Prasanna Acharya

Prasanna Acharya

MP of Rajya Sabha for Odisha^[1]
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 July 2016
Preceded by	Pyarimohan Mohapatra, Independent
Finance Minister of Odisha State Vice President, BJD
Preceded by	Prafulla Chandra Ghadei
Constituency	Redhakhol
Personal details
Born	(1949-08-08) 8 August 1949 Bargarh, Odisha
Nationality	Indian
Political party	BJD
Spouse(s)	Charusila Acharya
Children	2 Daughters ( Lisa Acharya And Lopa Acharya).
Residence	Bargarh, Odisha
Religion	Hindu

Shri Prasanna Acharya (born 8 August 1949)^[2] was a member of the 13th,^[3] and the 14th Lok Sabha^[4] of India. He represented the Sambalpur constituency of Orissa and is a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party.

In the elections in May 2009, when both Odisha and India went to the polls, Prasanna Acharya opted to get elected from an Odisha Assembly seat rather than his Parliament Constituency (Sambalpur).

He contested the elections from Redhakhol in Odisha with a BJD ticket and won with a margin of around 10,000 votes than his nearest competitor.

As of today, Acharya holds the post of the Minister of Finance in Odisha.

References

↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/26-Rajya-Sabha-members-elected-unopposed-in-six-states-Roundup/articleshow/52577769.cms
↑ "Assembly Member's Information System". ws.ori.nic.in. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
↑ "Acharya Member of The 13th Lok Sabha". parliamentofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
↑ "Acharya Member of The 14th Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.132. Retrieved 2010-11-20.

External links

Parliament of India

Members of the 14th Lok Sabha from Odisha

BJD (11)	Archana Nayak Arjun Charan Sethi Bhartruhari Mahtab Braja Kishore Tripathy Brahmananda Panda Harihar Swain Mohan Jena Prasanna Acharya Prasanna Kumar Patasani Sugrib Singh Tathagata Satapathy

BJP (7)	Ananta Nayak Bikram Keshari Deo Dharmendra Pradhan Jual Oram Mahamegha Bahan Aira Kharbela Swain Parsuram Majhi Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo

Congress (2)	Chandra Sekhar Sahu Giridhar Gamang

JMM (1)	Sudam Marndi

13th LS members 15th LS members

Members of the 13th Lok Sabha from Odisha

BJD (10)	Arjun Charan Sethi Bhartruhari Mahtab Braja Kishore Tripathy Jagannath Mallik Prabhat Kumar Samantraya Trilochan Kanungo Padmanava Behera Prasanna Kumar Patasani Naveen Patnaik Prasanna Acharya

BJP (9)	Anandicharan Sahu Ananta Nayak Bikram Keshari Deo Debendra Pradhan Jual Oram Mahamegha Bahan Aira Kharbela Swain Parsuram Majhi Salkhan Murmu Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo

Congress (2)	Hema Gamang Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo

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