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{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Bihar, India}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
|name = Sonpur
|type= SLA
| map_image = 122-Sonpur constituency.svg
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
|mla = Vinay Kumar Singh 
|party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
|region =
|state = [[Bihar]]
|district = [[Saran district|Saran]]
|division =
| loksabha_cons = 
|constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|122]]
|established = 1951
| electors = 290,014
|reservation = 
|abolished = 
}}
{{About|the assembly constituency in Bihar|its eponymous assembly constituency In Odisha|Sonepur Assembly constituency|its eponymous town|Sonpur, Bihar}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
[[File:Sonpur Vidhan Sabha Saran Bihar.jpg|thumb|Sonpur Vidhan Sabha Saran Bihar]]
'''[[Sonpur, Bihar|Sonpur]]''' Assembly constituency, often spelt Sonepur, is in [[Saran district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]].<ref name="election2016">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101026/jsp/bihar/story_13101255.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604001414/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101026/jsp/bihar/story_13101255.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2016|title=Roll of the dais Sonepur Assembly constituency}}</ref>

[[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 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 name="election2016-1">{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/nri/Bihar_Delimitation.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=15 September 2016 |archive-date=19 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919050118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/nri/Bihar_Delimitation.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="election2022">{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/delim/Draft/Bihar/Order%20%26%20Notification_English_.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 February 2022 |archive-date=12 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712181547/http://eci.nic.in/delim/Draft/Bihar/Order%20%26%20Notification_English_.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Sonpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 20 [[Saran (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/> It was earlier part of [[Chapra (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

==Members of Vidhan Sabha==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Member
!colspan="2"|Party
|-
|1952||Jagadish Sharma
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||Ram Binod Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||Sheo Bachan Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]|| rowspan="3" |[[Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]||[[Ram Sunder Das]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]|| rowspan="2" |[[Lalu Prasad Yadav]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party (Secular)}}
|-
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|{{Full party name with color|Lok Dal}}
|-
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]|| rowspan="2" |Raj Kumar Roy
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|-
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]||[[Vinay Kumar Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]|| rowspan="2" |[[Ramanuj Prasad Yadav]]
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|-
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]||[[Vinay Kumar Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]|| rowspan="2" |[[Ramanuj Prasad Yadav]]
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|-
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]||[[Vinay Kumar Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

==Election results==
=== 2025 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2025]]: Sonepur<ref name="election2025">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-15 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ae/2025/16 |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>

}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Vinay Kumar Singh]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:90842}}
|percentage = 45.59
|change = +6.41
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Ramanuj Prasad Yadav]]
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|votes = {{formatnum:86075}}
|percentage = 43.2
|change = +0.09
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jan Suraaj Party
|candidate = Chandan Lal Mehta
|votes = {{formatnum:11977}}
|percentage = 6.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ramesh Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:3156}}
|percentage = 1.58
|change = -1.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:2606}}
|percentage = 1.31
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:4767}}
|percentage = 2.39
|change = -1.54
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:199240}}
|percentage = 68.7
|change = +9.74
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2020 ===
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: Sonpur<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |date=2021-01-13 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Ramanuj Prasad Yadav]]
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|votes = {{formatnum:73247}}
|percentage = 43.11
|change = -11.76
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Vinay Kumar Singh
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:66561}}
|percentage = 39.18
|change = +7.51
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Chandan Lal
|votes = {{formatnum:8667}}
|percentage = 5.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ramesh Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:5541}}
|percentage = 3.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Suman Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:3055}}
|percentage = 1.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Hem Narayan Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:3044}}
|percentage = 1.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Pinki Kumari Prasad
|votes = {{formatnum:1942}}
|percentage = 1.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = Dharamveer Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:1603}}
|percentage = 0.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1546}}
|percentage = 0.91
|change = -1.82
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:6686}}
|percentage = 3.93
|change = -19.27
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:169896}}
|percentage = 58.96
|change = +0.4
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|
|winner = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2015 ===
*[[Ramanuj Prasad Yadav]] (RJD): 86,082 votes
* Vinay Kumar Singh (BJP): 49,686 votes

{{Election box begin|title = [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Sonpur<ref name="election2015">{{cite web |date=2018-08-20 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2015 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = Dr. Ramanuj Prasad
|votes = {{formatnum:86082}}
|percentage = 54.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Vinay Kumar Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:49686}}
|percentage = 31.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Binod Kumar Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:3606}}
|percentage = 2.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party
|candidate = Pradeep Kumar Sahni
|votes = {{formatnum:3265}}
|percentage = 2.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sudhir Kumar Singh Alias Bhola Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:2312}}
|percentage = 1.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ashok Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:2172}}
|percentage = 1.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:4290}}
|percentage = 2.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:36396}}
|percentage = 23.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:156884}}
|percentage = 58.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1980===
* Lalu Prasad Yadav (Janata-Secular): 45,041 votes<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/sonepur-bihar-assembly-constituency|title = Sonepur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency}}</ref>
* Jawahar Prasad Singh (Indira Congress): 35,874 votes
* Ram Sunder Das (Janata Party): 10,396 votes

===1977===
* Ram Sunder Das (JNP): 40,747 votes<ref name="election1977">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/1977-election-results.html|title=Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977}}</ref>
* Rameshwar Prasad Rai (IND): 15,411 votes

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}

{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}
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{{Bihar elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Politics of Saran district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Bihar]]
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