Nilgiri
Part of the Balasore Lok Sabha seat.
Santosh Khatua (Bharatiya Janta Party) won Nilgiri in 2024, 19,839 votes ahead of Sukanta Kumar Nayak.
Who stood in 2024
From each candidate's sworn affidavit , as filed. Elector does not rank anyone.
87,928 votes · 52.2%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- SNBiju Janata Dal
68,089 votes · 40.4%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- AAIndian National Congress
8,210 votes · 4.9%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- JDCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
1,420 votes · 0.8%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- APCommunist Party Of India
1,358 votes · 0.8%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- GNNational Apni Party
264 votes · 0.2%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
- ABSamruddha Odisha
240 votes · 0.1%
Elector has not read this candidate's affidavit yet.
40 · Nilgiri
General2,16,428 registered voters · 7 candidates · 19,839 votes between the first two
Elected 2024
Santosh Khatua
BJP · Male · 87,928 votes (52.20%) · 19,839 ahead of Sukanta Kumar Nayak
- 77.83%
- Turnout
- 1,68,454
- Votes cast
- 1,67,509
- Valid votes
- 938
- None of the above
- 1,08,271
- Women electors
80,536 men and 87,118 women voted in person, plus 799 postal ballots. 7 postal ballots were rejected. Service electors: 272.
- BJP87,928431 postal52.20%
BJD68,089302 postal40.42%
INC8,21046 postal4.87%- Jogananda DashMale
CPI(M)1,4206 postal0.84% 
CPI1,3580.81%- None of the aboveNOTA9380.56%
- Gangadhar NayakMaleNAPTApple2640.16%
- Arun Kumar BarikMaleSAMOBattery torch2401 postal0.14%
The bar compares each count with the highest count on this seat. The percentage is the share of valid votes plus None of the above, which is the figure the Commission prints.
Official counts from the Election Commission of India.