Sheikhpura Assembly constituency

Sheikhpura Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 169 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictSheikhpura
LS constituencyJamui
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyRashtriya Janata Dal
Elected year2020

Sheikhpura Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Jamui Lok Sabha constituency.[1]

Overview

Sheikhpura comprises CD Blocks Ghatkusumbha, Chewara and Ariari; Gram Panchayats Mahsar, Puraina, Pachna, Jamuara, Kaithawan, Gagari and Sheikhpura (M) of Sheikhpura CD Block.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name Party
1952 Shah Mustaque Indian National Congress
1957 Shri Krishna Sinha
1961^ Shiv Shankar Singh
1962
1967 Loknath Azad Communist Party of India
1969
1972
1977 Rajo Singh Indian National Congress
1980 Indian National Congress
1985 Independent politician
1990 Indian National Congress
1995
1998^ Sanjay Kumar Singh
2000
2005 Sunila Devi
2005
2010 Randhir Kumar Soni Janata Dal (United)
2015
2020 Vijay Kumar Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sheikhpura
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Vijay Kumar 56,365 39.02
JD(U) Randhir Kumar Soni 50,249 34.78
LJP Imam Ghazali 14,552 10.07
Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the Above) ~23,000 16.00
Majority 6,116
Turnout
Registered electors [3]
RJD gain from JD(U) Swing

2005

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Sheikhpura[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Randhir Kumar Soni 41,755 33.17
HAM(S) Naresh Saw 28,654 22.77

References

  1. ^ "Jamui 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 Assembly Election 2015