Sonepur is a

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Subarnapur district Subarnapur District, also called Sonepur District or Sonapur District, is an administrative district in Odisha state in eastern India. The city of Sonepur is the district headquarters. Sonepur is known as the Mandiramalini town (city of temples) ...

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

Elected Members

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:

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. In 2024 election,

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candidate

Niranjan Pujari Niranjan Pujari (born 1961) is a member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly, the state assembly from Sonepur of the Indian state Odisha. He was serving as Cabinet Minister of Parliamentary Affairs ''Parliamentary Affairs'' is a British peer- ...

defeated

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candidate Pramod Kumar Mahapatra by a margin of 15,239 votes.

2019

In 2019 election,

candidate

defeated

candidate Ashok Kumar Pujari by a margin of 25,726 votes.

2014

In 2014 election,

candidate

defeated

candidate Pramod Kumar Mahapatra by a margin of 51,485 votes.

2009

In 2009 election,

candidate

defeated

candidate Nabakrushna Danta by a margin of 28,307 votes.

Notes

References

{{coords, 20.84, 83.90, display=title Assembly constituencies of Odisha Subarnapur district Politics of Odisha Constituencies established in 1951 1951 establishments in Orissa