 Manjula Swain of BJD.Previous MLAs from this seat was Sri.Debaraj Mohanty from 2004-2014[[Biju Janata Dal], Usharani Panda of the [[Indian National Congress]] in 1995, Duti Krushna Panda of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] in 1990, Raghaba Parida who won representing INC in 1985 and as a candidate of the Indian National Congress in 1980, and [[Harihar Swain]] of [[Janata Party|JNP]] in 1977.