Shahpur, Bihar Assembly constituency
| Shahpur, Bihar Assembly constituency | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 198 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Bhojpur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Shahpur Assembly constituency is one of 243 legislative assembly seats of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Arrah lok sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz Sandesh, Barhara, Arrah, Agiaon (SC), Tarari and Jagdishpur.[1]
In Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, there was a constituency by the same name, but the Shahpur Assembly constituency in Madhya Pradesh became defunct in 2008.[2] Its serial number in the Election commission records is 198.
Area/Wards
Shahpur Assembly constituency comprises:[3]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
The list of the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Shahpur constituency is as follows:
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Ramanand Tiwari | Socialist Party | |
| 1957 | Praja Socialist Party | ||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Samyukta Socialist Party | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | Suraj Nath Choubey | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Jai Narain Mishra | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Anand Sharma | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Bindeshwari Dubey | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Dharam Pal Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1995 | Janata Dal | ||
| 2000 | Shivanand Tiwari | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2005 Feb | |||
| 2005 Oct | Munni Devi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2010 | |||
| 2015 | Rahul Tiwari | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2020 | |||
Election results
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Rahul Tiwari | 64,393 | 41.14 | −6.62 | |
| Independent | Shobha Devi | 41,510 | 26.52 | ||
| BJP | Munni Devi | 21,355 | 13.64 | −24.08 | |
| Independent | Gangadhar Pandey | 3,836 | 2.45 | ||
| Rashtriya Jan Jan Party | Harendra Singh | 3,571 | 2.28 | ||
| Independent | Bhuteshwar Yadav | 2,876 | 1.84 | ||
| RLSP | Ved Prkash | 2,689 | 1.72 | ||
| JP | Santosh Kumar Srivastav | 2,522 | 1.61 | ||
| Independent | Kumar Avinash Chandra | 2,060 | 1.32 | ||
| Independent | Krishna Ram | 2,004 | 1.28 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 978 | 0.62 | −1.2 | |
| Majority | 22,883 | 14.62 | +4.58 | ||
| Turnout | 156,528 | 49.09 | −0.5 | ||
| RJD hold | Swing | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Rahul Tiwari | 69,315 | 47.76 | ||
| BJP | Visheshwar Ojha | 54,745 | 37.72 | ||
| JAP(L) | Krishna Bihari Singh | 3,680 | 2.54 | ||
| Independent | Sachin Kumar Gupta | 2,914 | 2.01 | ||
| Independent | Radha Bihari Ojha | 2,337 | 1.61 | ||
| BSP | Mithiles Choubey | 2,129 | 1.47 | ||
| Independent | Binod Kumar Tiwary | 1,803 | 1.24 | ||
| Samras Samaj Party | Lal Bahadur Mahato | 1,310 | 0.9 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,641 | 1.82 | ||
| Majority | 14,570 | 10.04 | |||
| Turnout | 145,144 | 49.59 | |||
References
- ^ "Arrah Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Results in 2003".
- ^ "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 20 December 2013.
- ^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018.
External links
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.