Prasanna Pattnaik
Prasanna Pattnaik | |
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Portrait of Prasanna Pattnaik | |
| Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly for Kamakshyanagar | |
| In office March 1985 – March 1995 | |
| In office March 1977 – March 1980 | |
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| Born | Prasanna Pattnaik 1 June 1948 Bhuban, Orissa, India |
| Died | 30 May 2025 (aged 76) Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations | Janata Dal (1990–1995) BJP (1985–1990) Janata Party (1977–1984) |
| Spouse | Nalini Prabha Patnaik |
| Children | Two |
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Prasanna Pattnaik (1 June 1948 – 30 May 2025) was an Indian politician and the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA of Odisha. He was elected three times to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Kamakhyanagar constituency.
He worked to establish the BJP in Odisha during the 1980s, and rejoined the BJP along with his wife Nalini Prabha Patnaik in 2014, to further establish the BJP in the 2014 Odisha Assembly elections.