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{{Infobox settlement



|name = Amour 
|official_name =
|other_name =
|native_name = 
|settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
|total_type = 
|motto =

| pushpin_map = India Bihar
| map_caption = Location in Bihar
|coordinates = {{coord|25|57|25|N|87|43|30|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[Bihar]]}}|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{IND}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Bihar|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Purnia district|Purnia]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar|Constituency No]]
|subdivision_name3 = 56
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Kishanganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|10. Kishanganj]]
|subdivision_type6 = [[Voting system|Electoral system]]
|subdivision_name6 = [[First past the post system|First past the post]]

|area_code =
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'''Amour (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Purnia district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]].

==Overview==
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 56 Amour (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Amour and Baisa [[Community Development Block in India|community development blocks]].<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref>

Amour (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No 10 [[Kishanganj (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/>

== Members of Legislative Assembly ==
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/list%20of%20member.pdf|date=2019-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024171731/http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/list%20of%20member.pdf|access-date=2019-10-24|archive-date=2019-10-24|title=Bihar Vidhan Sabha}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/15.pdf|date=2019-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024172025/http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/15.pdf|access-date=2019-10-24|archive-date=2019-10-24|title=Bihar Vidhan Sabha}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/14.pdf|date=2019-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024172116/http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/14.pdf|access-date=2019-10-24|archive-date=2019-10-24|title=Bihar Vidhan Sabha}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/12.pdf|date=2019-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024172353/http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/12.pdf|access-date=2019-10-24|archive-date=2019-10-24|title=Bihar Vidhan Sabha}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/11.pdf|date=2019-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024172534/http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/11.pdf|access-date=2019-10-24|archive-date=2019-10-24|title=Bihar Vidhan Sabha}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Vidhan Sabha
!Duration
!Member of Legislative Assembly
!Party
|-
|Seventeenth
|2020-''Present''
|[[Akhtarul Iman]]
|[[AIMIM]]
|-
|Sixteenth
|2015-''20''
|[[Abdul Zalil Mastan]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|Fifteenth
|2010-15
|Saba Zafar
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|Fourteenth
|2005-10
|Abdul Zalil Mastan
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|Thirteenth
|2005-05
|Abdul Zalil Mastan
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|Twelfth
|2000-05
|Abdul Zalil Mastan
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|Eleventh
|1995-2000
|''Vacant''
|''N/A''
|-
|Tenth
|1990-95
|Abdul Zalil Mastan
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|Ninth
|1985-90
|Abdul Zalil Mastan
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|-
|Eighth
|1980-85
|Mohd. Moisuddin Munsi
|[[Congress (I)]]
|-
|Seventh
|1977-80
|Chandreshekhar Jha
|[[Janata Party|Janata]]
|}

==Election results==
===1977-2010===
In the [[2010 Bihar legislative assembly election|November 2010 state assembly elections]], [[Saba Zafar]] of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] won the Amour assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abdul Jalil Mastan of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0456.htm |title = Bihar - Amour |work =Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Abdul Jalil Mastan of Congress defeated Saba Jafar representing [[Samajwadi Party|SP]] in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Oct 2005|October 2005]], contesting as an Independent in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Feb 2005|February 2005]] and representing [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] in 2000. Muzaffar Hussain of SP defeated Abdul Jalil Mastan of Congress in 1995. A. Jalil of Congress defeated Muzaffar Hussain of [[Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha|ICS (SCS)]]. Jalil, Independent, defeated Chandra Sekhar Jha of [[Janata Party|JP]] in 1985. M. Moijuddin Munshi of Congress defeated Nazmuddin of Janata Party (Secular – Raj Narain). Chandra Sekhar Jha of JP defeated Md. Moijuddin Munshi of Congress.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp136.htm |title = 136 - Amour Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-01-15 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120330235859/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp136.htm |archive-date = 2012-03-30 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

=== General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar 2015, Amour (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ===
General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar was held in 5 phases. Amour Vidhan Sabha constituency had its polling in the last phase on 5 November 2015 and the result was declared on 8 November 2015.

'''Candidates:'''

A total of 14 candidates filed their nominations, including one woman candidate. Out of those 14, one candidate withdraw his name from the candidature. 13 candidates contested the election, including the women candidate. Out of 13 candidates, 11 candidates' deposits were forfeited.

'''Electors and voters:'''

Total number of 2,80,910 electors (1,49,626 male and 1,31,274 female) were registered. Out of those, only 1,69,281 (60.26%) voters turned out to cast their votes in 275 polling stations.

'''Result:'''

Abdul Jalil Mastan of the [[Indian National Congress]] Party won the election by a margin of 51,997 votes (31.30% of total valid votes). The total votes cast in his favour was 1,00,135. Runner-up Saba Zafar of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] received 48,138 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2015/Stat_Bihar_AE2015.pdf}}</ref>

==Election Results==
===Assembly Elections 2020===
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Amour}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen
|candidate = [[Akhtarul Iman]]
|votes =94,459
|percentage = 51.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Saba Zafar]]
|votes = 41,944
|percentage = 22.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Abdul Jaleel mastan]]
|votes = 31,863
|percentage = 17.26
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate =
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)
|candidate = [[Kumar Gupta]]
|votes = 3,164
|percentage = 1.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Lok Jan Shakti Party
|candidate = [[Manoj Kumar Nishad]]
|votes = 919
|percentage = 0.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 52,515
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 184,606
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}
{{Purnia Division topics}}

{{Bihar elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Politics of Purnia district]]

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