| Prasanta Behera | |
| Birth Date: | 1 May 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Shankarpur, Choudwar, Odisha, India |
| Birth Name: | Prasanta Behera |
| Term Start: | April 2019 |
| Predecessor: | Prakash Chandra Behera |
| Constituency3: | Salipur |
| Party: | Biju Janata Dal |
| Profession: | Politician, Social Worker |
| Father: | Dharmananda Behera |
| Mother: | Parbati Behera |
| Spouse: | Subasini Behera |
| Children: | 1son |
| Education: | Bachelor of Science |
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 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.
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.