Kantabanji is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balangir district, Odisha.
[3][4] In 2019, the Kantabanji Legislative Assembly Indian National Congress won by 128 votes.
[5] Since 2019 the, MLA from the Kantabanji Assembly Constituency is Santosh Singh Saluja INC, who won the seat in Odisha state assembly elections 2019, Previous MLAs from this seat were Haji Mohammad Ayyub Khanof the Biju Janata Dal, who won the seat in 2009 Odisha state assembly elections.
Previous MLAs from this seat were independent candidate Haji Mohammad Ayub Khan in 2004,[6] Prasanna Pal of JD in 1990, independent candidate Chaitanya Pradhan in 1985, Prasanna Kumar Pal representing INC (I) in 1980 and representing INC in 1977.
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Ayub Khan defeated Indian National Congress candidate Santosh Singh Saluja, who was seeking re-election, by a margin of 3,868 votes.