Koksara Assembly constituency

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]

Koksara
Former constituency for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Kalahandi
Lok Sabha constituency	Kalahandi
Established	1961
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

Elected Members

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

List of members elected from Koksara constituency are:

Year	Member	Party
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