Sonari Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Assam legislative assembly in India

Sonari
Constituency No. 93 for the Assam Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Charaideo
LS constituency	Jorhat
Established	1951
Reservation	None

Elected year	2021

Sonari Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Sonari forms part of the Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

1951: Purnanada Chetia, Indian National Congress^[4]
1957: Purnanada Chetia, Indian National Congress (PS No.79)^[5]
1962: Bimala Prasad Chaliha, Indian National Congress (PS No.90)^[6]
1967: Bimala Prasad Chaliha, Indian National Congress (PS No.110)^[7]
1972: Janakinath Handique, Indian National Congress (PS No.110)^[8]
1978: Satya Tanti, Indian National Congress (PS No.106)^[9]
1983: Satya Tanti, Indian National Congress^[10]
1985: Bhadreswar Buragohain, Independent, later Asom Gana Parishad^[11]
1991: Sarat Barkotoky, Indian National Congress
1996: Sarat Barkotoky, Indian National Congress
2001: Sarat Barkotoky, Indian National Congress
2006: Sarat Barkotoky, Indian National Congress
2011: Sarat Barkotoky, Indian National Congress
2016: Topon Kumar Gogoi, Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 (by-election): Nabanita Handique, Bharatiya Janata Party
2021: Dharmeswar Konwar,^[12] Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2019 by-election

By-election, 2019: Sonari^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Nabanita Handique	66,698
	INC	Sushil Kumar Suri	51,268
Majority			15,430
Turnout			1,22,209	71.64
	BJP hold		Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Sonari^[14]
Party		Votes








Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	gain from	Swing

References

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