Politics
Current MLA from Khurda Assembly Constituency is Rajendra Sahu an Independent Candidate, who won the seat in State elections of 2009. Previous MLAs from this seat were:
- Jyotindra Nath Mitra who won it for BJD in 2000 & 2004, and also as a candidate of INC(I) in 1980
- Janaki Ballabh Pattanaik of INC in 1985
- Sudarshan Mohanty of JNP in 1977.
Khurda is part of Bhubaneswar (Lok Sabha constituency).
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