Singheshwar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Madhepura district in the Indian state of Bihar. It has been reserved for scheduled castes since 2010. Earlier, it was an open seat.
| Singheshwar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 72 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Madhepura |
| Established | 1977 |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Overview
editAs per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 72 Singheshwar Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Singheshwar, Shankarpur and Kumarkhand community development blocks.[1]
Singheshwar Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Supaul (Lok Sabha constituency) from 2010.[1] It was earlier part of Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Year | Member [2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Dinbandhu Prasad Yadav | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Jai Kumar Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1981^ | Ramendra Kumar Yadav | ||
| 1985 | Lok Dal | ||
| 1990 | Pappu Yadav | Independent politician | |
| 1995 | Upendra Narayan Yadav | Janata Dal | |
| 2000 | Vijay Kumar Singh | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2005 | Ramendra Kumar Yadav | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | Ramesh Rishidev | ||
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | Chandrahas Chaupal | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
Election results
edit2020
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Chandrahas Chaupal | 86,181 | 45.13 | ||
| JD(U) | Ramesh Rishidev | 80,608 | 42.21 |  7.24
| |
| LJP | Amit Kumar Bharti | 5,607 | 2.94 | ||
| JAP(L) | Anil Kumar Bandhu | 3,830 | 2.01 | 6.98
| |
| Aam Janmat Party | Shivjee Ram | 2,354 | 1.23 | ||
| Bhartiya Lokmat Rashtrwadi Party | Surendra Sharma | 2,292 | 1.2 | ||
| Jai Maha Bharath Party | Triful Devi | 2,133 | 1.12 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,998 | 2.09 | 2.03
| |
| Majority | 5,573 | 2.92 | 26.96
| ||
| Turnout | 190,950 | 61.49 |  2.75
| ||
| RJD gain from JD(U) | Swing | ||||
2015
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Ramesh Rishidev | 83,073 | 49.45 | ||
| Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) | Manju Devi | 32,873 | 19.57 | ||
| JAP(L) | Amit Kumar Bharti | 15,106 | 8.99 | ||
| CPI(M) | Rajkishor Sardar | 6,924 | 4.12 | ||
| BSP | Indo Devi | 4,098 | 2.44 | ||
| Independent | Jagdev Ram | 3,498 | 2.08 | ||
| Janta Dal Rashtravadi | Lalan Paswan | 3,220 | 1.92 | ||
| Independent | Achhe Lal Sharma | 3,048 | 1.81 | ||
| BJKD (D) | Sanjay Paswan | 2,767 | 1.65 | ||
| Independent | Agamlal Rishidev | 2,583 | 1.54 | ||
| The National Road Map Party of India | Dinesh Rishi Dev | 2,080 | 1.24 | ||
| Garib Janta Dal (Secular) | Upendra Ram | 1,784 | 1.06 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 6,928 | 4.12 | ||
| Majority | 50,200 | 29.88 | |||
| Turnout | 167,982 | 58.74 | |||
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Singheshwar Assembly constituencys". elections.in. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
- ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018.
External links
edit- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.