Nilgiri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Nilgiri
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District Balasore
Blocks Nilgiri, Oupada, Bahanaga
Electorate1,68,934
Major settlements BJP
Current constituency
Created1951
PartyBJP
MLA Er Sukanta Kumar Nayak
Const. No.40
Reserved forNone
Lok Sabha Constituencies Balasore

Nilgiri (Sl. No.: 40) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha. [1]

Contents

Area of this constituency include Nilagiri, Nilgiri block, Oupada block and 4 GPs (Kasabajayapur, Khantapada, Panapana and Patharpentha) of Bahanaga block. [2] [3]

In 2009 election, Independent candidate Pratap Chandra Sarangi defeated Communist Party of India candidate Pradipta Panda by a margin of 3,056 votes. [4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

16 elections held during 1951 to 2019. Elected members from the Nilgiri constituency are: [5] [6]

ElectionMemberParty
1951 Chaitanya Sethi Indian National Congress
1957 Nilambar Das Indian National Congress
1961 Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj Harichandan Ganatantra Parishad
1967 Banamali Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971 Banamali Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1974 Banamali Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1977 Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj Harichandan Janata Party
1980 Akshaya Kumar Acharya Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Sukumar Nayak Indian National Congress
1990 Chittaranjan Sarangi Independent
1995 Akshaya Kumar Acharya Indian National Congress
2000 Pradipta Panda Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2004 Pratap Chandra Sarangi Bharatiya Janata Party
2009 Pratap Chandra Sarangi Independent
2014 Sukanta Kumar Nayak Biju Janata Dal
2019 Sukanta Kumar Nayak Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates [7]
2019
44.34%
2014
35.96%
2009
40.95%
2004
48.49%
2000
41.61%
1995
30.33%
1990
34.38%
1985
49.07%
1980
43.44%
1977
41.91%

2019 Election Result

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sukanta Kumar Nayak defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Santosh Khatua by a margin of 1577 votes. [8]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nilgiri [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Congress MANOJ MANJARI DEBI12,4137.92
CPI(M) JOGANANDA DASH3,3942.16
BJD SANTOSH KHATUA67,94043.33
BJP SUKANTA KUMAR NAYAK69,51744.34
Ambedkar National CongressDr. KAMALA KANTA BEHERA4960.32
BMP PRAPHULLA KUMAR SING4600.29
Purvanchal Janta Party (Secular)SANJAY KUMAR BARIK3520.22
IndependentRAGUNATH SINGH5510.35
IndependentSUBHASHIS DAS MOHAPATRA4540.29
NOTA None1,2030.77
Majority1,5771.01
Turnout 1,56,780
Registered electors
BJP gain from BJD

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sukanta Kumar Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sushama Biswal by a margin of 13,700 votes. [10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nilgiri [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Sukanta Kumar Nayak50,51435.96
BJP Sushama Biswal36,81426.21
Congress Kartik Mohapatra3,236023.043.53
CPI(M) Pradipta Panda17,01812.12
Odisha JanmorchaAnil Kumar Mohapatra7680.55
AITC Laxman Singh6070.43
AAP Sharat Mahakud4890.35
Kalinga SenaBitendra Das3900.28
SP Pratap Chandra Mohanty3690.26
NOTA None1,1270.8-
Majority13,7009.757.11
Turnout 1,40,45678.8210.17
Registered electors 1,78,193
BJD gain from Independent

2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nilgiri [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Pratap Chandra Sarangi35,52530.63-
CPI Pradipta Panda32,46928.00-
Congress Diptikanta Mahapatra22,62719.51-
IndependentKartik Mohapatra16,72614.42-
JMM Chitta Ranjan Sadangi5,6094.84-
IndependentArdhendu Bhusan Barik1,5541.34-
BSP Laxman Singh1,4601.26-
Majority3,0562.64 [lower-alpha 1] -
Turnout 1,15,97268.65-

Notes

  1. %of total valid votes

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