Subasini Jena

Subasini Jena (born 1967) is an Indian politician from Odisha. She is a member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Basta Assembly constituency in Balasore district. She represents the Biju Janata Dal Party. She won the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election.^[1][2]

Early life and education

Subasini is from Basta, Balasore district, Odisha. She married Rabindra Kumar Jena, a businessman. She also runs her own business. She completed her intermediate (plus two) in Arts in 1986 at F.M. College which is affiliated with Utkal University.^[3]

Career

Subasini won the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election from Basta Assembly constituency representing Biju Janata Dal.^[2] She polled 83,314 votes to garner 43.66 percentage of vote share and defeated Bijan Nayak of Indian National Congress by a margin of 20,377 votes.^[4][5][6] She is one of the top three high-asset winning MLAs of Odisha with over Rs.135 cr,^[7] according to the affidavit filed with the Election Commission of India.