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Nandapur
Former constituency for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictKoraput
Established1951,
Reestablished 1964
Abolished1956–1964,
Re-abolished 1973
Total electors69,729
ReservationST

Nandapur was a constituency of the Odisha Legislative Assembly of the Koraput district, Odisha state in India. It was established in 1951, abolished first in 1954, then reestablished in 1964, finally abolished in 1973.[1][2][3][4] It was replaced and subsumed by the constituencies of Pottangi and Koraput.[5] It was unreserved in 1951; then 1964 onwards it was reserved for the Scheduled Tribes.

Historical Extent[edit | edit source]

  • 1964: Semiliguda, Pottangi and Padwa police stations and Nandapur police station (excluding Petta and Bonomaliput grama panchayats) in Koraput sub-division.[3]
  • 1954–1964: [Abolished] [Subsumed by Pottangi and Koraput][2]
  • 1951: Nandapur, Potangi and Similiguda police stations of Koraput sub-division.[1]

Elected members[edit | edit source]

Vote share of Winning candidates
1971
34.42%
1967
54.39%
1951
48.85%

3 elections was held in between 1951 and 1973. List of elected members:[6]

Year Member Party
1952 Bhagaban Khemundu Naik Indian National Congress
1957-1967 : Constituency did not exist
1967 Malu Santa Indian National Congress
1971 Disari Sanu Utkal Congress

Election results[edit | edit source]

1971[edit | edit source]

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1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Nandapur (ST)[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Utkal Congress Disari Sanu 3,898 34.42% New
INC Pangi Musari Santa 2,738 24.18% Decrease 30.2
SWA Sanu Majhi 2,264 19.99% New
INC(O) Balaram Pangi 1,619 14.30% New
Jana Congress Malu Santa 805 7.11% New
Turnout 12,340 17.70% Increase 3.13
Registered electors 69,729 Increase
Margin of victory 1,160 10.24% Neutral increase 1.45

1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Nandapur (ST)[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC M. Santa 4,042 54.39% Increase 5.54
SWA B. Alayya 3,389 45.61% New
Turnout 8742 14.57% Decrease 21.4
Registered electors 60,001 Increase
Margin of victory 653 8.79% Neutral decrease 8.29
INC hold Swing Increase 5.54

1951[edit | edit source]

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1952 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Nandapur[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC win (new seat)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Orissa) Order (1951)". p. 5 (210 of the PDF).
  2. 2.0 2.1 "S.R.O. 2827. Notification of the Delimitation Commission of India". New Delhi. 30 August 1954. p. 354 (364 of the PDF).
  3. 3.0 3.1 "S.O. 2813 Notification of the Delimitation Commission of India". New Delhi. 17 August 1964. p. 700 (445).
  4. "S.O. 2916. Notification of the Delimitation Commission". New Delhi. 16 September 1965. p. 862 (336).
  5. "S.O. 801(E) Notification of the Delimitation Commission of India". New Delhi. 31 December 1973. p. 2968 (267).
  6. "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013.
  7. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1971 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. August 16, 2018. pp. 4, 14, 150.
  8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. August 16, 2018. pp. 4, 14, 151.
  9. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. August 16, 2018. pp. 4, 11, 117.

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