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Assembly constituency 74 · Bihar · SC

Sonbarsha is assembly constituency number 74 in Bihar, in Saharsa district, and one of the segments of the Madhepura Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Ratnesh Sada of the Janata Dal (United) won with 47.4% of the vote, 13,454 votes ahead of Sarita Devi (INC).

Sonbarsha · 2025AC 74
  1. 01
    Ratnesh Sada
    JD(U)
    97,833
    47.39%
  2. 02
    Sarita Devi
    INC
    84,379
    40.87%
  3. 03
    Satyendra Kumar
    JNSRJP
    5,655
    2.74%
  4. 04
    Kiran Devi
    BSP
    5,019
    2.43%
  5. 05
    Rajesh Ram
    Independent
    4,038
    1.96%
  6. 1 other candidate · 3,998 votesNOTA · 5,522 (2.67%)

Margin 13,454 votes · 6.52% of valid votes

3,02,061
Registered electors
2025 election
68.4%
Turnout
+14.3 pts vs 2020
13,454
Victory margin
6.5% of valid votes
Nov 2025 · candidate-wise result

All 6 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,06,444 valid votes, NOTA included.

Sonbarsha 2025 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ratnesh SadaMale · 54 yrs · SCJD(U)97,833
47.39%
2Sarita DeviFemale · 45 yrs · SCINC84,379
40.87%
3Satyendra KumarMale · 64 yrs · SCJNSRJP5,655
2.74%
—NOTANOTA5,522
2.67%
4Kiran DeviFemale · 40 yrs · SCBSP5,019
2.43%
5Rajesh RamMale · 37 yrs · SCIndependent4,038
1.96%
6Parmod SadaMale · 52 yrs · SCIndependent3,998
1.94%
Past results

JD(U) held the seat: it also won in 2020.

0%20%40%60%2010201520202025JD(U) 47.4%INC 40.9%JNSRJP 2.7%LJP 8.1%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2025Ratnesh SadaJD(U) · 47.4% · margin 13,454Turnout68.4%
2020Ratnesh SadaJD(U) · 40.2% · margin 13,466Turnout54.1%
2015Ratnesh SadaJD(U) · 59.7% · margin 53,763Turnout52.6%
2010Ratnesh SadaJD(U) · 47.4% · margin 31,445Turnout52.2%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Sonbarsha result 2020

Sonbarsha 2020 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ratnesh SadaJD(U)67,678
40.20%
2Tarni RishideoINC54,212
32.20%
3Sarita DeviLJP13,566
8.06%
4Rajesh RamIndependent4,893
2.91%
5Manoj PaswanJAPL4,790
2.85%
6Sikandar SadaIndependent3,750
2.23%
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7Ramesh Kumar SharmaIndependent3,382
2.01%
8Kiran DeviBSP2,848
1.69%
9Manjay KumarIndependent2,775
1.65%
10Bhumi PaswanIndependent2,547
1.51%
11Pawan PaswanNCP1,792
1.06%
—NOTANOTA1,701
1.01%
12Upendra RamIndependent1,037
0.62%
13Amir RamTPLRSP1,037
0.62%
14Umesh PaswanJTLP884
0.53%
15Prithvi Chandra SadaRJBP759
0.45%
16Pranjal Ranjan Kumar Urf Dilkhush PaswanJTVP705
0.42%

Sonbarsha result 2015

Sonbarsha 2015 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ratnesh SadaJD(U)88,789
59.66%
2Sarita DeviLJP35,026
23.53%
—NOTANOTA6,449
4.33%
3Manoj PaswanJAPL5,443
3.66%
4Rajkumar ChaudharyCPI4,830
3.25%
5Prithvi Chand SadaIndependent2,246
1.51%
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6Chandan RishideoMANJP2,238
1.50%
7Satyanarayan PaswanBMUP2,007
1.35%
8Rajesh RamBSP1,809
1.22%

Sonbarsha result 2010

Sonbarsha 2010 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Ratnesh SadaJD(U)56,633
47.37%
2Sarita DeviLJP25,188
21.07%
3Tarni RishideoINC10,433
8.73%
4Deo Narayan PaswanCPI4,633
3.88%
5Manoj Paswan, Vill-MuradpurIndependent2,423
2.03%
6Ashok PaswanNCP2,366
1.98%
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7Amir RamHND1,930
1.61%
8Vedanand RamJMBP1,492
1.25%
9Bhikha PaswanBSP1,476
1.23%
10Kailash SadaIndependent1,452
1.21%
11Manoj Paswan, Vill- SurmahaIndependent1,411
1.18%
12Surya Narayan PaswanIndependent1,403
1.17%
13Shiv Shankar DasIndependent1,289
1.08%
14Upendra Narayan HajraIndependent1,230
1.03%
15Indu DeviIndependent1,214
1.02%
16Chandan RishideoJMM1,134
0.95%
17Manoj PaswanAD1,073
0.90%
18Bhumi PaswanIndependent1,054
0.88%
19Mahendra HajraJD(S)909
0.76%
20Raghunandan ChoudharyIndependent805
0.67%
Map

Sonbarsha outlined in orange among the other Bihar seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2025. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Saharsa district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Sonbarsha is one of the assembly segments of Madhepura. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Madhepura candidates.

  • Dinesh Chandra YadavJD(U)99,853 57.8%
  • Da Kumar ChandradeepRJD61,745 35.7%
  • Sureshwar PoddarAMiP2,750 1.6%
  • Md Arshad HussainBSP2,129 1.2%
  • Jawahar Lal JaiswalSUCI1,803 1.0%

In the assembly election JD(U) won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, JD(U) led here by 38,108 EVM votes.

Open Madhepura Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Sonbarsha.

Who won the Sonbarsha assembly seat in 2025?

Ratnesh Sada of the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) won Sonbarsha in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 97,833 votes, which was 47.39% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Sonbarsha?

The margin was 13,454 votes (6.52% of valid votes). The runner-up was Sarita Devi of the Indian National Congress with 84,379 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Sonbarsha in 2025?

Turnout was 68.37%: 2,06,508 of 3,02,061 registered electors voted, across 358 polling stations. That is 14.3 points higher than in 2020.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Sonbarsha part of?

Sonbarsha is an assembly segment of the Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Dinesh Chandra Yadav got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Sonbarsha a reserved constituency?

Yes. Sonbarsha is reserved for scheduled castes (sc), so only candidates from that community can contest, while all registered voters in the seat can vote.

When is the next assembly election in Sonbarsha?

The Bihar assembly elected in 2025 completes its five-year term in 2030, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Bihar assembly elections of 2025 and 2020 and 2015 and 2010 (2025 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.