The Sonbarsha constituency is one of the 243 constituencies in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. It is constituency number 74 of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The constituency is not a general seat and is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs). The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Janata Dal United (JDU), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Congress are the main parties in the state.
The Sonbarsha Assembly constituency comes under the Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency. In 2020, Ratnesh Sada Janata Dal United (JDU) won the seat by defeating Tarni Rishideo of the Congress with a margin of 13,466 votes.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, JDU candidate Dinesh Chandra Yadav won from the Madhepura Lok Sabha seat with a margin of 1,74,534 votes by defeating Kumar Charandeep of the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Sonbarsha Constituency Demographic Profile
As per data from the Election Commission, there were 3,13,357 voters in the Sonbarsha constituency during the 2020 Assembly Elections. Out of this, 1,62,103 were male and 1,51,249 were female voters, while 5 belonged to the third gender. 768 postal votes were cast in the constituency. The number of service voters in Sonbarsha in 2020 was 201 (191 men and 10 women).
In 2015, the total number of voters in the Sonbarsha constituency was 2,83,053. Out of this, 1,46,680 voters were male and 1,36,369 were female, and 4 belonged to the third gender. There were 480 valid postal votes in the constituency. The number of service voters in Sonbarsha in 2015 was 81 (77 men and 4 women).
Sonbarsha Assembly Election 2025: Poll Date
The Sonbarsha constituency in Bihar will go to polls in the first phase on November 6, along with the other 120 Assembly constituencies of the state
Sonbarsha Assembly Election 2025: Result Date
The result for the Sonbarsha seat will be declared on November 14, along with the other 242 Assembly constituencies of Bihar.
Sonbarsha Assembly Election 2025 Candidates
Ratnesh Sada (JDU), Kiran Devi (BSP), Sarita Devi (INC), and Satyendra Kumar (Jan Suraaj) are among the major candidates contesting the elections.
Sonbarsha Assembly Constituency Past Winners
In 2020, Ratnesh Sada of the Janata Dal United (JDU) won the seat by defeating Tarni Rishideo of the Congress. He polled 67,678 votes with a vote share of 40.2%. Tarni Rishideo got 54,212 votes (32.2%).
Sarita Devi of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) stood third with 13,566 votes with a 8.06% vote share.
In the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, Ratnesh Sada of the Janata Dal United (JDU) won the seat. He polled 88,789 votes with a vote share of 59.66%. Sarita Devi of the LJP got 35,026 votes (23.53%) and was the runner-up.
- 2020: Ratnesh Sada (Janata Dal United)
- 2015: Ratnesh Sada (Janata Dal United)
- 2010: Ratnesh Sada (Janata Dal United)
- Oct 2005: Ram Chandra Purve Prasad (RJD)
- Feb 2005: Ram Chandra Purve (Independent)
- 2000: Ram Chandra Purve (Independent)
- 1995: Ramjiwan Prasad (Janata Dal)
- 1990: Ram Jiwan Prasad (Janata Dal)
- 1985: Karpoori Thakur (Lok Dal)
- 1980: Anwarul Haque (Indian National Congress)
- 1977: Mahamud Alam (Indian National Congress)
Sonbarsha voter turnout
In 2020, the total number of valid votes polled in the Sonbarsha Assembly constituency was 1,66,655 or 54.1 per cent. In 2015, the total number of valid votes polled in the Assembly elections was 1,42,388 or 52.59 per cent.
