Sheikhpura Assembly constituency
| Sheikhpura Assembly constituency | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 169 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Sheikhpura |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jamui |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Sheikhpura Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Jamui Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Overview
Sheikhpura comprises CD Blocks Ghatkusumbha, Chewara and Ariari; Gram Panchayats Mahsar, Puraina, Pachna, Jamuara, Kaithawan, Gagari and Sheikhpura (M) of Sheikhpura CD Block.[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Shah Mustaque | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Shri Krishna Sinha | ||
| 1961^ | Shiv Shankar Singh | ||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Loknath Azad | Communist Party of India | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Rajo Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1980 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1985 | Independent politician | ||
| 1990 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1995 | |||
| 1998^ | Sanjay Kumar Singh | ||
| 2000 | |||
| 2005 | Sunila Devi | ||
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | Randhir Kumar Soni | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | Vijay Kumar Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
Election results
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Vijay Kumar | 56,365 | 39.02 | ||
| JD(U) | Randhir Kumar Soni | 50,249 | 34.78 | +1.92 | |
| LJP | Imam Ghazali | 14,552 | 10.07 | ||
| Independent | Rinku Devi | 6,012 | 4.16 | ||
| Rashtriya Jan Jan Party | Dilip Kumar | 4,900 | 3.39 | ||
| RLSP | Sanket Kumar | 3,345 | 2.32 | ||
| Independent | Rajendra Prasad Gupta | 2,233 | 1.55 | ||
| Independent | Gautam Kumar | 1,371 | 0.95 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,978 | 2.06 | +1.12 | |
| Majority | 6,116 | 4.24 | −6.07 | ||
| Turnout | 144,463 | 56.26 | +0.66 | ||
| RJD gain from JD(U) | Swing | ||||
2015
2006 in/462
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Randhir Kumar Soni | 41,755 | 32.86 | ||
| Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) | Naresh Saw | 28,654 | 22.55 | ||
| JAP(L) | Vijay Kumar | 18,227 | 14.35 | ||
| Independent | Jitendra Nath | 9,882 | 7.78 | ||
| Independent | Reshma Bharti | 4,759 | 3.75 | ||
| Independent | Shankar Suman | 3,734 | 2.94 | ||
| SP | Vijay Kumar Yadav | 3,129 | 2.46 | ||
| Independent | Dr.Dinesh Prasad | 2,796 | 2.2 | ||
| Independent | Ramanuj Singh | 2,711 | 2.13 | ||
| Independent | Naresh Mahto | 2,316 | 1.82 | ||
| CPI | Krishn Nandan Yadav | 2,185 | 1.72 | ||
| Independent | Hari Deo Prasad | 1,956 | 1.54 | ||
| BMP | Pramod Kumar | 1,191 | 0.94 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,200 | 0.94 | ||
| Majority | 13,101 | 10.31 | |||
| Turnout | 127,060 | 55.6 | |||
References
- ^ "Jamui Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021.
- ^ Bihar Assembly Election 2015
External links
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.