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{{About| the assembly constituency in Bihar|its eponymous assembly constituency In Odisha|Sonepur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|its eponymous town|Sonpur, Bihar}}<br />
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[[File:Sonpur Vidhan Sabha Saran Bihar.jpg|thumb|Sonpur Vidhan Sabha Saran Bihar]]<br />
'''[[Sonpur, Bihar|Sonpur]]''' Vidhan Sabha constituency, often spelt Sonepur, is in [[Saran district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://saran.bih.nic.in/election%202015/PDF&PNG%20MAP/SONEPUR%20AC.pdf|title=Sonepur constituency map}}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101026/jsp/bihar/story_13101255.jsp|title=Roll of the dais Sonepur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)}}</ref><br />
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[[Ram Sundar Das]], sitting MLA from Sonpur 1977–1980, served as Bihar's Chief Minister briefly in 1979.<br />
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==Overview==<br />
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 122 Sonpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: [[Sonpur community development block|Sonpur]] and [[Dighwara]] C.D blocks.<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref><ref>http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/nri/Bihar_Delimitation.pdf</ref><ref>http://eci.nic.in/delim/Draft/Bihar/Order%20&%20Notification_English_.pdf</ref><br />
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Sonpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 20 [[Saran (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/> It was earlier part of [[Chapra (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<br />
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==Members of Vidhan Sabha==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
!Year<br />
!Member<br />
!colspan="2"|Party<br />
|-<br />
|1951||Jagadish Sharma<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|1957||Ram Binod Singh<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}<br />
|-<br />
|1962||Sheo Bachan Singh<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|-<br />
|1967||rowspan=3|[[Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rows=3}}<br />
|-<br />
|1969<br />
|-<br />
|1972<br />
|-<br />
|1977||[[Ram Sunder Das]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|1980||rowspan=2|[[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party (Secular)}}<br />
|-<br />
|1985<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Lok Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
|1990||rowspan=2|Raj Kumar Roy<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal|rows=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|1995<br />
|-<br />
|2000||Vinay Kumar Singh<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|2005 (Feb)||rowspan=2|[[Ramanuj Prasad Yadav]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal|rows=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|2005 (Oct)<br />
|-<br />
|2010||Vinay Kumar Singh<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|2015||rowspan=2|[[Ramanuj Prasad Yadav]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal|rows=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|2020<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Election Results==<br />
===2020 Vidhan Sabha===<br />
* Dr Ramanuj Prasad (RJD) : 73,247 votes <br />
* Vinay Kumar Singh (BJP) : 66,561<br />
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===2015 Vidhan Sabha===<br />
* Dr Ramanuj Prasad (RJD) : 86,082 votes <br />
* Vinay Kumar Singh (BJP) : 49686<br />
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===1980 Vidhan Sabha===<br />
* Lalu Prasad Yadav (Janata-Secular) : 45,041 votes <ref>https://resultuniversity.com/election/sonepur-bihar-assembly-constituency</ref><br />
* Jawahar Prasad Singh (Indira Congress) : 35,874<br />
* Ram Sunder Das (Janata Party) : 10396<br />
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===1977 Vidhan Sabha===<br />
* Ram Sunder Das (JNP) : 40,747 votes <ref>https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/1977-election-results.html</ref><br />
* Rameshwar Prasad Rai (IND) : 15,411<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}<br />
{{Saran Division topics}}<br />
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{{Bihar elections}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Saran district]]</div>
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