Kusheshwar Asthan Assembly constituency

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Kusheshwar Asthan
Constituency for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
StateBihar
DistrictDarbhanga
LS constituencySamastipur
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAAman Bhushan Hajari
PartyJanata Dal (United)
AllianceNational Democratic Alliance (NDA)
Elected year2021

Kusheshwar Asthan Assembly constituency or Kusheshwar Asthan is an assembly constituency in Darbhanga district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview[edit]

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 78 Kusheshwar Asthan Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Kusheshwar Asthan and Kusheshwar Asthan Purbi community development blocks; Uchhti, Afzala, Akbarpur Baink, Sonpur Paghari, Ganaura Tarwara, Ladaho, Pokhram North and Pokhram South of Biraul CD Block.[1]

Kusheshwar Asthan Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 23 Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Member Party
1977 Digambar Thakur[2] Janata Party
1980 Raj Kumar Mahaseth[2] Janata Party (Secular)
1985 Padma Chaubey[2] Indian National Congress
1990 Raj Kumar Mahaseth Independent
1995 Janata Dal
2000 Ram Deo Mahto Bharatiya Janata Party
2005
2010 Shashi Bhushan Hazari
2015 Janata Dal (United)
2020
2021 by elections Aman Bhushan Hajari

Election results[edit]

2021 By election[edit]

By-election, 2021: Kusheshwar Asthan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Aman Bhushan Hajari 59,887 45.72 +6.17
RJD Ganesh Bharti 47,192 36.02 New
LJP Anju Devi 5,623 4.29 -5.50
INC Atirek Kumar 5,603 4.28 -29.98
Margin of victory 12,695 9.70
Turnout 1,31,007 50.92
JD(U) hold Swing

2020[edit]

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Kusheshwar Asthan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Shashi Bhushan Hazari 53,980 39.55
INC Ashok Kumar 46,758 34.26
LJP Poonam Kumari 13,362 9.79
IND Kameshwar Ram 3,864 2.83
IND Yogi Chaupal 3,864 2.56
Majority 7,222 5.42
Turnout 1,36,481 54.32
JD(U) hold Swing

2015[edit]

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kusheshwar Asthan[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Shashi Bhushan Hazari 50,062 43.04
LJP Dhananjay Kumar (A) Mrinal Paswan 30,212 25.98
NOTA None of the above 7,183 6.18
CPI Rajendra Prasad 5,706 4.91
IND Vinay Kumar 4,678 4.02
Majority 19,850 18.20
Turnout 1,16,303 51.17
JD(U) gain from BJP Swing

2010[edit]

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kusheshwar Asthan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shashi Bhushan Hajari 28,576 31.58
LJP Ramchandra Paswan 23,064 25.49
INC Ashok Kumar 17,142 18.95
IND Ramottar Paswan 7,549 8.34
IND Ram Bahadur Bharti 3,084 3.41
Majority 5,512 6.09
Turnout 90,475 45.59
BJP win (new seat)

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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Kusheshwar Asthan (SC) Election Result: Kusheshwar Asthan (SC) MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 11 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. Bihar Assembly Election 2015

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