Sonbarsha, Saharsa

Sonbarsha is an assembly constituency in Saharsa district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes from 2010. Earlier, it was an open seat.OverviewAs per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 74 Sonbarsha (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Sonbarsha, Patarghat and Banma Itahri community development blocks.Sonbarsha (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 13 Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency).Election results1977-2010In 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 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.