Sonamura is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura state in India. It is in Sipahijala district and a part of West Tripura Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
1972	Debendra Kishore Chowdhury		Indian National Congress
1977	Subal Rudra		Communist Party of India
1983	Rashik Lal Roy		Indian National Congress
1988
1993	Subal Rudra		Communist Party of India
1998
2003
2008	Subal Bhowmik		Indian National Congress
2013	Shyamal Chakraborty		Communist Party of India
2018
2023

Election results

2023 Assembly election

2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Sonamura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Shyamal Chakraborty	20,039	50.47%	1.18
	BJP	Debabrata Bhattacharjee	17,624	44.39%	1.93
	AITC	Neel Kamal Saha	1,046	2.63%	1.51
	NOTA	None of the Above	617	1.55%	0.75
	Independent	Premjit Sinha	377	0.95%	New
Margin of victory			2,415	6.08%	3.11
Turnout			39,703	89.30%	3.12
Registered electors			44,540		10.12
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.18

2018 Assembly election

2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Sonamura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Shyamal Chakraborty	19,275	51.65%	0.56
	BJP	Subal Bhowmik	15,843	42.46%	New
	INC	Majibur Islam Majumdar	684	1.83%	45.96
	AITC	Jasim Uddin	420	1.13%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	300	0.80%	New
	Tripura Peoples Party	Ruhul Amin	231	0.62%	New
Margin of victory			3,432	9.20%	4.78
Turnout			37,317	90.95%	2.80
Registered electors			40,447		11.25
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	0.56

2013 Assembly election

2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Sonamura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Shyamal Chakraborty	18,043	52.21%	4.78
	INC	Subal Bhowmik	16,517	47.79%	2.44
Margin of victory			1,526	4.42%	1.61
Turnout			34,560	95.13%	0.27
Registered electors			36,357
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

2008 Assembly election

2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Sonamura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Subal Bhowmik	14,837	50.24%	4.75
	CPI(M)	Subal Rudra	14,008	47.43%	4.86
	BJP	Swapan Chandra Saha	370	1.25%	New
	CPI(ML)L	Julfu Mia	319	1.08%	0.08
Margin of victory			829	2.81%	4.00
Turnout			29,534	95.22%	9.10
Registered electors			31,157
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	2.06

2003 Assembly election

2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Sonamura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Subal Rudra	13,455	52.30%	2.07
	INC	Sudhir Ranjan Majumder	11,704	45.49%	1.56
	CPI(ML)L	Rajjab Ali	298	1.16%	New
	JD(U)	Tutan Bhowmik(Chakraborty)	272	1.06%	New
Margin of victory			1,751	6.81%	3.63
Turnout			25,729	85.83%	0.39
Registered electors			30,025		18.08
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.07

1998 Assembly election

1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Sonamura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Subal Rudra	10,894	50.23%	3.99
	INC	Subal Bhowmik	10,205	47.05%	7.20
	BJP	Swapan Chandra Saha	590	2.72%	0.09
Margin of victory			689	3.18%	11.19
Turnout			21,689	86.91%	0.78
Registered electors			25,427		4.21
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

1993 Assembly election

1993 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Sonamura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Subal Rudra	11,181	54.22%	5.77
	INC	Rashik Lal Roy	8,218	39.85%	11.46
	Independent	Md. Mafizuddin	573	2.78%	New
	BJP	Ratan Das	542	2.63%	New
Margin of victory			2,963	14.37%	11.50
Turnout			20,621	85.55%	3.68
Registered electors			24,399		24.07
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	2.90

1988 Assembly election

1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Sonamura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rashik Lal Roy	8,900	51.32%	0.23
	CPI(M)	Subal Rudra	8,403	48.45%	1.45
Margin of victory			497	2.87%	1.68
Turnout			17,343	89.29%	1.70
Registered electors			19,665		20.71
	INC hold		Swing

1983 Assembly election

1983 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Sonamura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rashik Lal Roy	7,264	51.55%	15.00
	CPI(M)	Subal Rudra	6,623	47.00%	6.88
	Independent	Sukumar Das	204	1.45%	New
Margin of victory			641	4.55%	12.77
Turnout			14,091	87.97%	4.17
Registered electors			16,291		11.70
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1977 Assembly election

1977 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Sonamura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Subal Rudra	6,469	53.88%	34.29
	INC	Debendra Kishore Chowdhury	4,389	36.55%	18.89
	JP	Abdul Kader Chowdhury	774	6.45%	New
	TPCC	Arun Kumar Chakraborty	375	3.12%	New
Margin of victory			2,080	17.32%	13.15
Turnout			12,007	84.00%	18.38
Registered electors			14,584		54.82
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	1.57

1972 Assembly election

1972 Tripura Legislative Assembly election: Sonamura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Debendra Kishore Chowdhury	3,340	55.44%	New
	Independent	Sultan Miah	1,504	24.97%	New
	CPI(M)	Abdul Jabbar Bhuiya	1,180	19.59%	New
Margin of victory			1,836	30.48%
Turnout			6,024	65.74%
Registered electors			9,420
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Tripura Legislative Assembly
• Sipahijala district
• Sonamura
• Tripura West (Lok Sabha constituency)