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<p><span class="autocomment">Member of Legislative Assembly</span></p>
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|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]] <br />
|subdivision_name1 = [[Assam]]<br />
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Assam|District]]<br />
|subdivision_name2 = [[Cachar district|Cachar]] <br />
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of Assembly constituencies of Assam|Constituency No]]<br />
|subdivision_name3 = 10<br />
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|subdivision_name4 = Sonai<br />
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'''Sonai Vidhan Sabha Constituency''' is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of [[Assam]] a north east state of India. Sonai is also part of [[Silchar (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/assam/assembly-constituencies/sonai.html|title=Sonai (Assam) Election Results 2016, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up and Current MLAs|publisher=|accessdate=28 June 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Overview<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf|title=DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008 |publisher=eci.nic.in|accessdate= 1 July 2016}}</ref>==<br />
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No.10 Sonai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following:Sonai thana [excluding circle Nos. 32 (Part), 65, 66, Boaligrant in circle No. 54 (Part) and Hill Punjee and forest villages] and circle Nos. 28 to 31 and 35 in Silchar thana and circle No. 58 (Part) in Dholai thana in Silchar sub-division.<br />
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==Member of Legislative Assembly==<br />
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*1951: [[Nanda Kishore Sinha]], [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
*1957: [[Nanda Kishore Sinha]], [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
*1962: Pulakeshi Singh, [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
*1967: M. M. Choudhury, [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
*1972: Nurul Haque Choudhury, [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
*1978: [[Altaf Hossain Mazumdar]], [[Janata Party]]<br />
*1980: Nurul Haque Choudhury, [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
*1985: Abdul Rob Laskar, [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
*1991: [[Badrinarayan Singh]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
*1996: [[Anwar Hussain Laskar]], [[Asom Gana Parishad]]<br />
*2001: [[Anwar Hussain Laskar]], [[Samajwadi Party]]<br />
*2006: [[Kutub Ahmed Mazumder]], [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
*2011: [[Anamul Haque]], [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
*2016: [[Aminul Haque Laskar]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
*2021: [[Karim Uddin Barbhuiya]], [[All India United Democratic Front]]<br />
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==Election results==<br />
===2016 Results<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/assam/assembly-constituencies/|title=Sonai(Assam) Election Results 2016|publisher=elections.in|accessdate=1 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0314.htm?ac=14|title=Sonai (Assam) Election Results 2016|publisher=elections.in|accessdate=1 July 2016}}</ref> ===<br />
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{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election|Assam Legislative Assembly Election, 2016]]: [[Sonai]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Aminul Haque Laskar<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = 44,236<br />
|percentage = 35.89<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = Anamul Haque<br />
|votes = 36,683<br />
|percentage = 29.76<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Karimuddin Barbhuiya<br />
|party = All India United Democratic Front<br />
|votes = 32,109<br />
|percentage = 26.05<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Ibungobi Singha<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|votes = 2,987<br />
|percentage = 2.42<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Anwar Hussain Laskar<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|votes = 2,408<br />
|percentage = 1.95<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Sanjib Kumar Das<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|votes = 943<br />
|percentage = 0.77 <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Santosh Das<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|votes = 598<br />
|percentage = 0.49 <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Rejaul Islam Barbhuiya<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|votes = 579<br />
|percentage = 0.47 <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Pranesh Nath<br />
|party = Lok Janshakti Party<br />
|votes = 522<br />
|percentage = 0.42 <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Manindra Chandra Das<br />
|party = Samajwadi Party<br />
|votes = 401<br />
|percentage = 0.33<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Jawaharlal Goala<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|votes = 401<br />
|percentage = 0.33<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = Maksus Ahmed Laskar<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|votes = 306<br />
|percentage = 0.25<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above|None of the Above]]<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|votes = 1292<br />
|percentage = 1.05<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority|<br />
|votes = 7,553<br />
|percentage = 6.13<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 1,23,261<br />
|percentage = 77.98<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|loser = Indian National Congress<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Sonai]]<br />
* [[Cachar District]]<br />
* [[Silchar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)#politics|Silchar]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Assembly constituencies of Assam}}<br />
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[[Category:Cachar district]]<br />
[[Category:Silchar]]<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Assam]]</div>
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