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{{short description|Former politician from Odisha, India}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Nityananda Samantaray
| native_name = ନିତ୍ୟାନନ୍ଦ ସାମନ୍ତରାୟ
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| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=y|1933|04|25}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date and age |df=y|2018|02|23|1933|04|25}}
| office = Member of the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Tirtol Assembly constituency|Tirtol]]
| salary =
| term_start = 1985
| term_end = 1990
| predecessor = [[Basant Kumar Biswal]]
| successor = Basant Kumar Biswal
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
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| citizenship = Indian
| occupation = Politician
| parents = Bhagaban Samantaray (father)<br>Radhamani Samantaray (mother)
| spouse = Hemalata Samantaray
| children = [[Debashish Samantaray Kaushik Samantaray(son)(politician)|Debashish Samantaray]] (son)
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'''Nityananda Samantaray''' (25 April 1933 – 23 February 2018) was an Indian politician who belonged to [[Odisha]]. He was active in politics with Indian National Congress, and was elected to [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] from [[Tirtol Assembly constituency]] in [[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Odisha MLA Nityananda Samantaray passes away {{!}} Sambad English |url=https://sambadenglish.com/former-odisha-mla-nityananda-samantaray-passes-away/ |accessdate=18 May 2022 |work=Sambad English |publisher=sambadenglish.com |date=23 February 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518161020/https://sambadenglish.com/former-odisha-mla-nityananda-samantaray-passes-away/ |archivedate=18 May 2022 |location=Cuttack |language=English |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Early life, education and family==

Samantaray was born on 25 April 1933 to Bhagaban Samantaray and Radhamani Samantaray at [[Kolar, Odisha|Kolar]] village in [[Cuttack district]].<ref name="nityananda">{{cite news |title=Former Odisha lawmaker Nityananda Samantray passed away |url=https://kalingatv.com/state/former-odisha-lawmaker-nityananda-samantray-passes-away/ |accessdate=18 May 2022 |work=KalingaTV |date=23 February 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518160250/https://kalingatv.com/state/former-odisha-lawmaker-nityananda-samantray-passes-away/ |archivedate=18 May 2022 |location=Cuttack |language=English |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Samantaray was active in Odisha politics with the Indian National Congress party and was elected to the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|9th Odisha Legislative Assembly]] from [[Tirtol Assembly constituency]] in 1985.<ref name="Nityananda Samntaray">{{cite web|url=http://odishaassembly.nic.in/memberprofile.aspx?img=603|title=Shri Nityananda Samntaray|last=|first=|date=|website=odishaassembly.nic.in|publisher=Odisha Assembly|accessdate=18 May 2022}}</ref> Later he contested in [[1991 Indian general election|1991]] and [[1996 Indian general election]] from [[Jagatsinghpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency]], but defeated both the times.

== Death ==
Samantaray died at 84 on 23 February 2018 due to [[Cardiac arrest]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-MLA Nityananda Samantray dead |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2018/feb/24/ex-mla-nityananda-samantray-dead-1778202.html |access-date=18 May 2022 |work=The New Indian Express |date=24 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023020014/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2018/feb/24/ex-mla-nityananda-samantray-dead-1778202.html |archive-date=23 October 2019 |location=Cuttack |language=English |url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1933 births]]
[[Category:2018 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Cuttack district]]
[[Category:Orissa MLAs 1985–1990]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Odisha]]

Nityananda Samantaray - Revision history

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