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Chapra
Chapra
Vidhan Sabha constituency
	Chapra Location in Bihar
	Coordinates: 25°47′05″N 84°43′39″E / 25.78472°N 84.72750°E
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Saran
Constituency No.	118
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	20. Saran
Electoral system	First past the post

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Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (pronounced Chhapra) is an assembly constituency in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Chapra was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.^[1]^[2]

Overview[edit | edit source]

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 118 Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Chhapra municipality and Naini, Fakuli, Karinga, Sadha, Mouna, Tenua and Barhara Mahaji gram panchayats of Chapra community development block; Rivilganj CD Block.^[3]

Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 20 Saran (Lok Sabha constituency).^[3] It was earlier part of Chapra (Lok Sabha constituency). Chhapra assembly seat had a unique distinction of electing either a Rajput or Yadav since 1965 till 2014 belonging to various parties.^[4] Randhir Kumar Singh (RJD) won the by-poll from Chhapra in 2014.^[5] First time, a non-Yadav non-Rajput Dr. C.N. Gupta (BJP) won from assembly seat in 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Member of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

	Member	Political Party
1951	-	-
1957	Prabhunath Singh	Indian National Congress
1957 By Polls	Jaglal Chaudhary	Indian National Congress
1962	Sundri Devi	Indian National Congress
1967	U.P. N. Sing	Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1969	Janak Yadav	Praja Socialist Party
1972	Janak Yadav	Indian National Congress
1977	Mithlesh Kumar Singh	Janata Party
1980	Janak Yadav	Janata Party
1985	Janak Yadav	Independent
1990	Udit Rai	Independent
1995	Udit Rai	Janata Dal
2000	Udit Rai	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005(Feb)	Ram Parvash Rai	Janata Dal (United)
2005(Oct)	Ram Parvash Rai	Janata Dal (United)
2010	Janardan Singh Sigriwal	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014 By Polls	Randhir Kumar Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2015	Dr. C.N. Gupta	Bharatiya Janata Party
2020	Dr. C.N. Gupta	Bharatiya Janata Party

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs". The Times of India.
↑ "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "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.
↑ "RSS activist joins fray against BJP in Chhapra". The Times of India.
↑ The RJD's Randhir Singh took advantage of the split and won the seat.
↑ Chhapra seat 2015
↑ http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/bjp-legislator-being-probed-over-bihar-communal-tension-116081100449_1.html
↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Caste-stands-in-way-of-development-in-Chhapra/articleshow/49458065.cms

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[1] "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs". The Times of India.

[2] "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).

[commission-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "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.

[4] "RSS activist joins fray against BJP in Chhapra". The Times of India.

[5] The RJD's Randhir Singh took advantage of the split and won the seat.

[6] Chhapra seat 2015

[7] ttp://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/bjp-legislator-being-probed-over-bihar-communal-tension-116081100449_1.html

[8] ttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Caste-stands-in-way-of-development-in-Chhapra/articleshow/49458065.cms

