Samastipur Assembly constituency

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Samastipur Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 133 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
StateBihar
Member of Legislative Assembly
Elected year2020
Samastipur
Assembly constituency
Samastipur is located in Bihar
Samastipur
Samastipur
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°51′39″N 85°46′56″E / 25.86083°N 85.78222°E / 25.86083; 85.78222Coordinates: 25°51′39″N 85°46′56″E / 25.86083°N 85.78222°E / 25.86083; 85.78222
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictSamastipur
Constituency No.133
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency23. Samastipur (SC)

Samastipur Vidhan Sabha (assembly) constituency is in Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview[edit]

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 133 Warisnagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Samastipur municipality, Samastipur community development block; and Shahpur Baghauni, Bherokhara, Tajpur, Adharpur and Baghi gram panchayats of Tajpur CD Block.[1] In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Samastipur will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[2][3]

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

Members of Vidhan Sabha[edit]

  • 1957, Samastipur East : Sahdeo Mahto (INC) [4]
  • 1957, Samastipur West : Jadunandan Sahay (INC)
  • 1962, Samastipur East : Sahdeo Mahto (INC)
  • 1962, Samastipur West : Tej Narain Ishwar (INC)
  • 1967 : R.N. Sharma (SSP) : 20,976 S. Mahto M INC 17038
  • 1980 : Karpoori Thakur (Janata Party - Secular)
  • 1985 :
  • 1990 :
  • 2000 : Ashok Singh of RJD
  • Feb 2005 : Shahid Ahmed of RJD
  • Oct 2005 : Ramnath Thakur of JD(U)
  • 2010 : Akhtarul Islam Sahin (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
  • 2015 : Akhtarul Islam Sahin (RJD)

Election results[edit]

2020[edit]

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Samastipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Akhtarul Islam Shahin 68,507 41.21 Decrease13.39
JD(U) Ashwamedh Devi 63,793 38.37 Increase38.37
LJP Mahendra Pradhan 12,074 7.26 new
NOTA None of the above 1,837 1.11
Turnout
RJD hold Swing

2015[edit]

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Samastipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Akhtarul Islam Shahin 82,508 54.60 Increase17.90
BJP Renu Kumari 51,428 34.00 Increase34.00
Independent Jitandar Chaudhary 3,054 2.00 new
CPI(ML)L Surendra Prasad Singh 2,361 1.60 new
Turnout
RJD hold Swing

1967 Vidhan Sabha Election[edit]

  • R.N. Sharma (SSP) : 20,976 votes [5]
  • S. Mahto (INC) : 17,038

1977-2010[edit]

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Akhtarul Islam Sahin of RJD won the Samstipur seat defeating his nearest rival Ramnath Thakur of Janata Dal (United)|JD(U). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ramnath Thakur of JD(U) defeated Nizam Ahmed of RJD in October 2005, Shahid Ahmed of RJD in February 2005 and Ashok Singh of RJD in 2000. Ashok Singh of Janata Dal defeated Shahid Hushan Khan of BPP in 1995 and Visheshwar Rai of Indian National Congress in 1990. Ashok Singh of Lok Dal defeated Jai Narain Rai of Congress in 1985. Karpoori Thakur of Janata Party (SC) defeated Chandra Shekhar Verma of Congress(I) in 1980. Chandra Sekhar Singh of Janata Party defeated Ram Chandra Rai of Congress in 1977.[6][7]

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. ↑ "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
  3. ↑ "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility". 5 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1957".
  5. ↑ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1967".
  6. ↑ "Samastipur Election Results since 1977". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "95 - Samastipur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 March 2011.

External links[edit]

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