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{{Short description|Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India}}
{{About| the assembly constituency in Odisha|its eponymous assembly constituency in Bihar|Sonpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|its eponymous town|Subarnapur, Odisha}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Sonepur
| state = [[Odisha]]
| constituency_no = 65
| type = SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| division = Northern Division
| district = [[Subarnapur district|Subarnapur]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Bolangir (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bolangir]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image = Niranjan Pujari.jpg
| mla = [[Niranjan Pujari]]
| party = [[Biju Janata Dal]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
| electors = 2,56,007{{efn|as on 2024}}{{efn|as data published by election commission}}
}}

'''Sonepur''' is a [[Legislative Assembly of Odisha|Vidhan Sabha]] [[List of constituencies of Odisha Legislative Assembly|constituency]] of [[Subarnapur district]], [[Odisha]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=65|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311105401/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=65|url-status=usurped|archive-date=11 March 2014|title= Orissa Assembly Election 2009 |work=empoweringindia.org |quote= Constituency: Sonepur (65) District : Subarnapur|accessdate= 11 March 2014}}</ref>

This constituency includes [[Sonepur, Odisha|Sonepur]], [[Tarbha]], Sonepur block, Tarbha block, Dunguripali block and two [[Gram panchayat|GP]]s (Julunda and Mahada) of Binika block.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Orissa/orissa.pdf Assembly Constituencies and their Extent]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/delim/paper1to7/Orissa.xls Seats of Odisha]</ref>

==Elected members==
{{bar box
|float=right
|title= Vote share of winning candidates<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S18/partycomp112.htm|title= 112 - Sonepur (SC) Assembly Constituency|work=eci.nic.in |year=2006 |quote=List Of Winning Candidates |accessdate= 10 March 2014}}</ref>|titlebar=#ddd
|width=300px
|barwidth=275px
|bars=
{{bar percent|2024|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|46.03}}
{{bar percent|2019|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|48.78}}
{{bar percent|2014|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|51.70}}
{{bar percent|2009|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|42.09}}
{{bar percent|2004|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|48.11}}
{{bar percent|2000|{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}|42.26}}
{{bar percent|1995|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|37.56}}
{{bar percent|1990|{{party color|Janata Dal}}|49.61}}
{{bar percent|1985|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|62.37}}
{{bar percent|1980|{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}|66.23}}
{{bar percent|1977|{{party color|Janata Party}}|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:<ref name="prevMLAs">{{cite web|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |title=Odisha Reference Annual - 2011 - List of Members of Odisha Legislative Assembly - (1951–2004) |access-date=6 October 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217121136/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf |archive-date=17 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= Sonepur Assembly Constituency, Orissa|url=http://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/sonepur.html|publisher=Compare Infobase Limited|accessdate= 10 March 2014}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Member
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Sonepur Assembly Election Results 2024: Sonepur Election Candidates List, Election Date, Vote Share - IndiaToday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/odisha/sonepur-constituency-result-18065 |access-date=2025-06-20 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
| rowspan="4" |[[Niranjan Pujari]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=4|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2019]]<ref name="election2019">{{cite web |title=State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11679-odisha-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |url-access=limited |access-date=7 October 2021 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014]]<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009]]<ref name=":2" />
|-
|[[2004 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|Binod Patra
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2000 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
| rowspan="3" |Kunduru Kushal
|{{full party name with color|Biju Janata Dal}}
|-
||[[1995 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=2|Janata Dal}}
|-
||[[1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|-
||[[1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|Achyuta Biswal
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
||[[1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|Dhaneswar Kumbhar
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}
|-
||[[1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Debaraj Seth
|{{full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
||[[1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
|Daulat Bagh
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=4|Swatantra Party}}
|-
||[[1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
| rowspan="2" |Nilambar Raiguru
|-
||[[1967 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|-
||[[1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1961]]
|Daulata Ganda
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1957]]{{efn|It was a 2 member constituency}}
|Anantaram Nanda
|{{full party name with color|rowspan=3|Ganatantra Parishad}}
|-
|Daulata Ganda
|-
||[[1951 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|1951]]
|Anantaram Nanda
|}

==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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=General Election to Legislative Assembly of Odisha 2024 |url=https://elections24.eci.gov.in/election-details-odisa.html |website=[[Election Commission of India|ECI]]}}</ref> In 2024 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Niranjan Pujari]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate Pramod Kumar Mahapatra by a margin of 15,239 votes.<ref name=":1" />

