Nimapara (Odisha 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	Puri

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

Vote share of Winning candidates [5]
2009			53.50%
2004			45.51%
2000			46.82%
1995			31.45%
1990			69.13%
1985			40.18%
1980			41.95%
1977			41.99%

Twelve elections were held between 1961 and 2009. Elected member from the Nimapara constituency are: ^[6][7]

• 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. Retrieved 12 April 2014. 39154
9. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf