| Samastipur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 133 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Samastipur |
| LS constituency | Samastipur |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Akhtarul Islam Sahin | |
| Party | RJD |
| Elected year | 2020 |
25°51′39″N 85°46′56″E / 25.86083°N 85.78222°E 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 Legislative Assembly[edit]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Yadunandan Sahay[a] | Indian National Congress | |
| Sahdeo Mahto[b] | |||
| 1962 | Tej Narain Ishwar[c] | ||
| Sahdeo Mahto[d] | |||
| 1967 | Rajendra Narain Sharma | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | Sahdeo Mahto | Indian National Congress (O) | |
| 1977 | Chandra Shekhar Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Karpoori Thakur | Janata Party (Secular) | |
| 1985 | Ashok Singh | Lokdal | |
| 1990 | Janata Dal | ||
| 1995 | |||
| 2000 | Ram Nath Thakur | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | Akhtarul Islam Sahin | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | |||
^ - bypoll
Election results[edit]
2020[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Akhtarul Islam Shahin | 68,507 | 41.21 |  13.39
| |
| JD(U) | Ashwamedh Devi | 63,793 | 38.37 |  38.37
| |
| LJP | Mahendra Pradhan | 12,074 | 7.26 | new | |
| None of the Above | None of the above | 1,837 | 1.11 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| RJD hold | Swing | ||||
2015[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Akhtarul Islam Shahin | 82,508 | 54.60 | 17.90
| |
| BJP | Renu Kumari | 51,428 | 34.00 | 34.00
| |
| 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 [4]
- S. Mahto (INC) : 17,038
References[edit]
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
- ^ "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility". 5 August 2015.
- ^ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1967".
- ^ "Samastipur Election Results since 1977". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ "95 - Samastipur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1957".
External links[edit]
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
