Vidhan Sabha constituency No. 65
Sonepur assembly constituency
Sonepur is one of 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly, in Subarnapur district and the Bolangir Lok Sabha constituency. In 2024 it elected Niranjan Pujari of the Biju Janata Dal, by 15,239 votes.
- MLA (2024)
- Niranjan Pujari
- Party
- Biju Janata Dal
- Electors
- 2,56,007
- Turnout (2024)
- 83.34%
Election results
2024
Turnout 83.34% · 2,13,366 votes · Margin 15,239
| Niranjan PujariWonBiju Janata Dal | 46.03% | 98,202 | |
| Pramod Kumar MahapatraBharatiya Janata Party | 38.88% | 82,963 | |
| Priyabrata SahuIndian National Congress | 9.61% | 20,508 | |
| None of the aboveNone of the above | 0.89% | 1,905 |
2019
Turnout 81.12% · 2,03,103 votes · Margin 25,726
| Niranjan PujariWonBiju Janata Dal | 48.78% | 99,073 | |
| Ashok Kumar PujariBharatiya Janata Party | 36.11% | 73,347 | |
| Chittaranjan MishraIndian National Congress | 11.48% | 23,326 | |
| None of the aboveNone of the above | 0.79% | 1,597 |
2014
Turnout 78.1% · 1,80,900 votes · Margin 51,485
| Niranjan PujariWonBiju Janata Dal | 51.7% | 93,534 | |
| Pramod Kumar MahapatraBharatiya Janata Party | 23.24% | 42,049 | |
| Sarbeswar PurohitIndian National Congress | 19.79% | 35,795 | |
| Bimala NaikBahujan Samaj Party | 1.33% | 2,408 | |
| Amareswar MishraAama Odisha Party | 0.93% | 1,686 | |
| Giridhari KhuraAmbedkarite Party of India | 0.82% | 1,480 | |
| Nandighosh MeherSamata Kranti Dal | 0.66% | 1,192 | |
| None of the aboveNone of the above | 1.52% | 2,756 |
2009
Turnout 72.86% · 1,59,681 votes · Margin 28,307
| Niranjan PujariWonBiju Janata Dal | 43.11% | 68,844 | |
| Nabakrushna DantaBharatiya Janata Party | 25.39% | 40,537 | |
| Jitendra PatnaikIndian National Congress | 22.57% | 36,044 |
Members elected since 1951
| Year | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Niranjan Pujari | Biju Janata Dal |
| 2019 | Niranjan Pujari | Biju Janata Dal |
| 2014 | Niranjan Pujari | Biju Janata Dal |
| 2009 | Niranjan Pujari | Biju Janata Dal |
| 2004 | Binod Patra | Indian National Congress |
| 2000 | Kunduru Kushal | Biju Janata Dal |
| 1995 | Kunduru Kushal | Janata Dal |
| 1990 | Kunduru Kushal | Janata Dal |
| 1985 | Achyuta Biswal | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Dhaneswar Kumbhar | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1977 | Debaraj Seth | Janata Party |
| 1974 | Daulat Bagh | Swatantra Party |
| 1971 | Nilambar Raiguru | Swatantra Party |
| 1967 | Nilambar Raiguru | Swatantra Party |
| 1961 | Daulata Ganda | Swatantra Party |
| 1957 | Anantaram Nanda | Ganatantra Parishad |
| 1957 | Daulata Ganda | Ganatantra Parishad |
| 1951 | Anantaram Nanda | Ganatantra Parishad |
Area covered
Sonepur, Tarbha, Sonepur block, Tarbha block, Dunguripali block and two GPs (Julunda and Mahada) of Binika block.
As set by the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008.
Towns: Tarbha
Binika block · 2 of 16 gram panchayats
Dunguripali block · 26 of 26 gram panchayats
Sonepur block · 14 of 14 gram panchayats
Tarbha block · 21 of 21 gram panchayats
Panchayats matched by Odiapedia from the order's wording to the Local Government Directory (2022) names; boundaries may have changed since 2008.