Amarpur, Bihar Assembly constituency

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Amarpur, Bihar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 159 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
District Banka
Established1957
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Jayant raj kushwaha.jpg
Incumbent
Party Indian Election Symbol Arrow.svg   JD(U)
Alliance NDA
Elected year 2020
Preceded by Janardan Manjhi
Indian Election Symbol Arrow.svg   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]

Contents

Overview

Amarpur comprises CD Blocks Shambhuganj & Amarpur. [3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

YearMember [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

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U) Jayant Raj 54,308 33.13 −14.76
INC Jitendra Singh51,19431.23
LJP Mrinal Shekhar40,30824.59
Independent Pravin Kumar Jha2,1251.3
NCP Anil Kumar Singh2,0961.28
Independent Krishana Mohan Thakur2,0891.27
Independent Bipin Kishor Ray1,9231.17
RRP Ashok Kumar1,7201.05
NOTA None of the above 3,5342.16−2.27
Majority 3,1141.9−5.75
Turnout 163,93355.46−0.14
JD(U) hold Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U) Janardan Manjhi 73,707 47.89
BJP Shekhar61,93440.24
Independent Surendra Prasad Singh2,8641.86
Independent Suryadeo Singh2,1341.39
NOTA None of the above 6,8184.43
Majority 11,7737.65
Turnout 153,92555.6


2010

2010 Bihar legislative assembly election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U) Janardan Manjhi4730040.78
RJD Surendra Prasad Singh2929325.25


2005 Oct

2005 Oct Bihar legislative assembly election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJD Surendra Prasad Singh3367938.15%
JD(U) Bedanand Singh3127835.43%


2005 Feb

2005 Feb Bihar legislative assembly election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJD Surendra Prasad Singh3142828.76%
JD(U) Bedanand Singh2510922.97%


2000

2000 Bihar legislative assembly election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJD Surendra Prasad Singh4914442.11%
INC Nawal Kishore Choudhary42,67836.57%

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.

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