Koksara Assembly constituency

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Koksara
Former constituency for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Odisha
District Kalahandi
Lok Sabha constituency Kalahandi
Established1961
Abolished2008
ReservationNone

Koksara was an Assembly constituency from Kalahandi district of Odisha. [1] It was established in 1961 and abolished in 2008. After 2008 delimitation, It was subsumed by the Dharmagarh Assembly constituency. [2]

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Elected Members

Between 1961 & 2008, 12 elections were held including one bypoll in 1971. [3]

List of members elected from Koksara constituency are:

YearMemberParty
1961 Dayanidhi Naik All India Ganatantra Parishad
1967 Raghunath Praharaj Swatantra Party
1971 Bira Kesari Deo Swatantra Party
1971 (bypoll) [a] Raghunath Praharaj Swatantra Party
1974 Chandrabhanu Singh Deo Indian National Congress
1977 Rasabihari Behera Janata Party
1980 Manmohan Mathur Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Rasabihari Behera Indian National Congress
1990 Surendra Pattajoshi Janata Dal
1995 Rosni Singh Deo Janata Dal
2000 Biju Janata Dal
2004 Pushpendra Singh Deo Biju Janata Dal

Notes

  1. ↑ Resignation of Bira Kesari Deo on his election to Rajya Sabha

References

  1. ↑ Election Commission of India (1961-12-07). 1961 Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies 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.
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