Sonbarsha 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.

Sonbarsha
Constituency No. 74 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictSaharsa
Established1951
Elected year2020

Overview

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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 the Legislative Assembly

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

Election results

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2020

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

1977-2010

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Sonbarsa Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Bihar - Sonbarsha". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  5. ^ "121 - Sonbarsa Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
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