{{Election box begin
|title= [[2024 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2024 Odisha Vidhan Sabha Election]],Sonepur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Niranjan Pujari]]
|votes = 98,202
|percentage = 46.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Pramod Kumar Mahapatra
|votes = 82,963
|percentage = 38.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Priyabrata Sahu
|votes = 20,508
|percentage = 9.61
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,905
|percentage = 0.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 15,239
|percentage = 7.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,13,366
|percentage = 83.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2019===
In 2019 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Niranjan Pujari]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate Ashok Kumar Pujari by a margin of 25,726 votes.<ref name="election2019" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2019/odisha/sonepur-election-result-s18a065/|title=Sonepur Assembly Election Results 2019 Live: Sonepur Constituency (Seat) Election Results, Live News.|website=News18|access-date=19 October 2019}}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election]]: Sonepur<ref name="SP Ass Cand">{{cite web |title=List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC) |url=http://www.ceoorissa.nic.in/docs/Election/2019/Form7A/Phase2/List%20of%20Contesting%20Candidates%20%282nd%20Phase-AC%20Wise%29.pdf |website=ceoorissa.nic.in |publisher=Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha |accessdate=17 April 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Niranjan Pujari]]
|votes = 99,073
|percentage = 48.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Ashok Kumar Pujari
|votes = 73,347
|percentage = 36.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Chittaranjan Mishra
|votes = 23,326
|percentage = 11.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 1,597
|percentage = 0.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 25,726
|percentage = 12.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,03,103
|percentage = 81.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 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.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014|url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html|publisher=Leadtech.in|accessdate=8 June 2014|archive-date=18 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140818230907/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/2604-constituency-wise-odisha-assembly-election-result.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Election box begin |
| title=[[2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2014 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Sonepur<ref>{{cite web|title=Odisha - Sonepur|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/AC/ConstituencywiseS1865.htm?ac=65|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=8 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Orissa Assembly Election 2014n Constituency: Sonepur (65)|url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=65|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140608102530/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=998&cid=65|url-status=usurped|archive-date=8 June 2014|publisher=EmpoweringIndia.org|accessdate=8 June 2014}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Niranjan Pujari]]
|votes = 93,534
|percentage = 51.7
|change = {{up}}8.58
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Pramod Kumar Mahapatra
|votes = 42,049
|percentage = 23.24
|change = {{down}}2.15
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Sarbeswar Purohit
|votes = 35,795
|percentage = 19.79
|change = {{down}}2.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Bimala Naik
|votes = 2,408
|percentage = 1.33
|change = {{down}}0.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Aama Odisha Party
|candidate = Amareswar Mishra
|votes = 1,686
|percentage = 0.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Ambedkarite Party of India
|candidate = Giridhari Khura
|votes = 1,480
|percentage = 0.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Samata Kranti Dal
|candidate = Nandighosh Meher
|votes = 1,192
|percentage = 0.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 2,756
|percentage = 1.52
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 51,485
|percentage = 28.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,80,900
|percentage = 78.1
|change = 5.24
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,31,614
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2009 ===
In 2009 election, [[Biju Janata Dal]] candidate [[Niranjan Pujari]] defeated [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate Nabakrushna Danta by a margin of 28,307 votes.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |title=Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin |work=leadtech.in |quote=28307 |accessdate=10 March 2014 |archive-date=27 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527163949/http://leadtech.in/infoelection/index.php/odisha/431-odisha-election-result-2009-votemargin.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{Election box begin |title= [[2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election|2009 Vidhan Sabha Election]], Sonepur<ref name=election2009>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3630-orissa-2009/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 6 October 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Biju Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Niranjan Pujari]]
|votes = 68,844
|percentage = 43.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Nabakrushna Danta
|votes = 40,537
|percentage = 25.39
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Jitendra Patnaik
|votes = 36,044
|percentage = 22.57
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 28,307
|percentage = ''17.73''{{efn|%of total valid votes}}
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,59,681
|percentage = 72.86
|change = ''-''
}}
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Biju Janata Dal
|loser = Indian National Congress
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Subarnapur district}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Odisha|state=expanded}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Odisha]]
[[Category:Subarnapur district]]
[[Category:Politics of Odisha]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Orissa]]

Sonepur Assembly constituency - Revision history

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