Pradip Prasad
Pradip Prasad is an Indian politician from Jharkhand. He is an MLA from Hazaribagh Assembly constituency in Hazaribagh District. He won the 2024 [Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election], representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Prasad is from Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. He is the son of Bhagirath Prasad. He completed his B.A. Honours in 1989 at St. Columba's [College, Hazaribagh|St. Columba's College], Hazaribagh, which is affiliated with Ranchi University, Ranchi.
Career
Prasad won from Hazaribagh Assembly constituency representing the Bharatiya [Janata Party] in the 2024 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election. He polled 1,39,458 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Munna Singh of the Indian National Congress, by a margin of 43,477 votes. He first contested the 2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election as an independent but lost to Manish Jaiswal of the BJP by a margin of 27,129 votes. In 2014, he polled 62,546 votes against Jaiswal's 89,675 votes.