Nilgiri Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous town, see Nilagiri.

Nilgiri is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.^[1]

Nilgiri
Constituency No. 40 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
Division	Central Division
District	Balasore
Lok Sabha constituency	Balasore
Established	1951
Total electors	2,16,428[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Santosh Khatua
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

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

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			52.19%
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%

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[7]	Santosh Khatua		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019[8]	Sukanta Kumar Nayak
2014[9]			Biju Janata Dal
2009[10]	Pratap Chandra Sarangi		Independent politician
2004			Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Pradipta Panda		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1995	Akshaya Kumar Acharya		Indian National Congress
1990	Chittaranjan Sarangi		Independent politician
1985	Sukumar Nayak		Indian National Congress
1980	Akshaya Kumar Acharya		Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj Harichandan		Janata Party
1974	Banamali Das		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971
1967
1961	Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj Harichandan		Swatantra Party
1957	Nilambar Das		Indian National Congress
1951[c]	Chaitanya 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.^[11] In 2024 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Santosh Khatua defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Sukanta Kumar Nayak by a margin of 19,839 votes.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Nilgiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Santosh Khatua	87,928	52.2
	BJD	Sukanta Kumar Nayak	68,089	40.42
	INC	Akshya Kumar Acharya	8,210	4.87
Majority			19,839	11.78
Turnout			1,68,447	77.83
	BJP gain from BJD

2019

In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sukanta Kumar Nayak defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Santosh Khatua by a margin of 1,577 votes.^[8][12]

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nilgiri^[13]

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
	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

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sukanta Kumar Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sushama Biswal by a margin of 13,700 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nilgiri^[14][15]

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 of the above	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

In 2009 election, Independent candidate Pratap Chandra Sarangi defeated Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Pradipta Panda by a margin of 3,056 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nilgiri^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Pratap Chandra Sarangi	35,525	30.63	-
	CPI(M)	Pradipta Panda	32,469	28.00	−
	INC	Diptikanta Mahapatra	22,627	19.51	−
	Independent	Kartik Mohapatra	16,726	14.42	−
Majority			3,056	2.64[d]	−
Turnout			1,15,972	68.65	−
	Independent gain from BJP

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. It was a 2 member constituency
4. % of total valid votes