Sonari Assembly constituency

Sonari
Constituency No. 106 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Charaideo
Lok Sabha constituency	Jorhat
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Elected year	2021

Sonari Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Sonari forms part of the Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election		Member	Party Affiliation
	1951	Purnananda Chetia	Indian National Congress
	1957
	1962	Bimala Prasad Chaliha
	1967
	1972	Janakinath Handique
	1978	Satya Tanti
	1983
	1985	Bhadreswar Buragohain	Independent
			Asom Gana Parishad
	1991	Sarat Barkotoky	Indian National Congress
	1996
	2001
	2006
	2011
	2016	Topon Kumar Gogoi	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2019^	Nabanita Handique
	2021	Dharmeswar Konwar

^ Indicates Bye-Elections

• 1951: Purnanada Chetia, Indian National Congress ^[4]
• 1957: Purnanada Chetia, Indian National Congress (PS No.79) ^[5]
• 1962: Bimala Prasad Chaliha, Indian National Congress (PS No.90) ^[6]
• 1967: Bimala Prasad Chaliha, Indian National Congress (PS No.110) ^[7]
• 1972: Janakinath Handique, Indian National Congress (PS No.110) ^[8]
• 1978: Satya Tanti, Indian National Congress (PS No.106) ^[9]
• 1983: Satya Tanti, Indian National Congress ^[10]
• 1985: Bhadreswar Buragohain, Independent, later Asom Gana Parishad ^[11]
• 1991: Sarat Barkotoky, Indian National Congress
• 1996: Sarat Barkotoky, Indian National Congress
• 2001: Sarat Barkotoky, Indian National Congress
• 2006: Sarat Barkotoky, Indian National Congress
• 2011: Sarat Barkotoky, Indian National Congress
• 2016: Topon Kumar Gogoi, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2019 (by-election): Nabanita Handique, Bharatiya Janata Party
• 2021: Dharmeswar Konwar, ^[12] Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2019 by-election

By-election, 2019: Sonari ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nabanita Handique	66,698
	INC	Sushil Kumar Suri	51,268
Majority			15,430
Turnout			1,22,209	71.64
	BJP hold		Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Sonari ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
2. "List of Assembly constituencies showing their Parliamentary constituences wise break-up" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
3. "Map of Assam showing District-wise assembly and Parliamentary constituencies" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
4. "Assam Assembly Election Results in 1951".
5. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
6. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
8. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
9. "Election Result". Archived from the original on July 3, 2018.
10. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
11. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
12. "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
13. Zee News (25 October 2019). "By-election results 2019: List of winners in 51 Assembly and Satara, Samastipur". Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
14. "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 November 2021.

External links

• "Results of all Assam Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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