Sonpur Assembly constituency

Sonpur Assembly constituency, often spelt Sonepur, is in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar.[1]

Sonpur Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 122 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Elected year2020

122 Sonpur
Assembly constituency
122 Sonpur is located in Bihar
122 Sonpur
122 Sonpur
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°42′N 85°11′E
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictSaran
Constituency No.122
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency20. Saran
Electoral systemFirst past the post
Sonpur Vidhan Sabha Saran Bihar

Ram Sundar Das, sitting MLA from Sonpur 1977–1980, served as Bihar's Chief Minister briefly in 1979.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 122 Sonpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Sonpur and Dighwara C.D. blocks.[2][3][4]

Sonpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 20 Saran (Lok Sabha constituency).[2] It was earlier part of Chapra (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Year Member Party
1951Jagadish Sharma Indian National Congress
1957Ram Binod Singh Independent
1962Sheo Bachan Singh Communist Party of India
1967Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav Indian National Congress
1969
1972
1977Ram Sunder Das Janata Party
1980Lalu Prasad Yadav Janata Party
1985 Lok Dal
1990Raj Kumar Roy Janata Dal
1995
2000Vinay Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2005Ramanuj Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005
2010Vinay Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2015Ramanuj Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Sonpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD
JD(U)
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors [5]
gain from Swing
  • Dr Ramanuj Prasad (RJD) : 73,247 votes
  • Vinay Kumar Singh (BJP) : 66,561

2015

  • Dr Ramanuj Prasad (RJD) : 86,082 votes
  • Vinay Kumar Singh (BJP) : 49686

1980 Vidhan Sabha

  • Lalu Prasad Yadav (Janata-Secular) : 45,041 votes [6]
  • Jawahar Prasad Singh (Indira Congress) : 35,874
  • Ram Sunder Das (Janata Party) : 10396

1977 Vidhan Sabha

  • Ram Sunder Das (JNP) : 40,747 votes [7]
  • Rameshwar Prasad Rai (IND) : 15,411

References

  1. "Roll of the dais Sonepur Assembly constituency". Archived from the original on 4 June 2016.
  2. "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  6. "Sonepur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency".
  7. "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977".
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