Nimapara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Nimapara (Sl. No.: 106) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district, Odisha.[2]

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

Nimapara
Legislative Assembly of Odisha Constituency
DistrictPuri
BlocksNimapada, Gop
Electorate2,19,586 [1][lower-alpha 1]
Major settlementsNimapada
Current constituency
Created1961
PartyBJD
MLASamir Ranjan Das
Const. No.106
Lok Sabha ConstituenciesJagatsinghpur

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]
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%

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
2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nimapara
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

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]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Nimapara[9]
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 -
SAMO 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
  1. as on 1 January 2014
  2. %of total valid votes
  3. 2004 Voter turnout was 71.64%

References
  1. "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  2. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 14 April 2014. Constituency: Nimapara (106) District: Puri
  3. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
  4. Seats of Odisha
  5. "53 - Nimapara (SC) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. Retrieved 14 April 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
  6. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
  7. "Nimapara Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  8. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2014. 39154
  9. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf
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