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Kesaria Assembly constituency
| Kesaria Assembly constituency | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 15 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency Details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Bihar |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Kesaria | |
|---|---|
Assembly constituency | |
  Kesaria Location in Bihar | |
| Coordinates: 26°20′21″N 84°51′00″E / 26.33917°N 84.85000°ECoordinates: 26°20′21″N 84°51′00″E / 26.33917°N 84.85000°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Purvi Champaran |
| Constituency No | 15 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 3. Purvi Champaran |
| Electoral system | First past the post |
Kesaria Assembly constituency, sometimes spelt 'Kesariya', 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, 15. Kesaria Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kesaria community development block; Uttari Bariyaria, Paschhimi Madhubani, Uttari Madhubani, Dakshini Madhubani, Purbi Madhubani, Bhatwalia, Barwa, Bariyaria Tolarajpur, Uttari Bhawanipur, Dakshini Bhawanipur and Dumariya gram panchayats of Sangrampur CD Block; Dilawarpur, Rajpur, Darmaha, Raghunathpur, Medan Sirisiya and Pipra Khem gram panchayats of Kalyanpur CD Block.[1]
Kesaria Assembly constituency is part of 3. Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Motihari (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of Vidhan Sabha[edit]
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Prabhawati Gupta | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | Pitambar Singh | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1969 | Ezaj Hussain Khan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Pitambar Singh | Communist Party of India | |
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | Rai Hari Shankar Sharma | Janata Party (Secular) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Yamuna Yadav | Communist Party of India | |
| 1995 | |||
| 2000 | Obaidullah | Samata Party | |
| Feb 2005 | Janata Dal (United) | ||
| Oct 2005 | Rajesh Kumar Raushan | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2010 | Sachindra Prasad Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2015 | Rajesh Kumar | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2020 | Shalini Mishra | Janata Dal (United) | |
Election Results[edit]
2020[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Shalini Mishra | 40219 | 26.59% | ||
| LJP | Ram Sharan Prasad Yadav | 18904 | 12.5% | ||
| RJD | Santosh Kushawaha | 30992 | 20.49% | ||
| Maheshwar Singh | 18576 | 12.28% | |||
| Majority | 267733 | ||||
| Turnout | 151279 | 56.5 | |||
| Shalini Mishra gain from [[|N/A]] | Swing | jdu gain from rjd | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Rajesh Kumar | 62,902 | 47.55 | ||
| BJP | Rajendra Prasad Gupta | 46,955 | 35.49 | ||
| CPI | Ram Saran Prasad Yadav | 11,767 | 8.89 | ||
| Turnout | 132,290 | 54.93 | |||
| Registered electors | 240,820 | ||||
2010[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sachindra Prasad Singh | 34,649 | 36.67 | ||
| CPI | Ram Saran Prasad Yadav | 22,966 | 24.31 | ||
| LJP | Maheshwar Singh | 12,010 | 12.71 | ||
| Turnout | 94,480 | 50.77 | |||
| Registered electors | 186,077 | ||||
1977-2010[edit]
In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Sacchindra Prasad Singh of BJP won the 15 Kesaria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Ramsharan Prasad Yadav of CPI.[4] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Rajesh Kumar Raushan of RJD defeated Razia Khatoon of JD(U) in October 2005. Obaidullah of JD(U) defeated Rajesh Kumar Raushan of RJD in February 2005. Obaidullah of SAP defeated Yamuna Yadav of KSP in 2000. Yamuna Yadav of CPI defeated Kiran Shukla of BPP in 1995 and Rai Hari Shankar Sharma of BJP in 1990. Rai Hari Shankar Sharma representing Congress defeated Yamuna Yadav of CPI in 1985. Rai Hari Shankar Sharma representing Janata Party (JP) defeated Laxman Singh of Congress in 1980. Pitambar Singh of CPI defeated Rai Hari Shankar Sharma of Janata Party in 1977.[5]
Assembly Elections 1967[edit]
- P. Sinha (CPI) : 15,933 votes
- M. Prasad (INC) : 13544
References[edit]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
- ↑ "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
- ↑ "Bihar Assembly elections 2010". Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
- ↑ "18 - Kesariya Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
External links[edit]
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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