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Nilgiri (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Electorate
  
1,68,934

Created
  
1951

MLA
  
Pratap Chandra Sarangi

Lok sabha constituency
  
Balasore district

Major settlements
  
Nilagiri

Party
  
Independent

Founded
  
1951

Major settlement
  
Nilagiri

Blocks
  
Nilgiri, Oupada, Bahanaga

Nilgiri(Odia: ନୀଳଗିରି ବିଧାନସଭା ନିର୍ବାଚନ ମଣ୍ଡଳୀ) (Sl. No.: 40) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.

Contents

Area of this constituency include Nilagiri, Nilgiri block, Oupada block and 4 GPs (Kasabajayapur, Khantapada, Panapana and Patharpentha) of Bahanaga block.

In 2009 election, Independent candidate Pratap Chandra Sarangi defeated Communist Party of India candidate Pradipta Panda by a margin of 3,056 votes.

Elected Members

15 elections held during 1951 to 2014. Elected members from the Nilgiri constituency are:

  • 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.

    References

    Nilgiri (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) Wikipedia
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