Sonepur (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)
2009 Election Result

Sonepur (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Section Title: 2009 Election Result
Table Section Text: None

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

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

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