| Kadwa | |
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| Constituency No. 64 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Katihar |
| LS constituency | Katihar |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party |  INC |
| Alliance | I.N.D.I.A. |
| Elected year | 2020 |
| Preceded by | Bhola Rai, BJP |
Kadwa Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar.
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 64. Kadwa Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kadwa and Dandkhora community development blocks. [1]
Kadwa Assembly constituency is part of No 11 Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency). [1]
| Year | Name [2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Jiwats Himansu Sharma | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Mohiuddin Mokhtar | ||
| 1962 | Kamal Nath Jha | ||
| 1977 | Khwaja Shahid Hussain | Independent politician | |
| 1980 | Mangan Insan | ||
| 1985 | Usman Ghani | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Abdul Jalil | Independent politician | |
| 1995 | Bhola Ray | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2000 | Himraj Singh | Independent politician | |
| 2005 | Abdul Jalil | Nationalist Congress Party | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | Bhola Ray | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2015 | Shakeel Ahmad Khan | Indian National Congress | |
| 2020 | |||
In the 2010 state assembly elections, Bhola Ray of BJP won the Kadwa assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Himraj Singh of NCP. [3] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Abdul Jalil of NCP defeated Himraj Singh representing BJP in October 2005 and Bhola Ray of BJP in February 2005. Himraj Singh, Independent, defeated Abdul Jalil representing RJD in 2000. Bhola Ray of BJP defeated Gulam Asraf of JD in 1995. Abdul Jalil, Independent, defeated Bhola Ray of BJP in 1990. Usman Ghani of Congress defeated Khaja Shahid, Independent, in 1985. Mangan Insan, Independent, defeated Usman Ghani of Congress in 1980. Khaja Shahid Hussain, Independent, defeated Mangan Insan, Independent, in 1977. [4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shakeel Ahmad Khan | ||||
| JD(U) | Suraj Prasad Rai | ||||
| LJP | Chandra Bhushan Thakur | ||||
| PP | Er. Manish Kumar Mandal | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
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