Nilgiri Assembly constituency explained

Nilgiri
Type:SLA
State:Odisha
District:Balasore
Constituency No:40
Established:1951
Loksabha Cons:Balasore
Reservation:None
Mla:Santosh Khatua
Party:Bharatiya Janata Party
Latest Election Year:2024
Electors:1,68,934

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

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:[4] [5]

ElectionNameParty
2024Santosh Khatua
2019Sukanta Kumar Nayak
2014Sukanta Kumar Nayak
2009Pratap Chandra Sarangi
2004Pratap Chandra Sarangi
2000Pradipta Panda
1995Akshaya Kumar Acharya
1990Chittaranjan Sarangi
1985Sukumar Nayak
1980Akshaya Kumar Acharya
1977Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj Harichandan
1974Banamali Das
1971Banamali Das
1967Banamali Das
1961Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj Harichandan
1957Nilambar Das
1951Chaitanya 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.[6]

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sukanta Kumar Nayak defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Santosh Khatua by a margin of 1577 votes.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9]

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Orissa Assembly Election 2009 . empoweringindia.org . Constituency: Nilgiri (40) District : Balasore. 22 February 2014.
  2. http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  3. http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls Seats of Odisha
  4. Web site: Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004) . 6 October 2021 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131217121136/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf . 17 December 2013 .
  5. Web site: Nilgiri Assembly Constituency, Orissa. Compare Infobase Limited. 23 February 2014.
  6. Web site: General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024 . ECI.
  7. Web site: Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014.
  8. Web site: Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014. Leadtech.in. 29 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140818230907/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html. 18 August 2014. dead.
  9. Web site: Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin . leadtech.in . 3056 . 22 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130527163949/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html . 27 May 2013 . dead .