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Assembly constituency 40 · Odisha

Nilgiri is assembly constituency number 40 in Odisha, in Baleshwar district, and one of the segments of the Balasore Lok Sabha seat. In the 2024 election Santosh Khatua of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 52.2% of the vote, 19,839 votes ahead of Sukanta Kumar Nayak (BJD).

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Nilgiri · 2024AC 40
  1. 01
    Santosh Khatua
    BJP
    87,928
    52.20%
  2. 02
    Sukanta Kumar Nayak
    BJD
    68,089
    40.42%
  3. 03
    Akshaya Kumar Acharya
    INC
    8,210
    4.87%
  4. 04
    Jogananda Dash
    CPI(M)
    1,420
    0.84%
  5. 05
    Ajaya Kumar Pattanayak
    CPI
    1,358
    0.81%
  6. 2 other candidates · 504 votesNOTA · 938 (0.56%)

Margin 19,839 votes · 11.78% of valid votes

2,16,428
Registered electors
2024 election
77.8%
Turnout
+0.8 pts vs 2019
19,839
Victory margin
11.8% of valid votes
May 2024 · candidate-wise result

All 7 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,68,447 valid votes, NOTA included.

Nilgiri 2024 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Santosh KhatuaMale · 56 yrsBJP87,928
52.20%
2Sukanta Kumar NayakMale · 58 yrsBJD68,089
40.42%
3Akshaya Kumar AcharyaMale · 75 yrsINC8,210
4.87%
4Jogananda DashMale · 62 yrsCPI(M)1,420
0.84%
5Ajaya Kumar PattanayakMale · 57 yrsCPI1,358
0.81%
—NOTANOTA938
0.56%
6Gangadhar NayakMale · 34 yrsNAPt264
0.16%
7Arun Kumar BarikMale · 41 yrsSAMO240
0.14%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2019.

0%20%40%60%2009201420192024BJP 52.2%BJD 40.4%INC 4.9%CPI(M) 0.8%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2019Sukanta Kumar NayakBJP · 44.3% · margin 1,577Turnout77.1%
2024Santosh KhatuaBJP · 52.2% · margin 19,839Turnout77.8%
2014Sukanta Kumar NayakBJD · 36.0% · margin 13,700Turnout77.6%
2009Pratap Chandra SarangiIndependent · 30.6% · margin 3,056Turnout68.7%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Nilgiri result 2019

Nilgiri 2019 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sukanta Kumar NayakBJP69,517
44.34%
2Santosh KhatuaBJD67,940
43.33%
3Manoj Manjari DebiINC12,413
7.92%
4Jogananda DashCPI(M)3,394
2.16%
—NOTANOTA1,203
0.77%
5Ragunath SinghIndependent551
0.35%
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6Dr. Kamala Kanta BeheraANC496
0.32%
7Praphulla Kumar SingBMUP460
0.29%
8Subhashis Das MohapatraIndependent454
0.29%
9Sanjay Kumar BarikPUJP352
0.22%

Nilgiri result 2014

Nilgiri 2014 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sukanta Kumar NayakBJD50,514
35.96%
2Sushama BiswalBJP36,814
26.21%
3Kartik MohapatraINC32,360
23.04%
4Pradipta PandaCPI(M)17,018
12.12%
—NOTANOTA1,127
0.80%
5Anil Kumar MohapatraOJM768
0.55%
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6Laxman SinghTMC607
0.43%
7Sharat MahakudAAP489
0.35%
8Bitendra DasKS390
0.28%
9Pratap Chandra MohantySP369
0.26%

Nilgiri result 2009

Nilgiri 2009 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Pratap Chandra SarangiIndependent35,525
30.63%
2Pradipta PandaCPI(M)32,469
28.00%
3Diptikanta MahapatraINC22,627
19.51%
4Kartik MohapatraIndependent16,726
14.42%
5Chitta Ranjan SadangiJMM5,609
4.84%
6Ardhendu Bhusan BarikIndependent1,554
1.34%
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7Laxman SinghBSP1,460
1.26%
Map

Nilgiri outlined in orange among the other Odisha seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2024. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Baleshwar district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

BJPBJDINCCPI(M)Others
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Nilgiri is one of the assembly segments of Balasore. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Balasore candidates.

  • Pratap Chandra SarangiBJP89,202 53.5%
  • Lekhasri SamantsingharBJD55,602 33.4%
  • Shrikanta JenaINC19,542 11.7%
  • Rajat Kumar BeheraBSP483 0.3%
  • Gobinda Chandra BhoiNAPt414 0.2%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 33,600 EVM votes.

Open Balasore Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Nilgiri.

Who won the Nilgiri assembly seat in 2024?

Santosh Khatua of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Nilgiri in the 2024 Odisha assembly election with 87,928 votes, which was 52.20% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Nilgiri?

The margin was 19,839 votes (11.78% of valid votes). The runner-up was Sukanta Kumar Nayak of the Biju Janata Dal with 68,089 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Nilgiri in 2024?

Turnout was 77.83%: 1,68,454 of 2,16,428 registered electors voted, across 220 polling stations. That is 0.8 points higher than in 2019.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Nilgiri part of?

Nilgiri is an assembly segment of the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Pratap Chandra Sarangi got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Nilgiri a reserved constituency?

No. Nilgiri is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Nilgiri?

The Odisha assembly elected in 2024 completes its five-year term in 2029, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Odisha assembly elections of 2024 and 2019 and 2014 and 2009 (2024 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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