Kodala Assembly constituency

Kodala
Former constituency for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictGanjam
Lok Sabha constituencyAska
Established1951
Abolished2008
ReservationNone

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

Elected members

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

List of members elected from Kodala constituency are:

Year Member Party
1951 Banamali Maharana Socialist Party
1957 Rama Chandra Mardaraj Deo Indian National Congress
Harihar Das Indian National Congress
1961 Lingaraj Panigrahi Indian National Congress
Bishwanath Das Indian National Congress
1962 (bypoll) 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 member constituency
  2. ↑ from Kodala East
  3. ↑ from Kodala West
  4. ↑ It was a 2 member 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.