Sonepur | |
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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]
Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Sonepur constituency are:[6][7]
Year | Member | Party | |
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2019 | Niranjan Pujari [8] | Biju Janata Dal |
In 2019 election:[9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | Swing |
In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Niranjan Pujari defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pramod Kumar Mahapatra by a margin of 51,485 votes.[11]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
In 2009 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Niranjan Pujari defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nabakrushna Danta by a margin of 28,307 votes.[14]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |