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
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
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.

This constituency includes Sonepur, Tarbha, Sonepur block, Tarbha block, Dunguripali block and two GPs (Julunda and Mahada) of Binika block.

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates
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%

Fifteen elections were held between 1951 and 2014. Elected members from the Sonepur constituency are:

  • 2014: (65): Niranjan Pujari (BJD)
  • 2009: (65): Niranjan Pujari (BJD)
  • 2004: (112): Binod Patra (Congress)
  • 2000: (112): Kunduru Kushal (BJD)
  • 1995: (112): Kunduru Kushal (Janata Dal)
  • 1990: (112): Kunduru Kushal (Janata Dal)
  • 1985: (112): Achyuta Biswal (Congress)
  • 1980: (112): Dhaneswar Kumbhar (Congress-I)
  • 1977: (112): Debraj Seth (Janata Party)
  • 1974: (112): Daulat Bagh (Swatantra)
  • 1971: (100): Nilambar Raiguru (Swatantra)
  • 1967: (100): Nilambar Raiguru (Swatantra)
  • 1961: (49): Daulat Panda (Ganatantra Parishad)
  • 1957: (34): Anantaram Nanda (Ganatantra Parishad)
  • 1951: (25): Anantaram Nanda (Ganatantra Parishad)
Year Member Party
2019 Niranjan Pujari Biju Janata Dal

Election results

2019

In 2019 election:

2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election: Sonepur
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 Swing

2014 Election Result

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

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Sonepur
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 Election Result

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

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Sonepur
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 -
Turnout 1,59,681 72.86 -
BJD gain from INC