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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Koksara<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| constituency_no = <br />
| state = [[Odisha]]<br />
| district = [[Kalahandi district|Kalahandi]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency|Kalahandi]]<br />
| established = 1961<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| abolished = 2008<br />
| electors = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Koksara''' was an Assembly constituency from [[Kalahandi district]] of [[Odisha]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Election Commission of India |url=http://archive.org/details/dpaco-1961 |title=1961 Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order of India |date=1961-12-07}}</ref> It was established in 1961 and abolished in 2008. After 2008 delimitation, It was subsumed by the [[Dharmagarh Assembly constituency]].<ref name="dpaco2008">{{cite web |title=The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3931-delimitation-of-parliamentary-assembly-constituencies-order-2008/ |page=321}}</ref><br />
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== Elected members ==<br />
Between 1961 & 2008, 12 elections were held including one bypoll in 1971.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |title=Odisha Reference Annual – 2011: List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly (1951–2004) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217121136/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |archive-date=2013-12-17 |access-date=2025-09-12 |website=orissa.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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List of members elected from Koksara constituency are:<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Member<br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
| [[1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1961]]<br />
| Dayanidhi Naik<br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Ganatantra Parishad}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
| Raghunath Praharaj<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1971]]<br />
| [[Bira Kesari Deo]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}<br />
|-<br />
| 1971 (bypoll){{efn|Resignation of [[Bira Kesari Deo]] on his election to [[Rajya Sabha]]}}<br />
| Raghunath Praharaj<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Swatantra Party}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]<br />
| Chandrabhanu Singh Deo<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
| Rasabihari Behera<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
| Manmohan Mathur<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br />
| Rasabihari Behera<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<br />
| Surendra Pattajoshi<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]<br />
| rowspan="2" | Rosni Singh Deo<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Biju Janata Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]<br />
| [[Pushpendra Singh Deo]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Biju Janata Dal}}<br />
|}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Kalahandi district}}<br />
{{Assembly constituencies of Odisha}}<br />
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[[Category:Kalahandi district]]<br />
[[Category:Former assembly constituencies of Odisha]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Odisha]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1961]]<br />
[[Category:1961 establishments in Orissa]]<br />
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2008]]<br />
[[Category:2008 disestablishments in India]]<br />
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