Sonpur Assembly constituency
| Sonpur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 122 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Saran |
| Established | 1951 |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Sonpur Assembly constituency, often spelt Sonepur, is in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar.[1]
Ram Sundar Das, sitting MLA from Sonpur 1977–1980, served as Bihar's Chief Minister briefly in 1979.
Overview
[edit]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
[edit]| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Jagadish Sharma | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Ram Binod Singh | Independent | |
| 1962 | Sheo Bachan Singh | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Ram Sunder Das | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Lalu Prasad Yadav | Janata Party | |
| 1985 | Lok Dal | ||
| 1990 | Raj Kumar Roy | Janata Dal | |
| 1995 | |||
| 2000 | Vinay Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2005 | Ramanuj Prasad Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | Vinay Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2015 | Ramanuj Prasad Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2020 | |||
Election results
[edit]2020
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Ramanuj Prasad Yadav | 73,247 | |||
| BJP | Vinay Kumar Singh | 66,561 | |||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | [5] | ||||
| RJD hold | Swing | ||||
2015
[edit]- Ramanuj Prasad Yadav (RJD): 86,082 votes
- Vinay Kumar Singh (BJP): 49,686 votes
1980 Vidhan Sabha
[edit]- Lalu Prasad Yadav (Janata-Secular): 45,041 votes[6]
- Jawahar Prasad Singh (Indira Congress): 35,874 votes
- Ram Sunder Das (Janata Party): 10,396 votes
1977 Vidhan Sabha
[edit]- Ram Sunder Das (JNP): 40,747 votes[7]
- Rameshwar Prasad Rai (IND): 15,411 votes
References
[edit]- ^ "Roll of the dais Sonepur Assembly constituency". Archived from the original on 4 June 2016.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "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) - ^ "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) - ^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ "Sonepur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency".
- ^ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977".
External links
[edit]- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
