Sonbarsha Assembly constituency

For constituency with same name in Sitamarhi district, see Sonbarsha, Sitamarhi Assembly constituency.

Sonbarsha is an assembly constituency in Saharsa district in the Indian state of Bihar. It has been reserved for scheduled castes since 2010. Earlier, it was an open seat.

Sonbarsha
Constituency No. 74 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Established	1951
Elected year	2020

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 74 Sonbarsha Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Sonbarsha, Patarghat and Banma Itahri community development blocks.^[1]

Sonbarsha Assembly constituency is part of No. 13 Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency) .^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name[2]	Party
1952	Jageshwar Hajra		Indian National Congress
1957	Singheshwar Rai		Independent politician
1962	Sitaram Mahto
1967	Raj Nandan Rai
1969			Indian National Congress
1972	Sitaram Mahto		Samyukta Socialist Party
1977	Mahamud Alam		Indian National Congress
1980	Anwarul Haque		Indian National Congress
1985	Karpoori Thakur		Lokdal
1990	Ram Jiwan Prasad		Janata Dal
1995
2000	Ram Chandra Purve		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005
2005
2010	Ratnesh Sada		Janata Dal (United)
2015
2020

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sonbarsha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Ratnesh Sada
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors				[3]
	gain from		Swing

1977-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Ratnesh Sada of JD(U) won the Sonbarsha assembly seat defeating Sarita Devi of LJP.^[4] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Kishor Kumar, Independent, defeated Ranjit Yadav of RJD in October 2005 and Ashok Kumar Singh of RJD in February 2005. Ashok Kumar Singh defeated Kishor Kumar Singh, Independent, in 2000. Ashok Kumar Singh of JD defeated Tej Narayan Yadav, Independent, in 1995, and K.K. Mandal of Congress in 1990. Surya Narayan Yadav of aLD defeated Tej Narayan Yadav of CPI in 1985. Surya Narayan Yadav of Congress (U) defeated K.K. Mandal of Congress in 1980. Ashok Kumar Singh of JP defeated Surya Narayan Yadav, Independent, in 1977.^[5]