Bonai is an Assembly constituency of Sundergarh district in Odisha State. It was established in 1951.
Extent of Assembly Constituencies
Gurundia Block Bonaigarh Block Lahunipara Block Koira Block.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections have been held till date including one bypoll in 1997.
List of members elected from Bonai constituency are:
YearMemberParty2024Laxman Munda201920142009Bhimsen Choudhury2004Laxman Munda2000Dayanidhi Kisan1998 (bypoll)Janardan Dehury1995Jual Oram19901985Basanta Singh Dandapat19801977Hemanta Singh Dandapat1974Benudhar Naik1971Hemendra Prasad Mahapatra196719611957Arjun Naik1951Nilamani Singh Dandapat
Election results 2024 Voting were held on 20 May 2024 in 2nd phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 5th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. In 2024 election, Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Laxman Munda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Bhimsen Choudhury by 23,439 votes.
2019 In 2019 election, Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Laxman Munda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Ranjit Kishan by 12,030 votes.
2014 In 2014 election, Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Laxman Munda defeated Biju Janata Dal candidate Dayanidhi Kisan by 1,818 votes.
2009 In 2009 election, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bhimsen Choudhury defeated Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate Laxman Munda by 3,356 votes.
1961 In 1961 election, Swatantra Party candidate Mohapatra Hemendra Prasad defeated Indian National Congress candidate Dandpat Hamanda Kumar Singh by 9,946 votes.
1957 In 1957 election, Ganatantra Parishad candidate Arjun Naik defeated Indian National Congress candidate Basant Kumar Dandpat by 3,071 votes.
1952 In 1952 election, Ganatantra Parishad candidate Nilamani Singh Dandapat defeated Indian National Congress candidate Balaram Mohapatra by 8,891 votes.
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