Kamala Das

Political career Kamala Das was first elected as an MLA in 1990 from Bhograi Constituency in Balasore district on Janata Dal ticket. She was re-elected in 1995, and then again in 2000 as a BJD candidate. She served as MoS for Education & Youth Services, and MoS for Health & Family Welfare in the Biju Patnaik government from 1991 to 1996. She was also the Woman and Child Development Minister in the Naveen Patnaik Ministry from 2000 to 9 July 2001. She was dropped as minister in 2001 and later she switched over to Congress party and returned to the BJD in 2014.

Political statistics

Year Contested for Party Constituency Opponent Votes Majority Result11990 MLA Janata Dal BhograiBijaya Kumar Pati (INC) 61687 - 38845 22842 21995 Umarani Patra (INC) 52824 - 38797 14027 32000 Biju Janata DalKartikeswar Patra (INC) 55763 - 54708 1055

Death Kamala Das was admitted to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar after she complained of chest pain, during the course of the treatment, she was diagnosed with a lung infection and she was shifted to a hospital in Cuttack and died while undergoing treatment on 12 April 2024.