Pottangi

Pottangi
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Koraput
Blocks	Pottangi, Nandapur, Semiliguda, Koraput
Electorate	1,72,080
Major settlements	Damanjodi
Current constituency
Created	1957
Party	Congress
MLA	Rama Chandra Kadam
Const. No.	145
Reserved for	Scheduled Tribes
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Koraput

Pottangi (Sl. No.: 145) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Koraput district, Odisha.

This constituency includes Damanjodi, Pottangi block, Nandapur block, Semiliguda block and 3 Gram panchayats (Litiguda, Dumuripadar and Mathalput) of Koraput block.

In 2009 election, Indian National Congress candidate Rama Chandra Kadam defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Prafulla Kumar Pangi by a margin of 5,436 votes.

Eleven elections were held between 1957 and 2009. Elected members from the Pottangi constituency are:

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