Sonawari Assembly constituency is located in Bandipura district of Jammu and Kashmir. Sonawari assembly constituency is part of the Baramulla parliamentary area. There were 99,490 voters in the Sonawari constituency in 2014. It has been represented by JKNC candidate Mohammad Akbar Lone since 2002. In the 2014 assembly elections, Lone won the election from the constituency by defeating PDP candidate Yasser Rashy by 406 votes.

Year	Member	Party
2014	Mohammad Akbar Lone		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
2024	Hilal Akbar Lone

Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election, 2024: Sonawari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Hilal Akbar Lone
	JKPDP	Tahir Qadri
	BJP	Abdul Rashid Khan
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
	JKNC hold		Swing

2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election: Sonawari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JKNC	Mohammad Akbar Lone	32,567
	JKPDP	Yasir Reshi	32161
	INC	Imtiyaz Ahmad Parray	1174
	JKPC	Qawamudin Sheikh
	NOTA	None of the above	1075
Majority			406
Turnout			80363
Registered electors			99,490

Year	Winner	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Party	Votes	Margin
2008	Mohd. Akbar Lone	JKNC	20108	Abid Hussain Ansari	IND	7951	12157
2002	Mohd. Akbar Lone	JKNC	25687	Mohd. Yousuf Parray	JKAL	12929	12758
1996	Mohd. Yousuf Parray	JKAL	15601	Mohd. Akbar Lone	JKN	14875	726
1987	Mohmad Ud Din Kochey	JKNC	26819	Abdul Khaliq Haneef	IND	11146	15673
1983	Gh. Rasool Bahar	JKNC	19245	Abdul Aziz Barray	INC	6813	12432
1977	Abdul Aziz Parry	JKNC	21074	Mohd. Akbar Lone	JNP	9923	11151
1972	Abdul Aziz Parray	INC	25121	Abdul Khaliq Parray	JMI	2819	22302
1967	A. A. Parey	INC	13563	G. Rather	JKN	7281	6282

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