Kodala Assembly constituency

Kodala
Former constituency for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Ganjam
Lok Sabha constituency	Aska
Established	1951
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

Kodala was an Assembly constituency from Ganjam district of Odisha. ^[1] It was established in 1951 and abolished in 2008. After 2008 delimitation, It was subsumed by the Kabisuryanagar Assembly constituency. ^[2]

Elected Members

Between 1951 & 2008, 14 elections were held including one bypoll in 1962. It was a 2-member constituency in 1957 and 1961. ^[3]

List of members elected from Kodala constituency are:

Year	Member	Party
1951	Banamali Maharana		Socialist Party
1957 [a]	Rama Chandra Mardaraj Deo [b]		Indian National Congress
	Harihar Das [c]		Indian National Congress
1961 [d]	Lingaraj Panigrahi [e]		Indian National Congress
	Bishwanath Das [f]		Indian National Congress
1962 (bypoll) [g]	Banamali Maharana		Praja Socialist Party
1967			Praja Socialist Party
1971	Ramakrushna Patnaik		Utkal Congress
1974	Kanhu Charan Naik		Indian National Congress
1977	Ramakrushna Patnaik		Janata Party
1980	Kanhu Charan Naik		Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Ramakrushna Patnaik		Janata Party
1990			Janata Dal
1995			Janata Dal
2000			Biju Janata Dal
2004	Niranjan Pradhan		Biju Janata Dal

Notes

1. It was a 2 memeber constituency
2. from Kodala East
3. from Kodala West
4. It was a 2 memeber constituency
5. from Kodala East
6. from Kodala West
7. Resignation of Biswanath Das from Kodala West Seat

References

1. Election Commission of India (1951). 1951 Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Statewise) Order of India.
2. "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". p. 321.
3. "Odisha Reference Annual – 2011: List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly (1951–2004)" (PDF). orissa.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2025-09-12.