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{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Bihar, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Sandesh
| type = SLA
| map_image = 192-Sandesh constituency.svg
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| region =
| state = [[Bihar]]
| district = [[Bhojpur district, India|Bhojpur]]
| division =
| loksabha_cons = [[Arrah Lok Sabha constituency|Arrah]]
| constituency_no = 192
| established = 1957
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image =
| abolished = 
| mla = [[Radha Charan Sah]]
| party = {{party index link|Janata Dal (United)}}
| alliance = {{party index link|National Democratic Alliance|NDA}} 
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]] 
| electors = 291,878
}}
'''Sandesh''' is one of 243 assembly seats of the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]. It is part of [[Arrah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Arrah]] Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz [[Barhara Assembly constituency|Barhara]], [[Arrah Assembly constituency|Arrah]], [[Agiaon Assembly constituency|Agiaon]], [[Tarari Assembly constituency|Tarari]], [[Jagdishpur, Bihar Assembly constituency|Jagdishpur]] and [[Shahpur, Bihar Assembly constituency|Shahpur]].<ref name=delimitation2008>{{cite web |url=https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/showfile?actid=AC_CEN_3_20_00030_200233_1517807324510&type=order&filename=Delimitation%20Order,2008.pdf |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |date=26 November 2008 |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref>

==Area/Wards==
Sandesh Assembly constituency comprises:<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 = 2013-12-20 }}</ref>

* [[Sandesh, Bihar|Sandesh]] [[Community development block|CD block]]
* [[Udwantnagar]] CD block
* [[Gram panchayat|Gram Panchayats]]: [[Sakaddi]], [[Kulharia]], Dhandiha, Bhadwar, Narbirpur, Khangaon, Gopalpur, [[Jalpura Tapa]], Jokta and Koilwar ([[Nagar panchayat]]) of [[Koilwar]] CD block

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Member
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|colspan="4" |{{center|''Until 1956: Constituency did not exit''}}
|-
|[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<ref name=election1957>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3887-bihar-1957/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1957 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |Jhaman Prasad
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<ref name=election1962>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3888-bihar-1962/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1962 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|R. S. Singh<ref name=election1967>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3889-bihar-1967/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1967 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<ref name=election1969>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3890-bihar-1969/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1969 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |Ramji Prasad Singh
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<ref name=election1972>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3892-bihar-1972/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1972 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|-
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Ram Dayal Singh<ref name=election1977>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3893-bihar-1977/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1977 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|1978^
|[[Sonadhari Singh Yadav]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/sandesh.html|title=Sitting and previous MLAs from Sandesh Assembly Constituency|website=www.elections.in}}</ref>
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|[[Sidh Nath Rai]]<ref name=election1980>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3894-bihar-1980/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1980 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<ref name=election1985>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3896-bihar-1985/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1985 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[Sonadhari Singh Yadav]]
|{{Full party name with color|Lok Dal}}
|-
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<ref name=election1990>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3897-bihar-1990/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1990 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|[[Rameshwar Prasad (politician, born 1947)|Rameshwar Prasad]]<ref name=election1995>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3899-bihar-1995/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1995 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}
|-
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|[[Vijendra Kumar Yadav|Vijendra Yadav]]<ref name=election2000>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3900-bihar-2000/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2000 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005 Feb]]
|[[Rameshwar Prasad (politician, born 1947)|Rameshwar Prasad]]<ref name=election2005>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3901-bihar-2005/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2005 - Feb and Oct |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}
|-
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005 Oct]]
|[[Vijendra Kumar Yadav|Vijendra Yadav]]<ref name=election2005/>
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]
|[[Sanjay Singh Tiger]]<ref name=election2010>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3903-bihar-2010/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2010 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
|[[Arun Kumar Yadav (Bhojpur politician)|Arun Kumar Yadav]]<ref name=election2015/>
| {{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
| [[Kiran Devi Yadav]]<ref name=election2020/>
|-
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
|[[Radha Charan Sah]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y}}
|-
|}

==Election results==
=== 2025 ===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Sandesh<ref name="2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Sandesh">{{cite news |title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Sandesh |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04192.htm |access-date=8 December 2025 |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=14 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251208063948/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04192.htm |archive-date=8 December 2025}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Radha Charan Sah]]
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|votes = {{formatnum:80598}}
|percentage = 43.99
|change = +25.22
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Dipu singh
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|votes = {{formatnum:80571}}
|percentage = 43.97
|change = -7.57
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Rajeev Ranjan
|party = Jan Suraaj Party
|votes = {{formatnum:6040}}
|percentage = 3.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Mukesh Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:5399}}
|percentage = 2.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Samarjay Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:2474}}
|percentage = 1.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:4160}}
|percentage = 2.27
|change = +0.04
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:27}}
|percentage = 0.02
|change = -32.75
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:183230}}
|percentage = 62.78
|change = +9.82
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|loser = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2020 ===
{{Election box begin
|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Sandesh<ref name=election2020>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Kiran Devi Yadav|Kiran Yadav]]
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|votes = {{formatnum:79599}}
|percentage = 51.54
|change = +1.75
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Vijendra Kumar Yadav|Vijendra Yadav]]
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|votes = {{formatnum:28992}}
|percentage = 18.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Shweta Singh
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|votes = {{formatnum:28500}}
|percentage = 18.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
|candidate = Shiv Shankar Prasad
|votes = {{formatnum:3351}}
|percentage = 2.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)
|candidate = Baban Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:2603}}
|percentage = 1.69
|change = +0.79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bhartiya Kranti Vir Party
|candidate = Krishna Paswan
|votes = {{formatnum:1720}}
|percentage = 1.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Jan Jan Party
|candidate = Santosh Kumar Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:1660}}
|percentage = 1.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtrawadi Janlok Party (Satya)
|candidate = Manmohan Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:1516}}
|percentage = 0.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:3449}}
|percentage = 2.23
|change = -0.26
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:50607}}
|percentage = 32.77
|change = +15.73
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:154455}}
|percentage = 52.96
|change = -3.2
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2015 ===
{{Election box begin
|title=[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Sandesh<ref name=election2015>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2015 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Arun Kumar Yadav (Bhojpur politician)|Arun Yadav]]
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|votes = {{formatnum:74306}}
|percentage = 49.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Sanjay Singh Tiger|Sanjay Tiger]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:48879}}
|percentage = 32.75
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Raju Yadav
|votes = {{formatnum:15879}}
|percentage = 10.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)
|candidate = Baban Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:1350}}
|percentage = 0.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:3713}}
|percentage = 2.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:25427}}
|percentage = 17.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:149245}}
|percentage = 56.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2010===
{{Election box begin
|title=[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Sandesh<ref name="election2010"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|
|candidate = [[Sanjay Singh Tiger|Sanjay Tiger]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 29,988
|percentage = 26.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = [[Arun Kumar Yadav (Bhojpur politician)|Arun Yadav]]
|party = Independent
|votes = 23,166
|percentage = 20.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = [[Vijendra Kumar Yadav|Vijendra Yadav]]
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|votes = 16,779
|percentage = 14.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = [[Rameshwar Prasad (politician, born 1947)|Rameshwar Prasad]]
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
| CPI(ML) Liberation
|votes = 15,095
|percentage = 13.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|
|votes = 6,822
|percentage = 6.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|
|votes = 1,12,866
|percentage = 52.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,13,826
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}

{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}

[[Category:Politics of Bhojpur district, India]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in Bihar]]

Sandesh Assembly constituency - Revision history

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