Saluga Pradhan is an Indian politician from the

Biju Janata Dal The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is an Indian regional political party with significant influence in the state of Odisha. The party was established to uphold the legacy of former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik and to address the unique socio-economic ...

, who was elected from the G. Udayagiri assembly constituency from the state of

Odisha Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...

in 2019.

Career

2019 elections

In the

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election The 2019 Odisha assembly election, held between April 11 and April 29, was the 16th quinquennial legislative assembly election to elect 147 MLAs to the 16th legislative assembly of Odisha. Covering 147 constituencies across four phases, the p ...

, Pradhan won the G Udaygiri seat, defeating the sitting

Member of the Legislative Assembly A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected to sit in a legislative assembly. The term most commonly refers to members of the legislature of a federated state or an autonomous region, but is also used for several nation ...

Jacob Pradhan of the

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References

Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Kandhamal district Odisha MLAs 2019–2024 Biju Janata Dal politicians {{Odisha-BJD-politician-stub