Sonepur Assembly constituency

This article is about the assembly constituency in Odisha. For its eponymous assembly constituency in Bihar, see Sonpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency). For its eponymous town, see Subarnapur, Odisha.

Sonepur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Subarnapur district, Odisha.^[1]

Sonepur
Constituency No. 65 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Subarnapur
Lok Sabha constituency	Bolangir
Established	1951
Total electors	2,56,007[a][b]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Niranjan Pujari
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2024

This constituency includes Sonepur, Tarbha, Sonepur block, Tarbha block, Dunguripali block and two GPs (Julunda and Mahada) of Binika block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[4]
2024			46.03%
2019			48.78%
2014			51.70%
2009			42.09%
2004			48.11%
2000			42.26%
1995			37.56%
1990			49.61%
1985			62.37%
1980			66.23%
1977			49.32%

Since its formation in 1951, 17 elections were held till date. It was a 2 member constituency in 1957.

Elected members from the Sonepur constituency are:^[5][6]

Year	Member	Party
2024[7]	Niranjan Pujari		Biju Janata Dal
2019[8]
2014[9]
2009[10]
2004	Binod Patra		Indian National Congress
2000	Kunduru Kushal		Biju Janata Dal
1995			Janata Dal
1990
1985	Achyuta Biswal		Indian National Congress
1980	Dhaneswar Kumbhar		Indian National Congress (I)
1977	Debaraj Seth		Janata Party
1974	Daulat Bagh		Swatantra Party
1971	Nilambar Raiguru
1967
1961	Daulata Ganda
1957[c]	Anantaram Nanda		Ganatantra Parishad
	Daulata Ganda
1951	Anantaram Nanda

Election Results

2024

Voting were held on 20th May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4th June 2024.^[11] In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Niranjan Pujari defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pramod Kumar Mahapatra by a margin of 15,239 votes.^[7]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Sonepur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Niranjan Pujari	98,202	46.03
	BJP	Pramod Kumar Mahapatra	82,963	38.88
	INC	Priyabrata Sahu	20,508	9.61
	NOTA	None of the above	1,905	0.89
Majority			15,239	7.15
Turnout			2,13,366	83.34
	BJD hold

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Niranjan Pujari defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ashok Kumar Pujari by a margin of 25,726 votes.^[8][12]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Sonepur^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Niranjan Pujari	99,073	48.78
	BJP	Ashok Kumar Pujari	73,347	36.11
	INC	Chittaranjan Mishra	23,326	11.48
	NOTA	None of the above	1,597	0.79
Majority			25,726	12.67
Turnout			2,03,103	81.12
	BJD hold

2014

In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Niranjan Pujari defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pramod Kumar Mahapatra by a margin of 51,485 votes.^[9]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Sonepur^[14][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Niranjan Pujari	93,534	51.7	8.58
	BJP	Pramod Kumar Mahapatra	42,049	23.24	2.15
	INC	Sarbeswar Purohit	35,795	19.79	2.78
	BSP	Bimala Naik	2,408	1.33	0.36
	AOP	Amareswar Mishra	1,686	0.93
	API	Giridhari Khura	1,480	0.82
	SKD	Nandighosh Meher	1,192	0.66
	NOTA	None of the above	2,756	1.52	−
Majority			51,485	28.46
Turnout			1,80,900	78.1	5.24
Registered electors			2,31,614
	BJD hold

2009

In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Niranjan Pujari defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nabakrushna Danta by a margin of 28,307 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Sonepur^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Niranjan Pujari	68,844	43.12
	BJP	Nabakrushna Danta	40,537	25.39	−
	INC	Jitendra Patnaik	36,044	22.57	−
Majority			28,307	17.73[d]	−
Turnout			1,59,681	72.86	−
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

1. as on 2024
2. as data published by election commission
3. It was a 2 member constituency
4. %of total valid votes