Nilgiri Assembly constituency
| Nilgiri | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 40 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Balasore |
| LS constituency | Balasore |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 1,68,934 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Incumbent Sukanta Kumar Nayak | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2019 |
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]
Elected Members[edit]
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | |||
| 2019 | Sukanta Kumar Nayak | BJP | |
| 2014 | Sukanta Kumar Nayak | BJD | |
| 2009 | Pratap Chandra Sarangi | Independent | |
| 2004 | Pratap Chandra Sarangi | BJP | |
| 2000 | Pradipta Panda | CPI(M) | |
| 1995 | Akshaya Kumar Acharya | INC | |
| 1990 | Chittaranjan Sarangi | Independent | |
| 1985 | Sukumar Nayak | INC | |
| 1980 | Akshaya Kumar Acharya | INC | |
| 1977 | Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj Harichandan | Janata Party | |
| 1974 | Banamali Das | CPI(M) | |
| 1971 | Banamali Das | CPI(M) | |
| 1967 | Banamali Das | CPI(M) | |
| 1961 | Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj Harichandan | SWA | |
| 1957 | Nilambar Das | INC | |
| 1951[a] | Chaitanya Prasad Sethi | INC | |
| Nilambar Das | INC | ||
Election Results[edit]
2024[edit]
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.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Sukanta Kumar Nayak | ||||
| BJP | Santosh Khatua | ||||
| INC | Akshya Kumar Acharya | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | |||||
2019[edit]
In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sukanta Kumar Nayak defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Santosh Khatua by a margin of 1577 votes.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sukanta Kumar Nayak | 69,517 | 44.34 | ||
| BJD | Santosh Khatua | 67,940 | 43.33 | ||
| INC | Manoj Manjari Debi | 12,413 | 7.92 | ||
| CPI(M) | Jogananda Dash | 3,394 | 2.16 | ||
| 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 | |||||
2014[edit]
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]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | |||||
2009[edit]
In 2009 election, Independent candidate Pratap Chandra Sarangi defeated Communist Party of India candidate Pradipta Panda by a margin of 3,056 votes.[13]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Pratap Chandra Sarangi | 35,525 | 30.63 | - | |
| CPI | Pradipta Panda | 32,469 | 28.00 | - | |
| INC | Diptikanta Mahapatra | 22,627 | 19.51 | - | |
| Independent | Kartik Mohapatra | 16,726 | 14.42 | - | |
| JMM | Chitta Ranjan Sadangi | 5,609 | 4.84 | - | |
| Majority | 3,056 | 2.64[b] | - | ||
| Turnout | 1,15,972 | 68.65 | - | ||
| Independent gain from BJP | |||||
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
Constituency: Nilgiri (40) District : Balasore
- ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
- ^ Seats of Odisha
- ^ "17 - Nilgiri Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
List Of Winning Candidates
- ^ "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Nilgiri Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
- ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014".
- ^ "Odisha - Nilgiri".
- ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Odisha - Nilgiri". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014, Constituency: Nilgiri (40)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
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- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.