Sonpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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Sonpur Vidhan Sabha constituency, often spelt Sonepur, is in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar.[1][2]
122 Sonpur | |
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Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  122 Sonpur Location in Bihar | |
| Coordinates: 25°42′N 85°11′E / 25.700°N 85.183°ECoordinates: 25°42′N 85°11′E / 25.700°N 85.183°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Saran |
| Constituency No. | 122 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 20. Saran |
| Electoral system | First past the post |
Ram Sundar Das, sitting MLA from Sonpur 1977–1980, served as Bihar's Chief Minister briefly in 1979.
OverviewEdit
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 SabhaEdit
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Jagadish Sharma | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Ram Binod Singh | Independent | |
| 1962 | Sheo Bachan Singh | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Ram Sunder Das | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Lalu Prasad Yadav | Janata Party | |
| 1985 | Lok Dal | ||
| 1990 | Raj Kumar Roy | Janata Dal | |
| 1995 | |||
| 2000 | Vinay Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2005 (Feb) | Ramanuj Prasad Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2005 (Oct) | |||
| 2010 | Vinay Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2015 | Ramanuj Prasad Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2020 | |||
Election ResultsEdit
2020 Vidhan SabhaEdit
- Dr Ramanuj Prasad (RJD) : 73,247 votes
- Vinay Kumar Singh (BJP) : 66,561
2015 Vidhan SabhaEdit
- Dr Ramanuj Prasad (RJD) : 86,082 votes
- Vinay Kumar Singh (BJP) : 49686
1980 Vidhan SabhaEdit
- Lalu Prasad Yadav (Janata-Secular) : 45,041 votes [6]
- Jawahar Prasad Singh (Indira Congress) : 35,874
- Ram Sunder Das (Janata Party) : 10396
1977 Vidhan SabhaEdit
- Ram Sunder Das (JNP) : 40,747 votes [7]
- Rameshwar Prasad Rai (IND) : 15,411
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Sonepur constituency map" (PDF).[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Roll of the dais Sonepur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "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.
- ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/nri/Bihar_Delimitation.pdf
- ↑ http://eci.nic.in/delim/Draft/Bihar/Order%20&%20Notification_English_.pdf
- ↑ https://resultuniversity.com/election/sonepur-bihar-assembly-constituency
- ↑ https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/1977-election-results.html