Sonai Assembly constituency

Sonai
Constituency No. 119 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateAssam
DistrictCachar
Lok Sabha constituencySilchar
Established1951
ReservationNone

Sonai Assembly constituency is one of the 126 state legislative assembly constituencies in Assam state in North Eastern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Silchar Lok Sabha constituency.[1]

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No.10 Sonai Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Sonai thana [excluding circle Nos. 32 (Part), 65, 66, Boaligrant in circle No. 54 (Part) and Hill Punjee and forest villages] and circle Nos. 28 to 31 and 35 in Silchar thana and circle No. 58 (Part) in Dholai thana in Silchar sub-division.[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Winner Party
1951 Nanda Kishore Sinha Indian National Congress
1957
1962 Pulakeshi Singh Indian National Congress
1967 Moinul Hoque Choudhury Indian National Congress
1972 Nurul Haque Choudhury Indian National Congress
1983
1978 Altaf Hossain Mazumdar Janata Party
1985 Abdul Rob Laskar Indian National Congress
1991 Badrinarayan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 Anwar Hussain Laskar Asom Gana Parishad
2001 Samajwadi Party
2006 Kutub Ahmed Mazumder Indian National Congress
2011 Anamul Haque Laskar Indian National Congress
2016 Aminul Haque Laskar Bharatiya Janata Party
2021 Karim Uddin Barbhuiya All India United Democratic Front

Election results

2026

2026 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Sonai
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AGP Karim Uddin Barbhuiya
INC Aminul Haque Laskar
AIUDF
AITC Shahajahan Laskar
NOTA NOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Registered electors
gain from Swing

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Sonai
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIUDF Karim Uddin Barbhuiya 71,937 48.83 +22.78
BJP Aminul Haque Laskar 52,283 35.49 −0.34
Independent Asish Halder 14,500 9.84
AITC M.Shanti Kumar Singha 2,796 1.9 N/A
NOTA None of the Above 1231 0.84
SP Anwar Hussain Laskar 469 0.32
SUCI(C) Anjan Kumar Chanda 244 0.17
Majority 19,654
Turnout 1,47,344 79.88
AIUDF gain from BJP Swing

2016

Assam Legislative Assembly Election, 2016: Sonai[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Aminul Haque Laskar 44,236 35.89
INC Anamul Haque 36,683 29.76
AIUDF Karim Uddin Barbhuiya 32,109 26.05
Independent Ibungobi Singha 2,987 2.42
Independent Anwar Hussain Laskar 2,408 1.95
Independent Sanjib Kumar Das 943 0.77
Independent Santosh Das 598 0.49
Independent Rejaul Islam Barbhuiya 579 0.47
LJP Pranesh Nath 522 0.42
SP Manindra Chandra Das 401 0.33
Independent Jawaharlal Goala 401 0.33
Independent Maksus Ahmed Laskar 306 0.25
NOTA None of the Above 1292 1.05
Majority 7,553 6.13
Turnout 1,23,261 77.98
BJP gain from INC Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies of State of Assam" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Delimitation Of Parliamentary And Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Sonai (Assam) Election Results 2016". elections.in. Retrieved 1 July 2016.