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.
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.
Sonbarsha Assembly constituency is part of No. 13 Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency) .
Members of the Legislative Assembly Year NameParty 1952 Jageshwar Hajra 1957 Singheshwar Rai 1962 Sitaram Mahto 1967Raj Nandan Rai 1969 1972 Sitaram Mahto 1977 Mahamud Alam 1980 Anwarul Haque 1985 Karpoori Thakur 1990Ram Jiwan Prasad 1995 2000Ashok Kumar Singh 2005Kishor Kumar Alias Munna 2005 2010 Ratnesh Sada 201520202025
Election results 2025
2020
2015
2010 In the 2010 state assembly elections, Ratnesh Sada of JD(U) won the Sonbarsha assembly seat defeating Sarita Devi of LJP. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Kishor Kumar, Independent,defeated 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.
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