Constituency
65. Sonepur
Community mirrorOdisha Assembly Election, 2009
OD-SONEPUR
BJD 43.1%won by 17.7%BJP 25.4%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Biju Janata Dal (BJD), which now leads by 17.7%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 25.4% — it did not contest here in 2004.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.5% between them, down from 83.6% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,59,668
Margin
28,307
17.73%
Candidates
9 contested · winner BJD- 1NIRANJAN PUJARIBiju Janata Dal · BJD68,84443.1%
- 2NABA KRUSHNA DANTABharatiya Janata Party · BJP40,53725.4%
- 3JITENDRA PATNAIKIndian National Congress · INC36,04422.6%
- 4BAL GOPAL MISHRAIndependent · IND6,4704.1%
- 5SUSANTA KUMAR PANDABahujan Samaj Party · BSP2,7051.7%
- 6JIBESWAR BEHERASAMO · SAMO2,1431.3%
- 7RAJANI KANTA NAIKIndependent · IND1,1960.7%
- 8DILLIP KUMAR SAHUIndependent · IND8850.6%
- 9TANKADHAR KHAMARIIndependent · IND8440.5%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- BJDflipped
- BJD–BJP swing
- −23.7%
- BJD share
- 41.5% → 43.1%
- BJP share
- 0.0% → 25.4%
- Turnout
- — → —