Sonari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Sonari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Sonari forms part of the Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

1951: Purnanada Chetia, Indian National Congress^[1]
1957: Purnanada Chetia, Indian National Congress (PS No.79)^[2]
1962: Bimala Prasad Chaliha, Indian National Congress (PS No.90)^[3]
1967: Bimala Prasad Chaliha, Indian National Congress (PS No.110)^[4]
1972: Janakinath Handique, Indian National Congress (PS No.110)^[5]
1978: Satya Tanti, Indian National Congress (PS No.106)^[6]
1983: Satya Tanti, Indian National Congress^[7]
1985: Bhadreswar Buragohain, Independent, later Asom Gana Parishad^[8]
1991: Sarat Barkatoky, Indian National Congress
1996: Sarat Barkatoky, Indian National Congress
2001: Sarat Barkatoky, Indian National Congress
2006: Sarat Barkatoky, Indian National Congress
2011: Sarat Barkatoky, Indian National Congress
2016: Topon Kumar Gogoi, Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 (by-elections): Nabanita Handique, Bharatiya Janata Party
2021: Dharmeswar Konwar, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results[edit | edit source]

2019 bypoll[edit | edit source]

Bye-election, 2019: Sonari
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nabanita Handique	66,698
	INC	Sushil Kumar Suri	51,268
Majority			15,430
Turnout			1,22,209	71.64
	BJP hold		Swing

2016 result[edit | edit source]

Hai

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Sonari
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%








Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	[[\|N/A]] gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

References[edit | edit source]

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