Sonbarsha is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 constituency in Saharsa district

Saharsa District

Saharsa is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar, India. Saharsa town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Saharsa district is a part of a larger territory, the Kosi Division and it became a district on 1 April 1954 and subsequently has become smaller with other districts being...

 in the India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state

States and territories of India

India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

 of Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

. It is reserved for scheduled castes from 2010. Earlier, it was an open seat.

Extent

As 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

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

.

Sonbarsha (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 13 Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency)

Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency)

Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.-Assembly segments:Before the delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies in 2008, Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following six Vidhan Sabha segments:# Kumarkhand#...

 .

1977-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections

Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010

The Bihar legislative assembly election is being held in 6 phases over a period of one month starting from 21 October 2010 until 20 November 2010 in all 243 constituencies of Bihar, India. The election is conducted to elect the government in Bihar for a 5-year term...

, Ratnesh Sada of JD(U)

Janata Dal (United)

Janata Dal is a political party in India with political presence mainly in Bihar and Jharkhand. Janta Dal party mentor and patron is "Veteran Socialist leader" George Fernandes; George Fernandes broke away from the erstwhile Janata Dal and formed the Samata Party in 1994. Presently it is led...

 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

Rashtriya Janata Dal

The Rashtriya Janata Dal is a political party in India, based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Laloo Prasad Yadav. The party came about as a result of Lalu Prasad Yadav, ex-president of Janata Dal, being evicted by Sharad Yadav, the then president, on corruption charges ...

 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

Janata Dal

Janata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Congress, and the Jan Morcha led by V. P...

 defeated Tej Narayan Yadav, Independent, in 1995, and K.K.Mandal of Congress

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 in 1990. Surya Narayan Yadav of aLD defeated Tej Narayan Yadav of CPI

Communist Party of India

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 in 1985. Surya Narayan Yadav of Congress (U)

Indian National Congress (Urs)

The Indian National Congress was a breakaway faction of the Congress led by D. Devraj Urs. It broke away from the parent party in 1978 following Indira Gandhi's drubbing in the 1977 General Elections. Urs took with him many legislators from Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Goa including future...

 defeated K.K.Mandal of Congress in 1980. Ashok Kumar Singh of JP

Janata Party

The Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...

defeated Surya Narayan Yadav, Independent, in 1977.