Sonbarsha Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Sonbarsha
Constituency No. 74 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Established	1951

Elected year	2020

Sonbarsha Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Saharsa district in the Indian state of Bihar. It has been reserved for scheduled castes since 2010. Earlier, it was an open seat.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 74 Sonbarsha Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Sonbarsha, Patarghat and Banma Itahri community development blocks.^[1]

Sonbarsha Assembly constituency is part of No. 13 Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency) .^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Name^[2]
1952	Jageshwar Hajra	Indian National Congress
1957	Singheshwar Rai	Independent
1962	Sitaram Mahto
1967	Raj Nandan Rai
1969	Raj Nandan Rai	Indian National Congress
1972	Sitaram Mahto	Samyukta Socialist Party
1977	Mahamud Alam	Indian National Congress
1980	Anwarul Haque	Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Karpoori Thakur	Lokdal
1990	Ram Jiwan Prasad	Janata Dal
1995	Ram Jiwan Prasad	Janata Dal
2000	Ram Chandra Purve	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005
2005
2010	Ratnesh Sada	Janata Dal (United)
2015
2020

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Sonbarsha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RJD
	JD(U)
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors				^[3]
	gain from		Swing

1977-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Ratnesh Sada of JD(U) won the Sonbarsha assembly seat defeating Sarita Devi of LJP.^[4] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Kishor Kumar, Independent, defeated Ranjit Yadav of RJD in October 2005 and Ashok Kumar Singh of RJD in February 2005. Ashok Kumar Singh defeated Kishor Kumar Singh, Independent, in 2000. Ashok Kumar Singh of JD defeated Tej Narayan Yadav, Independent, in 1995, and K.K. Mandal of Congress in 1990. Surya Narayan Yadav of aLD defeated Tej Narayan Yadav of CPI in 1985. Surya Narayan Yadav of Congress (U) defeated K.K. Mandal of Congress in 1980. Ashok Kumar Singh of JP defeated Surya Narayan Yadav, Independent, in 1977.^[5]

References

^ ^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.
^ "Sonbarsa Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "Bihar - Sonbarsha". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
^ "121 - Sonbarsa Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 January 2011.