A 49-year-old MLA of the State has passed the matriculation examination after repeated failed attempts. The result of the offline High School Certificate (HSC) examination conducted by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) was announced on Tuesday. Three-time BJD MLA Purna Chandra Swain of Ganjam district, who is among the 15,136 students who had appeared in the examination, passed the test with 68-per cent marks. Of 500 marks, he secured 340 with B2 grade. Swain appeared for the exam in an isolation room due to health reasons. The pass percentage of the result announced today stood at 80.83. The exam which concluded on August 5 was held for students not satisfied with the marks allotted as per internal assessment as the annual exam was cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic.