmananda Behera (father) Parbati Behera (mother)
Education	Bachelor of Science
Profession	Politician, Social Worker

Early life

Prasanta Behera was born in 1977 in a Gopal (Yadav) family. His father Dharmananda Behera is a veteran Politician and former M.L.A. of Choudwar-Cuttack Vidhan sabha constituency. He did his schooling at Kamalakanta Vidyapitha, Cuttack and bachelor's degree in Science at Choudwar College, Choudwar.

Political career

In 2014 Vidhan sabha elections Prasanta Behera contested as a candidate of Biju Janata Dala for Salipur constituency, but lost to INC's candidate Prakash Chandra Behera by a margin of 2117 votes.^[4]

In 2019 Vidhan sabha elections Prasanta successfully won by defeating BJP's Prakash Chandra Behera.