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.^[2]

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	2,31,614[1][a]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Niranjan Pujari
Party	Biju Janata Dal
Elected year	2019

This constituency includes Sonepur, Tarbha, Sonepur block, Tarbha block, Dunguripali block and two GPs (Julunda and Mahada) of Binika block.^[3][4]

Elected Members

Vote share of winning candidates[5]
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:^[6][7]

Year	Member	Party
2024	Niranjan Pujari		BJD
2019	Niranjan Pujari[8]		BJD
2014	Niranjan Pujari		BJD
2009	Niranjan Pujari		BJD
2004	Binod Patra		INC
2000	Kunduru Kushal		BJD
1995	Kunduru Kushal		JD
1990	Kunduru Kushal		JD
1985	Achyuta Biswal		INC
1980	Dhaneswar Kumbhar		INC
1977	Debaraj Seth		JP
1974	Daulat Bagh		SWA
1971	Nilambar Raiguru		SWA
1967	Nilambar Raiguru		SWA
1961	Daulata Ganda		SWA
1957[b]	Daulata Ganda		AIGP
	Anantaram Nanda		AIGP
1951	Anantaram Nanda		AIGP

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.^[9]

2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Sonepur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Niranjan Pujari
	BJP	Pramod Mahapatra
	INC	Priyabrata Sahu
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from

2019

In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Niranjan Pujari defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ashok Kumar Pujari by a margin of 75747 votes.^[10][11]

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Sonepur^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJD	Niranjan Pujari	99,073
	BJP	Ashok Kumar Pujari	73,347
	INC	Chittaranjan Mishra	23,326
	BSP	Surubabu Nanda	2,577
	CPI(ML)L	Umesh Chandra Padhan	1,014
	Independent	Nabakrushna Danta	1,315
	Independent	Tankadhara Khamari	8,54
	NOTA	None of the above	1,597
Majority			75,747
Turnout			2,03,103
	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.^[10]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Sonepur^[13][14]

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.^[15]

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	−
	Independent	Bal Gopal Mishra	6,470	4.05	−
	BSP	Susanta Kumar Panda	2,705	1.69	−
	SAMO	Jibeswar Behera	2,143	1.34	−
	Independent	Rajani Kanta Naik	1,196	0.75	−
	Independent	Dillip Kumar Sahu	885	0.55	−
	Independent	Tankadhar Khamari	844	0.53	−
Majority			28,307	17.73[c]	−
Turnout			1,59,681	72.86	−
	BJD gain from INC

Notes

1. as on 1 January 2014
2. It was a 2 member constituency
3. %of total valid votes