Pipra, Supaul Assembly constituency

Pipra, Supaul
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictSupaul
Established2008
ReservationNone

Pipra is an Administrative Block & Nagar Panchayat in Supaul district in the Indian state of Bihar.

About Pipra

Pipra is a Block in Supaul District of Bihar State, India. Pipra Block headquarters is Pipra town. It belongs to Kosi Division.

Pipra consists of 39 villages and 16 Panchayats. Lachhumandas Chak is the smallest village and Pathrajolhania is the biggest village. It is in the 57 m elevation (altitude).

Demographics of Pipra

Maithili is the local language here. Also people speak Hindi, Urdu, Angika. Total population of Pipra Block is 157,779 living in 28,992 houses, spread across total 39 villages and 16 panchayats. Males are 81,912 and Females are 75,867.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 42 Pipra Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Pipra and Kishanpur community development blocks; Veena, Laudh, Karhio, Amha, Hardi East and Hardi West gram panchayats of Supaul CD Block.[1]

Pipra Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Supaul (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name[2] Party
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2010 Sujata Devi Janata Dal (United)
2015 Yaduvansh Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020 Rambilash Kamat Janata Dal (United)

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Pipra, Supaul[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Rambilash Kamat 82,388 45.35
RJD Vishwa Mohan Kumar 63,143 34.76 Decrease19.25
LJP Shakuntala Prasad 5,660 3.12
JAP(L) Mahendra Sah 3,770 2.08 Increase0.45
Proutist Sarva Samaj Raju Kumar 3,563 1.96
Independent Mahendra Prasad Choudhary 3,055 1.68 Decrease0.18
The Plurals Party Rajesh Kumar 2,923 1.61
Independent Amit Kumar Singh 2,508 1.38
Bharat Nirman Party Ranjeet Paswan 1,927 1.06
NOTA None of the above 2,633 1.45 Decrease1.04
Majority 19,245 10.59 Decrease12.27
Turnout 181,673 62.83 Increase1.75
JD(U) gain from RJD Swing


2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Pipra, Supaul[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Yadubansh Kumar Yadav 85,944 54.01
BJP Vishwamohan Kumar 49,575 31.15
BSP Mahendra Sah 4,204 2.64
CPI(M) Nageshwar Prasad Yadav 3,507 2.2
Independent Mahendra Prasad Choudhary 2,961 1.86
Independent Shur Vir Kaladhar 2,899 1.82
JAP(L) Idrish 2,588 1.63
Independent Sudha Kar Jha 1,926 1.21
SP Mohammad Izhar 1,568 0.99
NOTA None of the above 3,960 2.49
Majority 36,369 22.86
Turnout 159,132 61.08


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. ^ "Pipra Supaul Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018.

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