Khajauli Assembly constituency

Khajauli Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 33 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictMadhubani
Lok Sabha constituency7. Jhanjharpur
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
AllianceNational Democratic Alliance
Elected year2020
Preceded bySitaram Yadav

Khajauli Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Madhubani district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is an open seat now but was earlier reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 33 Khajauli Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Jainagar and Basopatti community development blocks; Nararh East, Mahua Ekdara, Datwar, Sarabe, Rasidpur, Betakakarghati and Khajauli gram panchayats of Khajauli CD Block.[1]

Khajauli Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 Jhanjharpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name[2] Party
1952 Shakur Ahmed Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967 Narmedeshwar Singh Praja Socialist Party
1969
1972 Mahendra Narayan Jha Indian National Congress
1977 Ram Karan Paswan Janata Party
1980 Ram Lakhan Ram Raman Communist Party of India
1985 Bilat Paswan Vihangam Indian National Congress
1990
1995 Ram Lakhan Ram Raman Communist Party of India
2000 Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 Ram Prit Paswan Bharatiya Janata Party
2005
2010 Arun Shankar Prasad
2015 Sitaram Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020 Arun Shankar Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Khajauli[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Arun Shankar Prasad 83,161 44.51 +7.47
RJD Sitaram Yadav 60,472 32.37 −11.19
JAP(L) Braj Kishor Yadav 13,589 7.27 +6.57
Independent Ambika Prasad Singh 8,355 4.47
Independent Dilip Kuwar 3,689 1.97
Samajwadi Janata Dal Democratic Virendra Kumar Yadav 2,782 1.49
Independent Amit Kumar Mahto 2,174 1.16
NOTA None of the above 1,193 0.64 −0.72
Majority 22,689 12.14 +5.62
Turnout 186,837 61.11 +2.35
BJP gain from RJD Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Khajauli[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Sitaram Yadav 71,534 43.56
BJP Arun Shankar Prasad 60,831 37.04
CPI Amiruddin 7,568 4.61
Independent Pursottam Jha 5,523 3.36
Independent Brajesh Raut 2,440 1.49
BSP Murari Thakur 2,281 1.39
SP Ram Kumar Yadav 1,837 1.12
Independent Sonu Kumar Jha 1,782 1.09
ABHM Sudhakar Kumar 1,657 1.01
Independent Vishwanath Yadav 1,636 1.0
NOTA None of the above 2,240 1.36
Majority 10,703 6.52
Turnout 164,227 58.76

References

  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. ^ a b "Khajauli Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018.