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-'''Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' (pronounced Chhapra) is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Saran district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]].  In [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], Chapra was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/EC-move-to-allay-fears-about-errors-in-EVMs/articleshow/49199345.cms|title=EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/Current/ImpIns_24092015.pdf|title=General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg.}}</ref>
+'''Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' (pronounced Chhapra) is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Saran district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]].  In [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], Chapra was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/EC-move-to-allay-fears-about-errors-in-EVMs/articleshow/49199345.cms|title=EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/Current/ImpIns_24092015.pdf|title=General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg.}}</ref>
 ==Overview==
 As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 118 Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: [[Chhapra]] municipality and Naini, Fakuli, Karinga, Sadha, Mouna, Tenua and Barhara Mahaji [[gram panchayat]]s of Chapra [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]]; Rivilganj CD Block.<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>
-Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 20 [[Saran (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/> It was earlier part of [[Chapra (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. Chhapra assembly seat had a unique distinction of electing either a Rajput or Yadav since 1965 till 2014 belonging to various parties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/RSS-activist-joins-fray-against-BJP-in-Chhapra/articleshow/40324808.cms|title=RSS activist joins fray against BJP in Chhapra}}</ref> Randhir Kumar Singh (RJD) won the by-poll from Chhapra in 2014.<ref>[https://www.telegraphindia.com/1141206/jsp/frontpage/story_2365.jsp#.WJb4C9J97IU The RJD's Randhir Singh took advantage of the split and won the seat.]</ref> First time, a non-Yadav non-Rajput Dr. C.N. Gupta (BJP) won from assembly seat in [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/elections/bihar/chapra-mla-results Chhapra seat 2015]</ref><ref>http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/bjp-legislator-being-probed-over-bihar-communal-tension-116081100449_1.html</ref><ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Caste-stands-in-way-of-development-in-Chhapra/articleshow/49458065.cms</ref>
+Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 20 [[Saran (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/> It was earlier part of [[Chapra (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. Chhapra assembly seat had a unique distinction of electing either a Rajput or Yadav since 1965 till 2014 belonging to various parties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/RSS-activist-joins-fray-against-BJP-in-Chhapra/articleshow/40324808.cms|title=RSS activist joins fray against BJP in Chhapra|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> Randhir Kumar Singh (RJD) won the by-poll from Chhapra in 2014.<ref>[https://www.telegraphindia.com/1141206/jsp/frontpage/story_2365.jsp#.WJb4C9J97IU The RJD's Randhir Singh took advantage of the split and won the seat.]</ref> First time, a non-Yadav non-Rajput Dr. C.N. Gupta (BJP) won from assembly seat in [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/elections/bihar/chapra-mla-results Chhapra seat 2015]</ref><ref>http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/bjp-legislator-being-probed-over-bihar-communal-tension-116081100449_1.html</ref><ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Caste-stands-in-way-of-development-in-Chhapra/articleshow/49458065.cms</ref>
 ==Member of Legislative Assembly==
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 |1951||-||-
 |-
-|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
+|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
 |1957||Prabhunath Singh||[[Indian National Congress]]
 |-
-|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
+|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
 |1957 By Polls||Jaglal Chaudhary||[[Indian National Congress]]
 |-
-|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
+|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
 |1962||Sundri Devi||[[Indian National Congress]]
 |-
-|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
+|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
 |1967||U.P. N. Sing||[[Bharatiya Jan Sangh]]
 |-
-|style="background-color: {{Praja Socialist Party/meta/color}}" |
+|style="background-color: {{party color|Praja Socialist Party}}" |
 |1969||Janak Yadav||[[Praja Socialist Party]]
 |-
-|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
+|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
 |1972||Janak Yadav||[[Indian National Congress]]
 |-
-|style="background-color: {{Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
+|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
 |1977||Mithlesh Kumar Singh||[[Janata Party]]
 |-
-|style="background-color: {{Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
+|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
 |1980||Janak Yadav||[[Janata Party]]
 |-
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 |1990||Udit Rai||[[Independent politician|Independent]]
 |-
-|style="background-color: {{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
+|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
 |1995||Udit Rai||[[Janata Dal]]
 |-
-|style="background-color: {{Rashtriya Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
+|style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
 |2000||Udit Rai||[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
 |-
-|style="background-color: {{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
+|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
 |2005(Feb)||Ram Parvash Rai||[[Janata Dal (United)]]
 |-
-|style="background-color: {{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}" |
+|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
 |2005(Oct)||Ram Parvash Rai||[[Janata Dal (United)]]
 |-
-|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
+|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
 |2010||[[Janardan Singh Sigriwal]]||[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
 |-
-|style="background-color: {{Rashtriya Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
+|style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
 |2014 By Polls||Randhir Kumar Singh||[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
 |-
-|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
+|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
 |2015||Dr. C.N. Gupta||[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
 |-
-|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
+|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
 |2020||Dr. C.N. Gupta||[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
 |-

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Chapra
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Chapra Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°47′05″N 84°43′39″E / 25.78472°N 84.72750°E / 25.78472; 84.72750
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Saran
Constituency No.	118
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	20. Saran
Electoral system	First past the post