Sonepur Assembly constituency
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| Sonepur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 65 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Odisha |
| District | Subarnapur |
| LS constituency | Bolangir |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,31,614[1][a] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 17th Lok Sabha | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Biju Janata Dal |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Sonepur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Subarnapur district, Odisha.[2]
This constituency includes Sonepur, Tarbha, Sonepur block, Tarbha block, Dunguripali block and two GPs (Julunda and Mahada) of Binika block.[3][4]
Elected Members[edit]
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 | |||
| 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 | Daulata Ganda | AIGP | |
| Anantaram Nanda | AIGP | ||
| 1951 | Anantaram Nanda | AIGP | |
Election results[edit]
2024[edit]
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]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJD | Niranjan Pujari | ||||
| BJP | Pramod Mahapatra | ||||
| INC | Priyabrata Sahu | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | |||||
2019[edit]
In 2019 election:[10]
| 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[edit]
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Niranjan Pujari defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pramod Kumar Mahapatra by a margin of 51,485 votes.[12]
| 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[edit]
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Niranjan Pujari defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nabakrushna Danta by a margin of 28,307 votes.[15]
| 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[b] | - | ||
| Turnout | 1,59,681 | 72.86 | - | ||
| BJD gain from INC | |||||
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "CONSTITUENCY-WISE ELECTOR INFORMATION" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
Constituency: Sonepur (65) District : Subarnapur
- ^ Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
- ^ Seats of Odisha
- ^ "112 - Sonepur (SC) Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
List Of Winning Candidates
- ^ "Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Sonepur Assembly Constituency, Orissa". Compare Infobase Limited. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024". ECI.
- ^ "Sonepur Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Sonepur Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News". News18. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
- ^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "Odisha - Sonepur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014n Constituency: Sonepur (65)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
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- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.