Amarpur, Bihar Assembly constituency

For the constituency in Tripura, see Amarpur, Tripura Assembly constituency.

Amarpur, Bihar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 159 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Jayant Raj Kushwaha Ex Minister, Government of Bihar
Party	JD(U)
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2020
Preceded by	Janardan Manjhi   JD(U)

Amarpur Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Banka Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Dhoraiya, Katoria, Belhar and Banka. ^[1] The current MLA is Jayant Raj Kushwaha of Janata Dal (United). ^[2]

Overview

Amarpur comprises CD Blocks Shambhuganj & Amarpur. ^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member [4]	Party
1957	Shital Prasad Bhagat		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	Sukhnarain Singh		Samyukta Socialist Party
1969
1972	Janardan Yadav		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977			Janata Party
1980	Neel Mohan Singh		Indian National Congress
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Madhav Mandal		Independent politician
1995	Surendra Prasad Singh		Janata Dal
2000			Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005
2005
2010	Janardan Manjhi		Janata Dal (United)
2015
2020	Jayant Raj Kushwaha

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Amarpur, Bihar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Tej pratap Yadav
	JD(U)	Shahnawaz Hussain
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors				[5]
	gain from		Swing

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Amarpur ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Janardan Manjhi	73,707	50.10
	BJP	Shekhar	61,934	42.10

2010

Bihar assembly elections, 2010: Amarpur ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Janardan Manjhi	47300	40.78
	RJD	Surendra Prasad Singh	29293	25.25

References

1. "Banka Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
2. "Amarpur Vidhan Sabha 2020". News18. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
3. "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.
4. "Amarpur Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
5. "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
6. Bihar Assembly Election 2015
7. Bihar Assembly Election 2010

External links

• "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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