Nilgiri (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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

Nilgiri
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Balasore
Blocks	Nilgiri, Oupada, Bahanaga
Electorate	1,68,934
Major settlements	BJP
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	BJP
MLA	Er Sukanta Kumar Nayak
Const. No.	40
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Balasore

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]

Election		Member	Party
	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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	MANOJ MANJARI DEBI	12,413	7.92
	CPI (M)	JOGANANDA DASH	3,394	2.16
	BJD	SANTOSH KHATUA	67,940	43.33
	BJP	SUKANTA KUMAR NAYAK	69,517	44.34
	Ambedkar National Congress	Dr. KAMALA KANTA BEHERA	496	0.32
	BMP	PRAPHULLA KUMAR SING	460	0.29
	Purvanchal Janta Party (Secular)	SANJAY KUMAR BARIK	352	0.22
	Independent	RAGUNATH SINGH	551	0.35
	Independent	SUBHASHIS DAS MOHAPATRA	454	0.29
	NOTA	None	1,203	0.77
Majority			1,577	1.01
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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Sukanta Kumar Nayak	50,514	35.96
	BJP	Sushama Biswal	36,814	26.21
	INC	Kartik Mohapatra	3,2360	23.04	3.53
	CPI (M)	Pradipta Panda	17,018	12.12
	Odisha Janmorcha	Anil Kumar Mohapatra	768	0.55
	AITC	Laxman Singh	607	0.43
	AAP	Sharat Mahakud	489	0.35
	Kalinga Sena	Bitendra Das	390	0.28
	SP	Pratap Chandra Mohanty	369	0.26
	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 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nilgiri [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	-
	Independent	Ardhendu Bhusan Barik	1,554	1.34	-
	BSP	Laxman Singh	1,460	1.26	-
Majority			3,056	2.64[lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,15,972	68.65	-

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

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