Nilgiri | |
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Constituency No. 40 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | Odisha |
Division | Central Division |
District | Balasore |
Lok Sabha constituency | Balasore |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 2,16,428 [a] [b] |
Reservation | None |
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]
Area of this constituency includes Nilagiri, Nilgiri block, Oupada block and 4 GPs (Kasabajayapur, Khantapada, Panapana and Patharpentha) of Bahanaga block. [2] [3]
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]
Election | Name | Party | |
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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 |
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Santosh Khatua | 87,928 | 52.2 | ||
BJD | Sukanta Kumar Nayak | 68,089 | 40.42 | ||
INC | Akshya Kumar Acharya | 8,210 | 4.87 | ||
Majority | 19,839 | 11.78 | |||
Turnout | 1,68,447 | 77.83 | |||
BJP gain from BJD |
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Sukanta Kumar Nayak | 69,517 | 44.34 | ||
BJD | Santosh Khatua | 67,940 | 43.33 | ||
INC | Manoj Manjari Debi | 12,413 | 7.92 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 1,203 | 0.77 | ||
Majority | 1,577 | 1.01 | |||
Turnout | 1,56,780 | 77.06 | |||
Registered electors | 2,03,441 | ||||
BJP gain from BJD |
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJD | Sukanta Kumar Nayak | 50,514 | 35.96 | ||
BJP | Sushama Biswal | 36,814 | 26.21 | ||
INC | Kartik Mohapatra | 32,360 | 23.04 | 3.53 | |
CPI(M) | Pradipta Panda | 17,018 | 12.12 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 1,127 | 0.8 | − | |
Majority | 13,700 | 9.75 | 7.11 | ||
Turnout | 1,40,456 | 78.82 | 10.17 | ||
Registered electors | 1,78,193 | ||||
BJD gain from Independent |
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Pratap Chandra Sarangi | 35,525 | 30.63 | - | |
CPI(M) | Pradipta Panda | 32,469 | 28.00 | − | |
INC | Diptikanta Mahapatra | 22,627 | 19.51 | − | |
Independent | Kartik Mohapatra | 16,726 | 14.42 | − | |
Majority | 3,056 | 2.64 [d] | − | ||
Turnout | 1,15,972 | 68.65 | − | ||
Independent gain from BJP |
Constituency: Nilgiri (40) District : Balasore
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