Jokihat Assembly constituency

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Jokihat
Constituency No. 50 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
District Araria
Established1967
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AIMIM
Alliance  None
Elected year 2020

Jokihat Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Araria district in the Indian state of Bihar. In 2017 Bihar Flood affected area.

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Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 50 Jokihat Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Jokihat community development block; Barahkumba, Bhikha, Nakta Khurd, Pakri, Pechaili, Ramnagar, Sohandar, Suksaina, Majlispur, Kujri and Miyanpur gram panchayats of Palasi CD Block. [1]

Jokihat Assembly constituency is part of No 9 Araria (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearName [2] Party
1967 Nazamuddin Praja Socialist Party
1969 Taslimuddin Indian National Congress
1972 Independent
1977 Janata Party
1980 Moidur Rehman Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Taslimuddin Janata Party (Secular)
1990 Moidur Rahman Independent
1995 Taslimuddin Samajwadi Party
1996^ Sarfaraz Alam Janata Dal
2000 Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 Manzar Alam Janata Dal (United)
2005
2010 Sarfaraz Alam
2015
2018^ Shahnawaz Alam Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
Rashtriya Janata Dal
2025 Md Murshid Alam All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

^by-election

Election results

2025

Bihar Assembly election, 2025: Jokihat [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIMIM Md. Murshid Alam 83,737 38.52 Increase2.svg4.30
JD(U) Manzar Alam5493425.27Decrease2.svg33.33
JSP Sarfaraz Alam3535416.26New black yellow.svg
RJD Shahnawaz Alam 29,65913.64Decrease2.svg16.34
NOTA None of the above 4,0031.84Increase2.svg0.21
Majority 28,80313.25Increase2.svg9.01
Turnout 217,385
AIMIM hold Swing

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Jokihat [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIMIM Shahnawaz Alam 59,596 34.22 New black yellow.svg
RJD Sarfaraz Alam 52,21329.98New black yellow.svg
BJP Ranjit Yadav48,93328.1New black yellow.svg
Independent Saba Perween3,6962.12New black yellow.svg
SDPI Md Shabbir Ahmad2,3501.35Increase2.svg0.62
NOTA None of the above 2,8441.63Decrease2.svg1.77
Majority 7,3834.24Decrease2.svg29.81
Turnout 174,13859.36Decrease2.svg2.17
AIMIM gain from JD(U) Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Jokihat [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U) Sarfaraz Alam 92,890 58.6
Independent Ranjit Yadav38,91024.55
JAP(L) Kausar Zia5,4993.47
Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) Bibi Zeba Khatun4,2062.65
Independent Maha Nand Bishwas2,5571.61
Independent Sanjay Kumar Thakur2,1571.36
BSP Sarfuddin1,5931.01
NOTA None of the above 5,3883.4
Majority 53,98034.05
Turnout 158,50561.53

References

  1. 1 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 10 January 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Jokihat Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
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  4. ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India . 20 August 2018.

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