Jagdishpur, Bihar Assembly constituency

Jagdishpur, Bihar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 197 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictBhojpur
Established1951
ReservationNone
Elected year2020

Jagdishpur is one of 243 legislative assembly seats of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Arrah Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz Barhara, Arrah, Tarari, Sandesh, Shahpur and Agiaon (SC).[1]

Area/wards

Jagdishpur Assembly constituency comprises:[2]

  • Jagdishpur CD block
  • Gram Panchayats: Ayar, Tar, Dhwarahi Jangal Mahal, Akrua, Kothua, Jamuaon, Jitaura Jangalmahal, Brawn, Tilath, Khannikala, Rajeyan, Amehta, Ktriyan, Lahthan, Agiaon and Nayka Tola Jangalmahal of Piro CD block.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The list of the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Jagdishpur constituency is as follows:

Year Member Party
1952 Sumitra Devi Indian National Congress
1962 Sukar Ram Praja Socialist Party
1967 S. P. Rai Indian National Congress
1969 Satya Narain Singh Indian National Congress
1972 Shiv Pujan Varma Indian National Congress
1977 Satya Narain Singh Independent politician
1980 Bir Bahadur Singh
1985 Hari Narain Singh Lokdal
1990 Shri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha Indian Peoples Front
1995 Hari Narain Singh Janata Dal
2000 Shri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha Samata Party
2005 Janata Dal (United)
2005
2010 Dinesh Kumar Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2015 Ram Vishnu Yadav
2020

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Jagdishpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD
JD(U)
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors [3]
gain from Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Jagdishpur[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Ram Vishnun Singh 49,020 33.82
RLSP Rakesh Raushan 38,825 26.79
CPI(ML)L Chandradip Singh 18,154 12.53
Turnout 144,930 50.81
Registered electors 285,267

References

  1. ^ "Arrah Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ^ "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 20 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.