Sheohar Assembly constituency

Sheohar
Constituency No. 22 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictSheohar
Established1951
Elected year2020

Sheohar Assembly constituency (Hindi pronunciation: Shivahar Vidhan Sabha Nirvachan Kshetra) is an assembly constituency in Sheohar district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 22. Sheohar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Sheohar, Piprarhi, Dumri Katsari and Purnahiya community development blocks.[1]

Sheohar Assembly constituency is part of 4. Sheohar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name[2] Party
1952 Ram Swaroop Ram Independent politician
1957 Thakur Girijanandan Singh
1962 Chitaranjan Singh Indian National Congress
1967 Thakur Girijanandan Singh Independent politician
1969 Bharatiya Kranti Dal
1972 Raghunath Jha Indian National Congress
1977
1980
1985 Janata Party
1990 Janata Dal
1995
1998^ Thakur Ratnakar Rashtriya Janata Dal
2000 Satyanarayan Prasad
2005 Ajit Kumar Jha
2005
2010 Sharfuddin Janata Dal (United)
2015
2020 Chetan Anand Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sheohar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Chetan Anand Singh 73,143 42.69
JD(U) Sharfuddin 36457 21.28
LJP Vijay Kumar Pandey 18,748 10.94
PP Ranjeev Kumar Jha 1,248 0.73
NOTA None of the above 3,711 2.17
Majority
Turnout
RJD gain from JDU 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. ^ "Sheohar Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.

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