Prasanta Behera


Prasanta Behera is a Politician from Odisha in India. He is serving as Members of Legislative Assembly of Salipur since 2019.

Early life

Prasanta Behera was born on 1978 in a Hindu 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 degree in Science at Choudwar College, Choudwar.

Political Carrier

In 2014 Vidhan sabha elections Prasanta Behera was contested as a candidate of Biju Janata Dala for Salipur constituency, but lost to INC's candidate Prakash Chandra Behera with a margin of 2117 votes.
In 2019 Vidhan sabha elections Prasanta successfully won by diffiting BJP's Prakash Chandra Behera.