Balabhadra Majhi
{{Short description|Member of the Lok Sabha}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{ Infobox officeholder
| name = Balabhadra Majhi
| image =
| caption =
| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| term_start = 4 June 2024
| constituency1 = Nabarangpur
| predecessor = Ramesh Chandra Majhi
| term_start1 = 2014
| term_end1 = 2019
| predecessor1 = Pradeep Kumar Majhi
| successor1 = Ramesh Chandra Majhi
|| party = Bharatiya Janata Party(2019-)
| otherparty = Biju Janata Dal (2014-2019)
| profession = Social Worker, Ex-Railway Servant
| spouse = Amrita Majhi
| children = Ritu Kumari, Samyak
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1961|02|09}}
| birth_place= Phataki, Nabarangpur district
| education = B.Sc. (Engineering)-Civil
| alma_mater = NIT Rourkela
| residence = Phataki, Nabarangpur district
| website =
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Balabhadra Majhi (9 February 1961) is an Indian politician. He is a Member of Parliament from Nabarangpur. He was also elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 from Nabarangpur constituency in Odisha.{{cite web|title=h Trends|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/statewiseS18.htm?st=S18|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=18 May 2014|archive-date=28 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528011759/http://eciresults.nic.in/statewiseS18.htm?st=S18|url-status=dead}} He is a member of the Bhartiya Janta Party since March 2019.
Career
He graduated in B.Sc. (Engineering)-Civil,{{Cite web|title=BALABHADRA MAJHI : Bio, Political life, Family & Top stories|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/candidates/balabhadra-majhi|website=The Times of India|access-date=2020-05-21}} from NIT Rourkela and served as a Chief Engineer in Indian Railways until 2014, when he resigned from government service (wherein he had 7 years remaining for retirement) to contest the Lok Sabha elections for his constituency.
He was a member of the Biju Janata Dal political party and elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 from Nabarangpur constituency as member of the Biju Janata Dal candidate. But in 2019 Indian general election, Biju Janata Dal denied a ticket to him. He joined Bhartiya Janta Party in March 2019 and was given ticket from the same constituency but lost to state minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi of Biju Janata Dal.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/news/bjd-turncoat-to-take-on-naveen-mantri-in-st-seat/articleshow/68747837.cms|title=BJD turncoat to take on Naveen Mantri in ST seat|work=Times of India|accessdate=8 September 2020}}{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/68441354.cms|title=Two days after leaving BJD, MP Balabhadra Majhi joins BJP|work=Times of India|accessdate=8 September 2020}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://myneta.info/orissa2009/candidate.php?candidate_id=467 Info at MyNeta.com]
{{18th LS members from Odisha}}
{{16th LS members from Odisha}}
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Category:Lok Sabha members from Odisha
Category:People from Nabarangpur district
Category:Biju Janata Dal politicians
Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Odisha
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