Samastipur Assembly constituency

25°51′39″N 85°46′56″E / 25.86083°N 85.78222°E / 25.86083; 85.78222 Samastipur Vidhan Sabha (assembly) constituency is in Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Samastipur
Constituency No. 133 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictSamastipur
LS constituencySamastipur
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Akhtarul Islam Sahin
PartyRJD
Elected year2020

Overview edit

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 133 Warisnagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Samastipur municipality, Samastipur community development block; and Shahpur Baghauni, Bherokhara, Tajpur, Adharpur and Baghi gram panchayats of Tajpur CD Block.[1] In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Samastipur will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[2][3]

Samastipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly edit

Year Name Party
1957 Yadunandan Sahay[a] Indian National Congress
Sahdeo Mahto[b]
1962 Tej Narain Ishwar[c]
Sahdeo Mahto[d]
1967 Rajendra Narain Sharma Samyukta Socialist Party
1969
1972 Sahdeo Mahto Indian National Congress (O)
1977 Chandra Shekhar Singh Janata Party
1980 Karpoori Thakur Janata Party (Secular)
1985 Ashok Singh Lokdal
1990 Janata Dal
1995
2000 Ram Nath Thakur Janata Dal (United)
2005
2005
2010 Akhtarul Islam Sahin Rashtriya Janata Dal
2015
2020

^ - bypoll

  1. ^ Samastipur West
  2. ^ Samastipur East
  3. ^ Samastipur West
  4. ^ Samastipur East

Election results edit

2020 edit

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Samastipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Akhtarul Islam Shahin 68,507 41.21  13.39
JD(U) Ashwamedh Devi 63,793 38.37  38.37
LJP Mahendra Pradhan 12,074 7.26 new
None of the Above None of the above 1,837 1.11
Turnout
RJD hold Swing

2015 edit

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Samastipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Akhtarul Islam Shahin 82,508 54.60  17.90
BJP Renu Kumari 51,428 34.00  34.00
Independent Jitandar Chaudhary 3,054 2.00 new
CPI(ML)L Surendra Prasad Singh 2,361 1.60 new
Turnout
RJD hold Swing

1967 Vidhan Sabha Election edit

  • R.N. Sharma (SSP) : 20,976 votes [4]
  • S. Mahto (INC) : 17,038

[5][6][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. ^ "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
  3. ^ "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility". 5 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1967".
  5. ^ "Samastipur Election Results since 1977". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  6. ^ "95 - Samastipur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  7. ^ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1957".

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