| Jokihat | |
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| Constituency No. 50 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Araria |
| Established | 1967 |
| Reservation | 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.
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]
| Year | Name [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 | |||
^by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIMIM | Mohammad Murshid Alam | ||||
| JSP | Sarfaraz Alam | ||||
| RJD | Shahnawaz Alam | ||||
| JD(U) | Manzar Alam | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIMIM | Shahnawaz Alam | 59,596 | 34.22 | ||
| RJD | Sarfaraz Alam | 52,213 | 29.98 | ||
| BJP | Ranjit Yadav | 48,933 | 28.1 | ||
| Independent | Saba Perween | 3,696 | 2.12 | ||
| SDPI | Md Shabbir Ahmad | 2,350 | 1.35 |  0.62 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,844 | 1.63 |  1.77 | |
| Majority | 7,383 | 4.24 | 29.81 | ||
| Turnout | 174,138 | 59.36 | 2.17 | ||
| AIMIM gain from JD(U) | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Sarfaraz Alam | 92,890 | 58.6 | ||
| Independent | Ranjit Yadav | 38,910 | 24.55 | ||
| JAP(L) | Kausar Zia | 5,499 | 3.47 | ||
| Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) | Bibi Zeba Khatun | 4,206 | 2.65 | ||
| Independent | Maha Nand Bishwas | 2,557 | 1.61 | ||
| Independent | Sanjay Kumar Thakur | 2,157 | 1.36 | ||
| BSP | Sarfuddin | 1,593 | 1.01 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 5,388 | 3.4 | ||
| Majority | 53,980 | 34.05 | |||
| Turnout | 158,505 | 61.53 | |||