Sonpur Assembly constituency explained

Sonpur
Type:	SLA
State:	Bihar
District:	Saran
Constituency No:	122
Established:	1951

Sonpur Assembly constituency, often spelt Sonepur, is in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar.^[1]

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 Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Sonpur and Dighwara C.D. blocks.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Sonpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 20 Saran (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2] It was earlier part of Chapra (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Year	Member	Party
1951	Jagadish Sharma
1957	Ram Binod Singh
1962	Sheo Bachan Singh
1967	Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav
1969
1972
1977	Ram Sunder Das
1980	Lalu Prasad Yadav
1985
1990	Raj Kumar Roy
1995
2000	Vinay Kumar Singh
2005	Ramanuj Prasad Yadav
2005
2010	Vinay Kumar Singh
2015	Ramanuj Prasad Yadav
2020

Election results

2015

• Ramanuj Prasad Yadav (RJD): 86,082 votes
• Vinay Kumar Singh (BJP): 49,686 votes

1980 Vidhan Sabha

• Lalu Prasad Yadav (Janata-Secular): 45,041 votes^[5]
• Jawahar Prasad Singh (Indira Congress): 35,874 votes
• Ram Sunder Das (Janata Party): 10,396 votes

1977 Vidhan Sabha

• Ram Sunder Das (JNP): 40,747 votes^[6]
• Rameshwar Prasad Rai (IND): 15,411 votes

External links

• Web site: Results of all Bihar Assembly elections . eci.gov.in . Election Commission of India . 15 March 2022.

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Roll of the dais Sonepur Assembly constituency. https://web.archive.org/web/20160604001414/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101026/jsp/bihar/story_13101255.jsp. dead. 4 June 2016.
2. Web site: Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India. Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies . 2011-01-10 .
3. Web site: Archived copy . 15 September 2016 . 19 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160919050118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/nri/Bihar_Delimitation.pdf . dead .
4. Web site: Archived copy . 12 February 2022 . 12 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170712181547/http://eci.nic.in/delim/Draft/Bihar/Order%20%26%20Notification_English_.pdf . dead .
5. Web site: Sonepur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency.
6. Web site: Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977.