Nilgiri (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Nilgiri is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Balasore district, Odisha.
Area of this constituency include Nilagiri, Nilgiri block, Oupada block and 4 GPs 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
16 elections held during 1951 to 2019. Elected members from the Nilgiri constituency are:
- 2019: : Sukanta Kumar Nayak
- 2014: : Sukanta Kumar Nayak
- 2009: : Pratap Chandra Sarangi
- 2004: : Pratap Chandra Sarangi
- 2000: : Pradipta Panda
- 1995: : Akshaya Kumar Acharya
- 1990: : Chittaranjan Sadangi
- 1985: : Sukumar Nayak
- 1980: : Akshaya Kumar Acharya
- 1977: : Rajendra Chandra Mardaraj
- 1974: : Banamali Das
- 1971: : Banamali Das
- 1967: : Banamali Das
- 1961: : Mardaraj Harichandan Raja Rajendrachandra
- 1957: : Nilambar Das
- 1951: : Chaitanya Sethi
2019 Election Result
In 2019 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sukanta Kumar Nayak defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Santosh Khatua by a margin of 1577 votes.In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sukanta Kumar Nayak defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sushama Biswal by a margin of 13,700 votes.
