Sudarshan Haripal (born 1981) is an Indian politician from

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 ...

. He is an MLA from

Rengali Assembly constituency Rengali is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sambalpur district, Odisha. This constituency includes Rengali block, Dhankauda block and 10 Gram panchayats (Gunderpur, Batemura, Bhikampur, Maneswar, Mathpali, Nuatihura, Parmanpur, Sindurpank, Tab ...

Sambalpur district Sambalpur District is a district in the western part of state of Odisha, India. The historic city of Sambalpur is the district headquarters. The district is located in the Mahanadi River basin. It has a total area of , of which almost 60% is c ...

. He won the

2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in the eastern coastal state of Odisha from 2024 elections in India, 13 May to 1 June 2024 to elect the List of constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly, 147 members of the Odisha Legislativ ...

representing 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 ...

Early life and education

Haripal is from

Rengali Rengali is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sambalpur district, Odisha. This constituency includes Rengali block, Dhankauda block and 10 Gram panchayats (Gunderpur, Batemura, Bhikampur, Maneswar, Mathpali, Nuatihura, Parmanpur, Sindurpank, Ta ...

, Sambalpur district, Odisha. He is the son of Debaraj Haripal. He completed his Class 12 at Jyoti Vihar Junior College, Burla in 2003. He used to do odd jobs including sticking posters. In 2012, to repair a pump in his locality, he approached many officials but the work was done only after a politician intervened. Then he decided to take up politics.

Career

Haripal won from Rengali Assembly constituency representing the Biju Janata Dal in the 2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election. He polled 73,420 votes and defeated his nearest rival,

Nauri Nayak Nauri Nayak is an Indian politician from Odisha. He was a Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from 2019, representing Rengali Assembly constituency as a Member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. See also * 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly ...

of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

, by a margin of 3,212 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haripal, Sudarshan People from Sambalpur 1982 births Living people Odisha MLAs 2024–2029 Biju Janata Dal politicians