Bonai Assembly constituency

Bonai
Bonai
Constituency No. 14 for the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Odisha
District	Sundargarh
LS constituency	Sundargarh
Established	1951
Total electors	199,080
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Odisha Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Laxman Munda
Party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Elected year	2019

Bonai is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Sundargarh district, Odisha.^[1] Area of this constituency includes Bonaigarh block, Gurundia block, Lahunipada block and Koida block.^[2]^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Vote share of winning candidates^[4]

2019			34.67%
2014			23.98%
2009			23.97%
2004			40.17%
2000			43.53%
1995			25.17%
1990			44.96%
1985			28.95%
1980			34.91%
1977			49.64%

Sixteen elections held during 1951 to 2014. List of members elected from Bonai constituency are:^[5]

1995: (141): Jual Oram (BJP)
1990: (141): Jual Oram (BJP)
1985: (141): Basanta Kumar Singh Dandapat (Congress)
1980: (141): Basanta Kumar Singh Dandapat (Congress)
1977: (141): Hemanta Kumar Singh Dandapat (Janata Party)
1974: (141): Benudhar Nayak (Congress)
1971: (126): Hemanta Prasad Mohapatra (Independent)
1967: (126): Hemanta Prasad Mohapatra (Independent)
1961: (66): Hemendra Prasad Mohapatra (Ganatantra Parishad)
1957: (45): Arjuna Nayak (Gana Parishad)
1951: (39): Nilamani Singh Dandapat (Gana Parishad)

Year	Member
1997*	Janardan Dehury	Indian National Congress
2000	Dayanidhi Kisan	Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Laxman Munda	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2009	Bhimsen Choudhury	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Laxman Munda^[6]	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2019	Laxman Munda^[6]	Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Election results

2024

2024 Vidhan Sabha Election: Bonai
Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPI(M)	Laxman Munda
	BJD
	BJP	Sebati Nayak
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

2019

In 2019 election Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Laxman Munda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranjit Kishan, by 12,030 votes.

2019 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bonai^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Laxman Munda	59,939	34.67	10.69
	BJD	Ranjit Kishan	47,909	27.71	4.85
	BJP	Anil Kumar Barla	37,266	21.55	5.92
	AAP	Sapani Purty	2,119	1.23	0.51
	Independent	Dasarath Kishan	7,778	4.5	-
	Independent	Janardan Dehury	11,722	6.78	-
	NOTA	None of the above	2,699	1.56	0.77
Majority			12,030	6.94
Turnout			1,72,903
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2014

In 2014 election Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Laxman Munda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Dayanidhi Kisan by 1,818 votes.

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bonai^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Laxman Munda	39,125	23.98	2.65
	BJD	Dayanidhi Kisan	37,307	22.86	-
	INC	Bhimsen Choudhary	37,181	22.78	3.1
	BJP	Luthar Oram	25,766	15.79	8.18
	JMM	Patras Ekka	7,565	4.64	0.91
	Independent	Janardan Dehury	6,025	3.69	-
	Independent	Mahadev Bhumij	2,007	1.23	-
	BSP	Raghunath Oram	1,789	1.1	0.23
	Independent	Jaura Oram	1,450	0.89	-
	AAP	Chandramani Naik	1,170	0.72	-
	NOTA	None of the above	3,803	2.33	-
Majority			1,818	1.11
Turnout			1,63,188	81.97	13.06
Registered electors			1,99,080
	CPI(M) gain from BJP

2009

In 2009 election Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhimsen Choudhury, defeated Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Laxman Munda by 3,356 votes.^[10]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bonai^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bhimsen Choudhury	30,495	23.97	-
	CPI(M)	Laxman Munda	27,139	21.33	-
	INC	Ranjit Kisan	25,046	19.68	-
	Independent	Dayanidhi Kisan	18,154	14.27	-
	Independent	Anil Kumar Barla	10,805	8.49	-
	JMM	Parna Lakra	7,057	5.55	-
	Bharatiya Jana Shakti	Mahendra Kisan	3,061	2.39	-
	Independent	Kuni Munda	2,235	1.76	-
	BSP	Raghunath Oram	1,692	1.33	-
	SAMO	Upendra Kumar Phatkar	1,578	1.24	-
Majority			3,356	2.64^[a]	-
Turnout			1,27,319	68.91	-
	BJP gain from CPI(M)

1961

66-BONAI (ST) constituency, 1961 Odisha Legislative Assembly election^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIGP	Mohapatra Hemendra Prasad	12,816	71.85%	28.76
	INC	Dandpat Hamanda Kumar Singh	2,870	15.58%	11.59
	Jharkhand Party	Munda Lucas	2,242	12.57%	New
Registered electors			58,707
Turnout			19,249	32.79	0.73
	AIGP hold		Swing	28.76

1957

45-BONAI (ST) constituency, 1957 Odisha Legislative Assembly election^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIGP	Arjun Naik (ST)	8,165	43.09%	24.8
	INC	Basant Kumar Dandpat (ST)	5,148	27.17%	7.4
	Independent	Prabhusahay Munda (ST)	3,760	19.84%	New
	Independent	Rudra Kisan (ST)	1,875	9.90%	2.24
Registered electors			55,347
Turnout			18,948	33.52%	0.13
	AIGP hold		Swing	24.8

1952

39-BONAI (ST) constituency, 1952 Orissa Legislative Assembly election^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIGP	Nilamani Singh Dandapat	12,544	67.89%
	INC	Balaram Mohapatra	3,653	19.77%
	Independent	Rudra Kissan	2,281	12.34%
Turnout			18,478	33.39%
Registered electors			55,347
	AIGP win (new seat)

Notes

^ %of total valid votes

References

^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 4 January 2014. Constituency: Bonai (14) District : Sundargarh
^ "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).
^ "Seats of Odisha".
^ "141 - Bonai Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
^ "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
^ "Odisha - Bonai". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
^ "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Bonai (14)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
^ "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014. 3356
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
^ "Orissa 1961". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018.
^ "Orissa 1957". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018.
^ "Orissa 1951". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018.

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[12] %of total valid votes

[1] "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 4 January 2014. Constituency: Bonai (14) District : Sundargarh

[2] "Assembly Constituencies and their Extent" (PDF).

[3] "Seats of Odisha".

[4] "141 - Bonai Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates

[5] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[election2019-6] "State Election, 2019 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

[SP_Ass_Cand-7] "List of Contesting Candidates(Phase-II) (AC)" (PDF). ceoorissa.nic.in. Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Odisha. Retrieved 17 April 2019.

[8] "Odisha - Bonai". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

[9] "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Bonai (14)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 7 June 2014.

[10] "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 27 May 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2014. 3356

[election2009-11] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 October 2021.

[OdishaECI1961-13] "Orissa 1961". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018.

[OdishaECI1957-14] "Orissa 1957". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018.

[OdishaECI1951-15] "Orissa 1951". Election Commission of India. 16 August 2018.

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