Obra, Bihar Assembly constituency

Obra
Constituency No. 220 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DivisionMagadh division
DistrictAurangabad
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyRashtriya Janata Dal
Elected year2020

Obra Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Aurangabad district in the Indian state of Bihar. It comes under Karakat Lok Sabha constituency. Obra Vidhan Sabha is constituted of two blocks of Aurangabad district viz. Daudnagar and Obra. As per the estimates of the 2011 census, out of a total 432861 population, 84.49% is rural and 15.51% is urban population. The Scheduled castes (SC) and Scheduled tribes (ST) ratio is 22.05 and 0.04, respectively out of total population. As per the voter list of 2019, there are 305747 electorates and 336 polling stations in this constituency. Voter turnout was 48.8% in 2019 Lok Sabha elections and 55.06% in 2020 Bihar assembly election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name[1] Party
1952 Padarath Singh Socialist Party
1962 Dilkeshwar Ram Indian National Congress
1967 Raghuvansh Kumar Singh
1969 Padarath Singh Praja Socialist Party
1972 Narain Singh Indian National Congress
1977 Ram Vilas Singh Janata Party
1980 Virendra Prasad Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
1985 Ram Vilas Singh Lokdal
1990 Janata Dal
1995 Raja Ram Singh Kushwaha Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
2000
2005 Satayanarayan Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005
2010 Somprakash Singh Independent politician
2015 Birendra Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020 Rishi Yadav

Assembly Elections 2020[2]

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Obra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Rishi Kumar 63,662 36.24
LJP Prakash Chandra 40,994 23.34
JD(U) Sunil Kumar 25,234 14.36
RLSP Ajay Kumar 19,879 11.32
Independent Pramod Singh Chandravanshi 7,736 4.4
JAP(L) Sujeet Kumar 4,066 2.31
NOTA None of the above 3,793 2.16
Majority 22,668 12.9
Turnout 175,665 55.06
RJD hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "Obra Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  2. ^ "Obra Election Results 2020: ओबरा सीट पर RJD का जलवा कायम, 22668 मतों से जीते ऋषि कुमार". आज तक (in Hindi). 10 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2022.

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