District Koraput Major settlements Kotpad Party Congress Major settlement Kotpad | Electorate 1,87,036 Created 1961 Founded 1961 | |
Blocks Kotpad, Kundra, Boipariguda, Borigumma | ||
Kotpad (Sl. No.: 142) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Koraput district, Odisha.
This constituency includes Kotpad, Kotpad block, Kundra block, 11 Gram panchayats (Dengapadar, Aunli, Malda, Sanparia, Jujhari, Kamara, Pondasguda, Sosahandi, Kanagam, Anchala and Bijapur) of Borigumma block and 7 Gram pachayats (Gupteswar, Ramagiri, Dandabadi, Baligam, Kathapada, Majhiguda and Tentuliguma) of Boipariguda block.
In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Basudev Majhi defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Gopi Nath Nayak by a margin of 11,234 votes.
Elected Members
Twelve elections were held between 1961 and 2009. Elected members from the Kotpad constituency are:
References
Kotpad (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA