Patepur Assembly constituency

25°47′49″N 85°12′24″E / 25.79694°N 85.20667°E / 25.79694; 85.20667 Patepur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Vaishali district in the Indian state of Bihar.It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Patepur
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
ReservationSC
Elected year2020

Overview edit

 
Patepur village main route

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 130 Patepur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Patepur community development block; Mansinghpur Bijhrauli, Kumar Bajitpur, Raghopur Narsanda, Adalpur, Naree Khurd and Laxmipur Barbatta gram panchayats of Jandaha community development block.[1]

Patepur Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 22 Ujiarpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly edit

Year Member[2] Party
1952 Nathuni Lal Mahato Socialist Party
1952^ B. Dubey Indian National Congress
1957 Manzur Ahsan Ajazi
1962 Kamlesh Rai Praja Socialist Party
1967 Paltan Ram Samyukta Socialist Party
1969
1972 Righan Ram Communist Party of India
1977 Paltan Ram Janata Party
1980 Shiv Nandan Pawan Janata Party (Secular)
1985 Baleshwar Paswan Indian National Congress
1990 Ram Sundar Das Janata Dal
1991^ L. Mahto
1995 Mahendra Baitha
2000 Prema Chaudhary Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 Mahendra Baitha Lok Janshakti Party
2005 Prema Chaudhary Rashtriya Janata Dal
2010 Mahendra Baitha Bharatiya Janata Party
2015 Prema Chaudhary Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020 Lakhendra Raushan Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results edit

2020 edit

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Patepur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD
JD(U)
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors [3]
gain from Swing

1977-2010 edit

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Mahendra Baitha of BJP won the Patepur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Prema Chaudhary of RJD.[4] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Prema Chaudhary of RJD defeated Mahendra Baitha of LJP in October 2005. Mahendra Baitha of LJP defeated Prema Chaudhary of RJD in February 2005. Prema Chaudhary of RJD defeated Mahendra Baitha of JD(U) in 2000. Mahendra Baitha of JD defeated Prema Chaudhary of SAP in 1995. Ram Sundar Das of JD defeated Baleshwar Singh Paswan of Congress in 1990. Baleshwar Singh Paswan of Congress defeated Paltan Ram of LD in 1985. Shiv Nandan Paswan of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) defeated Baleshwar Singh Paswan of Congress in 1980. Paltan Ram of JP defeated Rijahan Ram of CPI in 1977.[5]

2015 and 2020 edit

In 2015; Prema Chaudhary of Rashtriya Janata Dal defeated Mahendra Baitha of Bhartiya Janata Party by 12,461 votes.[6] In 2020 assembly elections the contest to Patepur assembly seats was bilateral. In a tough fight, Lakhendra Kumar Raushan (aka Lakhendra Paswan) of Bhartiya Janata Party defeated Shivchandra Ram of Rashtriya Janata Dal.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "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 10 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Patepur Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Bihar -". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  5. ^ "49 - Patepur (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  6. ^ "Patepur Vidhan Sabha Result". Electioninindia. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Election result 2020". NDTV. Retrieved 31 January 2021.

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