Bonai (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Bonai
Odisha Legislative Assembly Constituency
District	Sundargarh
Blocks	Bonaigarh, Gurundia, Lahunipada, Koida
Electorate	1,99,080
Current constituency
Created	1951
Party	CPI (M)
MLA	Laxman Munda
Const. No.	14
Lok Sabha Constituencies	Sundargarh

Bonai (Sl. No.: 14) is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Jharsuguda district, Odisha.^[1] Area of this constituency include Bonaigarh blcok, Gurundia block, Lahunipada block and Koida block.^[2][3]

Elected Members

Vote share of Winning candidates [4]
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%

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

• 2014: (14): Laxman Munda (CPM)
• 2009: (14): Bhimsen Choudhury (BJP)
• 2004: (141): Laxman Munda (CPM)
• 2000: (141): Dayanidhi Kisan (BJP)
• 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)

2014 Election Result

In 2014 election Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Laxman Munda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bhimsen Choudhury, defeated by 1,818 votes.^[6]

2014 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bonai[7][8]
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	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 Election Result

In 2009 election Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhimsen Choudhury, defeated Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Laxman Munda by 3,356 votes.^[9]

2009 Vidhan Sabha Election, Bonai[10]
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[lower-alpha 1]	-
Turnout			1,27,319	68.91	-
	BJP gain from CPI(M)

Notes

1. %of total valid votes

References

1. "Orissa Assembly Election 2009". empoweringindia.org. Retrieved 4 January 2014. Constituency: Bonai (14) District : Sundargarh
2. Assembly Constituencies and their Extent
3. Seats of Odisha
4. "141 - Bonai Assembly Constituency". eci.nic.in. 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2014. List Of Winning Candidates
5. http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/453-501.pdf
6. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
7. "Odisha - Bonai". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
8. "Orissa Assembly Election 2014 Constituency: Bonai (14)". EmpoweringIndia.org. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
9. "Orissa Election Result 2009 With Vote Margin". leadtech.in. Retrieved 4 January 2014. 3356
10. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/stat_OR_April2009.pdf