Kalyanpur, Purvi Champaran Assembly constituency

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Kalyanpur, Purvi Champaran Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 16 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
StateBihar
Member of Legislative Assembly
Elected year2020
Kalyanpur
Assembly constituency
Kalyanpur is located in Bihar
Kalyanpur
Kalyanpur
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°30′51″N 84°50′54″E / 26.51417°N 84.84833°E / 26.51417; 84.84833Coordinates: 26°30′51″N 84°50′54″E / 26.51417°N 84.84833°E / 26.51417; 84.84833
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictPurvi Champaran
Constituency No16
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency3. Purvi Champaran
Electoral systemFirst past the post
Government
 • Incumbent MLAManoj Kumar Yadav
 • Political Party RJD  

Kalyanpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purvi Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview[edit]

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 16. Kalyanpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kotwa community development block; Parsauni Wazid, Bakhri, Kalyanpur, Barharwa Mahanand, Siswa Shobh, Brindaban, Pakari Dixit, Siswa Kharar, Patna, Gariba, Shambhu Chak, Sitalpur, Koela Belwa, Bhuwan Chhapra, Banshghat, North Gawandra, South Gawandra and Mani Chhapra gram panchayats of Kalyanpur CD Block.[1]

Kalyanpur Assembly constituency is part of 3. Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Election Name Party
1967 Brahmdeo Narain Singh Samyukta Socialist Party
1969
1972 Ram Naresh Trivedi Indian National Congress
1977 Bashistha Narain Singh Janata Party
1980 Ram Sukumari Devi Indian National Congress
1985 Bashistha Narain Singh Lokdal
1990 Dilip Kumar Rai Indian National Congress
1995 Sita Sinha Janata Dal
2000 Ashwamedh Devi Samata Party
Feb 2005 Ashok Prasad Verma Rashtriya Janata Dal
Oct 2005 Ashwamedh Devi Janata Dal (United)
2009 ^ Ashok Prasad Verma Rashtriya Janata Dal
2010 Razia Khatoon Janata Dal (United)
2015 Sachindra Prasad Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2020 Manoj Kumar Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results[edit]

In the November 08 2015 state assembly elections, Sachindra singh bhartiya janta party(BJP) won the newly created 16 Kalyanpur assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Raziya khatoon of janta dal united(JDU).[2]

2020[edit]

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Kalyanpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Manoj Kumar Yadav 72,819 44.61
BJP Sachindra Prasad Singh 71,626 45.35
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
RJD gain from BJP Swing

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "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.
  2. "Razia Khatoon JD(U) won in Kalyanpur". TPR One. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2011.

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