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Sonpur
Constituency No. 122 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Saran
Established	1951
Elected year	2020

Sonpur Assembly constituency, often spelt Sonepur, is in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

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 and Dighwara C.D. blocks.

Sonpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 20 Saran (Lok Sabha constituency). It was earlier part of Chapra (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Election results

2020

2015

• Ramanuj Prasad Yadav (RJD): 86,082 votes
• Vinay Kumar Singh (BJP): 49,686 votes

1980 Vidhan Sabha

• Lalu Prasad Yadav (Janata-Secular): 45,041 votes
• Jawahar Prasad Singh (Indira Congress): 35,874 votes
• Ram Sunder Das (Janata Party): 10,396 votes

1977 Vidhan Sabha

• Ram Sunder Das (JNP): 40,747 votes
• Rameshwar Prasad Rai (IND): 15,411 votes

References

1. "Roll of the dais Sonepur Assembly constituency". Archived from the original on 4 June 2016.
2. ^ "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.
3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
6. "Sonepur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency".
7. "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977".

External links

• "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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• Assembly constituencies of Bihar
• Politics of Saran district
• Constituencies established in 1951
• 1951 establishments in Bihar