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Sonpur Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 25°42′N 85°11′E / 25.700°N 85.183°E / 25.700; 85.183
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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 is located in Bihar
122 Sonpur
122 Sonpur
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°42′N 85°11′E / 25.700°N 85.183°E / 25.700; 85.183
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictSaran
Constituency No.122
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency20. Saran
Electoral systemFirst past the post

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

Ram Sundar Das, sitting MLA from Sonpur 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
style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | 1951 Jagadish Sharma Indian National Congress
1957 Ram Binod Singh Independent
style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color" | 1962 Sheo Bachan Singh Communist Party of India
style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | 1967 Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav Indian National Congress
style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | 1969 Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav Indian National Congress
style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | 1972 Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav Indian National Congress
style="background-color: Template:Janata Party/meta/color" | 1977 Ram Sunder Das Janata Party
style="background-color: Template:Janata Party/meta/color" | 1980 Lalu Prasad Yadav Janata Party (Secular)
style="background-color: Template:Lok Dal/meta/color" | 1985 Lalu Prasad Yadav Lok Dal
style="background-color: Template:Janata Dal/meta/color" | 1990 Raj Kumar Roy Janata Dal
style="background-color: Template:Janata Dal/meta/color" | 1995 Raj Kumar Roy Janata Dal
style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | 2000 Vinay Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
style="background-color: Template:Rashtriya Janata Dal/meta/color" | 2005 (Feb) Ramanuj Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
style="background-color: Template:Rashtriya Janata Dal/meta/color" | 2005 (Oct) Ramanuj Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | 2010 Vinay Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
style="background-color: Template:Rashtriya Janata Dal/meta/color" | 2015 Ramanuj Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
style="background-color: Template:Rashtriya Janata Dal/meta/color" | 2020 Ramanuj Prasad Yadav Rashtriya 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).[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Roll of the dais Sonepur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)".
  3. ^ 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.
  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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