Nilgiri (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Nilgiri
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Balasore
Blocks	Nilgiri, Oupada, Bahanaga
Electorate	1,68,934
Major settlements	Nilagiri
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	Independent
MLA	Pratap Chandra Sarangi
Const. No.	40
Reserved for	None
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Balasore

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

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]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
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%

15 elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Nilgiri constituency are: ^[6][7]

• 2014: (40): Sukanta Kumar Nayak (Biju Janata Dal)
• 2009: (40): Pratap Chandra Sarangi (Independent)
• 2004: (17): Pratap Chandra Sarangi (BJP)
• 2000: (17): Pradipta Panda (CPM)
• 1995: (17): Akshaya Kumar Acharya (Congress)
• 1990: (17): Chittaranjan Sadangi (Independent)
• 1985: (17): Sukumar Nayak (Congress)
• 1980: (17): Akshaya Kumar Acharya (Congress-I)
• 1977: (17): Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj (Janata Party)
• 1974: (17): Banamali Das (Communist)
• 1971: (17): Banamali Das (Communist)
• 1967: (17): Banamali Das (Communist)
• 1961: (126): Mardaraj Harichandan Raja Rajendrachandra (Ganatantra Parishad)
• 1957: (89): Nilambar Das (Congress)
• 1951: (56): Chaitanya Sethi (Congress)

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.^[8]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nilgiri^[9][10]

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
	Trinamool Congress	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

Summary of results of the 2009 Election

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nilgiri ^[11]

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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2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
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5. "17 - Nilgiri Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
6. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
7. "Nilgiri Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
8. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
9. "Odisha - Nilgiri". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
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11. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf