Nimapara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Nimapara | |
|---|---|
| Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency | |
| District | Puri | 
| Blocks | Nimapada, Gop | 
| Electorate | 2,19,586 [1][lower-alpha 1] | 
| Major settlements | Nimapada | 
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1961 | 
| Party | BJD | 
| MLA | Samir Ranjan Das | 
| Const. No. | 106 | 
| Lok Sabha Constituencies | Jagatsinghpur | 
Nimapara (Sl. No.: 106) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha.[2]
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[edit]
Fourteen elections were held between 1961 and 2019. Elected member from the Nimapara constituency are:[6][7]
- 2019: (106): Samir Ranjan Das (BJD)
 - 2014: (106): Samir Ranjan Das (BJD)
 - 2009: (106): Samir Ranjan Das (BJD)
 - 2004: (53): Baidhar Mallick (BJP)
 - 2000: (53): Baidhar Mallick (BJP)
 - 1995: (53): Rabindra Kumar Sethy (Congress)
 - 1990: (53): Benudhara Sethy (Janata Dal)
 - 1985: (53): Rabindra Kumar Sethy (Congress)
 - 1980: (53): Rabindra Kumar Sethy (Congress-I)
 - 1977: (53): Govinda Chandra Sethi (Janata Party)
 - 1974: (53): Nilamani Singh (Congress)
 - 1971: (49): Govinda Chandra Sethi (Utkal Congress)
 - 1967: (49): Nilamani Singh (Orissa Jana Congress)
 - 1961: (95): Govinda Chandra Sethi (Congress)
 
2014 Election Candidates[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP | Prafulla Chandra Mishra | - | |||
| BJD | Samir Ranjan Das | - | |||
| BJP | Pravati Parida | - | |||
| CPI | Debendra Nath Sahoo | - | |||
| INC | Biswaranjan Mohanty | - | |||
| Independent | Samir Ranjan Samantaray | - | |||
| Independent | Sudhir Charan Mohanty | - | |||
| Kalinga Sena | Santosh Kumar Kunda | - | |||
| NOTA | None | - | |||
2009 Election Results[edit]
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Samir Ranjan Dash defeated Indian National Congress candidate Satyabrata Patra by a margin of 39,154 votes.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Samir Ranjan Das | 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 | - | |
| style="background-color: Template:Samruddha Odisha/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Samruddha Odisha|Template:Samruddha Odisha/meta/shortname]] | Saraswati Nayak | 685 | 0.45 | - | 
| Independent | Dr. Akshaya Kumar Barik | 501 | 0.33 | - | |
| Majority | 39,154 | 25.94[lower-alpha 2] | - | ||
| Turnout | 1,51,004 | 70.74 | - | ||
| BJD gain from BJP | Swing | -0.9[lower-alpha 3] | |||
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
 - ↑ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014. 
Constituency: Nimapara (106) District: Puri
 - ↑ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
 - ↑ Seats of Odisha
 - ↑ "53 - Nimapara (SC) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 14 April 2014. 
List Of Winning Candidates
 - ↑ http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
 - ↑ "Nimapara Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
 - ↑ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014. 
39154
 - ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.