Nimapara Assembly constituency

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

Nimapara is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha.^[2]

Nimapara
Constituency No. 106 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Puri
Lok Sabha constituency	Jagatsinghpur
Established	1961
Total electors	2,19,586[1][a]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pravati Parida
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Nimapada, Nimapada block and 14 Gram panchayats (Nuakholamara, Rahangorada, Andhra Ichhapur, Ganeswarpur, Gop, Bedapur, Badatara, Nagapur, Bantaligram, Baniasahi, Erabanga, Kuanpada and Payara) of Gop block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
2024			48.45%
2019			48.96%
2014			51.62%
2009			53.50%
2004			45.51%
2000			46.82%
1995			31.45%
1990			69.13%
1985			40.18%
1980			41.95%
1977			41.99%

Since its formation in 1961, 15 elections were held till date.

List of members elected from Nimapara constituency are:^[6][7]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Pravati Parida		BJP
2019	Samir Ranjan Dash[8]		BJD
2014	Samir Ranjan Dash		BJD
2009	Samir Ranjan Dash		BJD
2004	Baidhar Mallick		BJP
2000	Baidhar Mallick		BJP
1995	Rabindra Kumar Sethy		INC
1990	Benudhar Sethi		JD
1985	Rabindra Kumar Sethy		INC
1980	Rabindra Kumar Sethy		INC
1977	Gobinda Chandra Sethi		JP
1974	Nilamani Sethy		INC
1971	Gobinda Chandra Sethi		Utkal Congress
1967	Nilamani Sethy		Jana Congress
1961	Gobinda Chandra Sethi		INC

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.^[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Nimapara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pravati Parida	95,430	48.45	17.28
	BJD	Dilip Kumar Nayak	90,842	46.12	2.84
	INC	Siddharth Routray	7,066	3.59	14.44
	Independent	Rosaleen Nayak	761	0.39	New
	CPI	Manoranjan Parida	661	0.34	New
	NOTA	None of the above	451	0.23	0.14
Majority			4,588	2.33	15.46
Turnout			1,96,968
	BJP gain from BJD		Swing

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Samir Ranjan Dash defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pravati Parida by a margin of 32,008 votes.

2019 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Nimapara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Samir Ranjan Dash	91,160	48.96
	BJP	Pravati Parida	59152	31.17
	INC	Dillip Kumar Nayak	33576	18.03
	NOTA	None of the above	684	0.37
Majority			32,008	17.79
Turnout			1,86,198	77.27
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Samir Ranjan Dash defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pravati Parida by a margin of 29,637 votes.

2014 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Nimapara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Samir Ranjan Dash	86,958	51.62
	BJP	Pravati Parida	57321	34.03
	INC	Biswaranjan Mohanty	20748	12.32
	NOTA	None of the above	571	0.34
Majority			29,637	17.59
Turnout			1,68,450	76.21
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Samir Ranjan Dash defeated Indian National Congress candidate Satyabrata Patra by a margin of 39,154 votes.^[10]

2009 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election, Nimapara^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Samir Ranjan Dash	80,762	53.50	−
	INC	Satyabrata Patra	41,608	27.56	−
	BJP	Sankarsan Parida	19,183	12.71	−
	Independent	Pravati Parida	6,820	4.52	−
	BSP	Sudhir Mohanty	1,387	0.92	−
	SAMO	Saraswati Nayak	685	0.45	−
	Independent	Dr. Akshaya Kumar Barik	501	0.33	−
Majority			39,154	25.94[b]	−
Turnout			1,51,004	70.74	−
	BJD gain from BJP		Swing	-0.9[c]

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. % of total valid votes
3. 2004 Voter turnout was 71.64%