Sonpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Sonpur Vidhan Sabha constituency, often spelt Sonepur, is in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar.[1][2]

This article is about the assembly constituency in Bihar. For its eponymous assembly constituency In Odisha, see Sonepur (Vidhan Sabha constituency). For its eponymous town, see Sonpur, Bihar.

122 Sonpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Sonpur and Dighwara C.D. blocks.[3][4][5]

Sonpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 20 Saran (Lok Sabha constituency).[3] 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
2005 (Feb)Ramanuj Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 (Oct)
2010Vinay Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2015Ramanuj Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020

Election Results

2020 Vidhan Sabha
  • Dr Ramanuj Prasad (RJD) : 73,247 votes
  • Vinay Kumar Singh (BJP) : 66,561

2015 Vidhan Sabha
  • 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. "Sonepur constituency map" (PDF).
  2. "Roll of the dais Sonepur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)".
  3. "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.
  4. "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)
  5. "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)
  6. "Sonepur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency".
  7. "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977".
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