[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.
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.
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