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

Ram Sundar Das, sitting MLA from Sonpur (सोनपुर) 1977–1980, served as Bihar's Chief Minister briefly in 1979.

Overview
Sonpur Vidhan Sabha Saran Bihar

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 Political Party
1951Jagadish SharmaIndian National Congress
1957Ram Binod SinghIndependent
1962Sheo Bachan SinghCommunist Party of India
1967Ram Jaipal Singh YadavIndian National Congress
1969Ram Jaipal Singh YadavIndian National Congress
1972Ram Jaipal Singh YadavIndian National Congress
1977Ram Sunder DasJanata Party
1980Lalu Prasad YadavJanata Party (Secular)
1985Lalu Prasad YadavLok Dal
1990Raj Kumar RoyJanata Dal
1995Raj Kumar RoyJanata Dal
2000Vinay Kumar SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2005 (Feb)Ramanuj Prasad YadavRashtriya Janata Dal
2005 (Oct)Ramanuj Prasad YadavRashtriya Janata Dal
2010Vinay Kumar SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2015Ramanuj Prasad YadavRashtriya Janata Dal
2020Ramanuj Prasad YadavRashtriya Janata Dal

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. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/nri/Bihar_Delimitation.pdf
  5. http://eci.nic.in/delim/Draft/Bihar/Order%20&%20Notification_English_.pdf
  6. https://resultuniversity.com/election/sonepur-bihar-assembly-constituency
  7. https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/1977-election-results.html
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