Nilgiri Assembly constituency

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Nilgiri
Constituency No. 40 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Odisha
DivisionCentral Division
District Balasore
Lok Sabha constituency Balasore
Established1951
Total electors2,16,428 [a] [b]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2024

Nilgiri is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha. [1]

Contents

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

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates [4]
2024
52.19%
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%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date. It was a 2 member constituency in 1952.

List of members elected from Nilgiri constituency are: [5] [6]

ElectionNameParty
2024 [7] Santosh Khatua Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 [8] Sukanta Kumar Nayak
2014 [9] Biju Janata Dal
2009 [10] Pratap Chandra Sarangi Independent politician
2004 Bharatiya Janata Party
2000 Pradipta Panda Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1995 Akshaya Kumar Acharya Indian National Congress
1990 Chittaranjan Sarangi Independent politician
1985 Sukumar Nayak Indian National Congress
1980 Akshaya Kumar Acharya Indian National Congress (I)
1977 Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj Harichandan Janata Party
1974 Banamali Das Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971
1967
1961 Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj Harichandan Swatantra Party
1957 Nilambar Das Indian National Congress
1951 [c] Chaitanya Prasad Sethi
Nilambar Das

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 1st June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024. [11] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Santosh Khatua defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sukanta Kumar Nayak by a margin of 19,839 votes. [7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Nilgiri
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Santosh Khatua 87,928 52.2
BJD Sukanta Kumar Nayak68,08940.42
INC Akshya Kumar Acharya8,2104.87
Majority 19,83911.78
Turnout 1,68,44777.83
BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sukanta Kumar Nayak defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Santosh Khatua by a margin of 1,577 votes. [8] [12]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nilgiri [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Sukanta Kumar Nayak 69,517 44.34
BJD Santosh Khatua 67,94043.33
INC Manoj Manjari Debi12,4137.92
NOTA None of the above1,2030.77
Majority 1,5771.01
Turnout 1,56,78077.06
Registered electors 2,03,441
BJP gain from BJD

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sukanta Kumar Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sushama Biswal by a margin of 13,700 votes. [9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nilgiri [14] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJD Sukanta Kumar Nayak 50,514 35.96
BJP Sushama Biswal36,81426.21
INC Kartik Mohapatra 32,36023.043.53
CPI(M) Pradipta Panda17,01812.12
NOTA None of the above1,1270.8
Majority 13,7009.757.11
Turnout 1,40,45678.8210.17
Registered electors 1,78,193
BJD gain from Independent


2009

In 2009 election, Independent candidate Pratap Chandra Sarangi defeated Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Pradipta Panda by a margin of 3,056 votes. [10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nilgiri [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Pratap Chandra Sarangi 35,525 30.63 -
CPI(M) Pradipta Panda32,46928.00
INC Diptikanta Mahapatra22,62719.51
Independent Kartik Mohapatra 16,72614.42
Majority 3,0562.64 [d]
Turnout 1,15,97268.65
Independent gain from BJP

Notes

  1. as on 2024
  2. as data published by election commission
  3. It was a 2 member constituency
  4. % of total valid votes

References

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  14. "Odisha - Nilgiri". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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