Sonepur Assembly constituency

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Sonepur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Subarnapur district, Odisha.[2]

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Sonepur
Constituency No. 65 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateOdisha
DistrictSubarnapur
Lok Sabha constituencyBolangir
Established1951
Total electors2,31,614[1][a]
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
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Incumbent
PartyBiju Janata Dal
Elected year2019
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This constituency includes Sonepur, Tarbha, Sonepur block, Tarbha block, Dunguripali block and two GPs (Julunda and Mahada) of Binika block.[3][4]

Elected Members

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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%
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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]

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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
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Election results

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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]

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2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election,Sonepur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJD Niranjan Pujari
BJP Pramod Mahapatra
INC Priyabrata Sahu
NOTA None of the above
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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]

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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
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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]

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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
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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]

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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
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Notes

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

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