Kalyanpur, Purvi Champaran Assembly constituency

For disambiguation, see Kalyanpur.
Kalyanpur, Purvi Champaran
Constituency No. 16 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictEast Champaran
Established2008
ReservationNone
Elected year2020

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

Overview

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 the Legislative Assembly

Year Name Party
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2010 Razia Khatoon Janata Dal
2015 Sachindra Prasad Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2020 Manoj Kumar Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

In the November 8, 2015 state assembly elections, Sachindra Singh of the Bharatiya Janta p Party (BJP) won the newly created 16 Kalyanpur assembly seat, defeating her rival Raziya Khatoon of Janta Dal United (JDU).[2]

2020

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

References

  1. ^ 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.
  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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