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|name = Kanti
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|settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
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| pushpin_map = India Bihar
| map_caption = Location in Bihar
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|subdivision_type = Country
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|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Bihar|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Muzaffarpur district|Muzaffarpur]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar|Constituency No.]]
|subdivision_name3 = 95
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency)|16. Vaishali]]
|subdivision_type6 = [[Voting system|Electoral system]]
|subdivision_name6 = [[First past the post system|First past the post]]

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'''Kanti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Muzaffarpur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]]. The current sitting MLA(member of legislative assembly) is Mohammad Israil Mansuriwho won as an independent candidate defeating his nearest rival Ajit Kumar by 10000 votes.

==Overview==
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 95 Kanti (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Kanti and Marwan [[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>

Kanti (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 16 [[Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/>

==Election results==

=== 1951-1972 ===
In the 1951 state assembly elections, Jamuna Prasad Tripathy (Yamuna Prasad Tripathy) of INC defeated Nagendra Prasad Singh (IND) by 3049 votes. In 1957 state assembly elections, Jamuna Prasad Tripathy (Yamuna Prasad Tripathy) of INC again won the Kanti assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Yogendra Prasad Sharma by a close margin of 445 votes. In 1962 Jamuna Prasad Tripathy (Yamuna Prasad Tripathy) defeated Harihar Prasad Shahi by a margin of 2714 votes. M.P. Sinha was the congress candidate in 1967 election which he won by a huge margin of 31034 votes. In 1969 state assembly elections Harihar Prasad Shahi of LTC defeated 3 times INC MLA Jamuna Prasad Tripathy (Yamuna Prasad Tripathy). Shambhu Sharan Thakur of INC won the 1972 election by 1462 votes.

===1977-2010===
In the [[2010 Bihar legislative assembly election|2010 state assembly elections]], Ajit Kumar of [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]] won the Kanti assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Md. Israil of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0495.htm |title = Bihar - Kanti |work =Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-02-07 }}</ref> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ajit Kumar of JD(U) defeated Muhmad Haidar Azad of RJD in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Oct 2005|October 2005]]. Ajit Kumar representing [[Lok Janshakti Party|LJP]] defeated Md. Jamal of RJD in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Feb 2005|February 2005]]. Gulam Jilani Warsi of RJD defeated Ajit Kumar of AJBP in 2000. Mufti Mohammad Quasim of [[Janata Dal]] defeated Ajit Kumar of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1995. Nalini Ranjan Singh of JD defeated Shambhu Sharan Thakur of Congress in 1990. Nalini Ranjan Singh representing SUC defeated Tarakeshari Sinha of [[Lok Dal|LD]] in 1985 and Shambhu Sharan Thakur of Congress in 1980. Thakur Prasad Singh of [[Janata Party|JP]] defeated Nalini Ranjan Singh of SUC in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp56.htm |title = 56 - Kanti Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-02-07 }}</ref>

===2015===
In the [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] Ashok Kumar Choudhary won the seat by almost 10000 votes against Ajit Kumar.

===Assembly Elections 2020===
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==References==
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{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}
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{{Bihar elections}}

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