Nimapara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Nimapara.

Nimapara
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
District	Puri
Blocks	Nimapada, Gop
Electorate	2,19,586 [1] [lower-alpha 1]
Major settlements	Nimapada
Current constituency
Created	1961
Party	BJD
MLA	Samir Ranjan Das
Const. No.	106
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Jagatsinghpur

Nimapara (Sl. No.: 106) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha. ^[2]

This constituency includes Nimapada, Nimapada block and 14 Gram panchayats (Nuakholamara, Rahangorada, Andhra Ichhapur, Ganeswarpur, Gop, Bedapur, Badatara, Nagapur, Bantaligram, Baniasahi, Erabanga, Kuanpada and Payara) of Gop block. ^{[3] [4]}

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2019			48.96%
2014			51.62%
2009			53.50%
2004			45.51%
2000			46.82%
1995			31.45%
1990			69.13%
1985			40.18%
1980			41.95%
1977			41.99%

Fourteen elections were held between 1961 and 2019. Elected member from the Nimapara constituency are: ^{[6] [7]}

• 2019: (106): Samir Ranjan Das (BJD)
• 2014: (106): Samir Ranjan Das (BJD)
• 2009: (106): Samir Ranjan Das (BJD)
• 2004: (53): Baidhar Mallick (BJP)
• 2000: (53): Baidhar Mallick (BJP)
• 1995: (53): Rabindra Kumar Sethy (Congress)
• 1990: (53): Benudhara Sethy (Janata Dal)
• 1985: (53): Rabindra Kumar Sethy (Congress)
• 1980: (53): Rabindra Kumar Sethy (Congress-I)
• 1977: (53): Govinda Chandra Sethi (Janata Party)
• 1974: (53): Nilamani Singh (Congress)
• 1971: (49): Govinda Chandra Sethi (Utkal Congress)
• 1967: (49): Nilamani Singh (Orissa Jana Congress)
• 1961: (95): Govinda Chandra Sethi (Congress)

2014 Election Candidates

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nimapara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AAP	Prafulla Chandra Mishra			-
	BJD	Samir Ranjan Das			-
	BJP	Pravati Parida			-
	CPI	Debendra Nath Sahoo			-
	Congress	Biswaranjan Mohanty			-
	Independent	Samir Ranjan Samantaray			-
	Independent	Sudhir Charan Mohanty			-
	Kalinga Sena	Santosh Kumar Kunda			-
	NOTA	None			-

2009 Election Results

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Samir Ranjan Dash defeated Indian National Congress candidate Satyabrata Patra by a margin of 39,154 votes. ^[8]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nimapara ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Samir Ranjan Das	80,762	53.50	-
	Congress	Satyabrata patra	41,608	27.56	-
	BJP	Sankarsan Parida	19,183	12.71	-
	Independent	Pravati Parida	6,820	4.52	-
	BSP	Sudhir Mohanty	1,387	0.92	-
	SAMO	Saraswati Nayak	685	0.45	-
	Independent	Dr. Akshaya Kumar Barik	501	0.33	-
Majority			39,154	25.94 [lower-alpha 2]	-
Turnout			1,51,004	70.74	-
	BJD gain from BJP		Swing	-0.9 [lower-alpha 3]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. %of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 71.64%

References

1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Nimapara (106) District: Puri
3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
4. Seats of Odisha
5. "53 - Nimapara (SC) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 14 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
7. "Nimapara Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
8. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014. 39154
9. "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 6 October 2021.