Kalyanpur, Samastipur Assembly constituency

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Kalyanpur
Constituency No. 131 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
District Samastipur
LS constituency Samastipur
Established1967
Reservation SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Janata Dal (United) Flag.svg   JD(U)
Alliance NDA
Elected year 2020
Preceded byManju Kumari Janata Dal (United) Flag.svg   JD(U)

Kalyanpur is an assembly constituency in Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

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History

In this constituency, the contest for political representation used to be in between the members of Koeri and Bhumihar caste until 2010, when the constituency was reserved for the Schedule Castes. The reservation of the constituency led to dilution of the caste based mobilisation of the candidates from the two castes. However, the political history of the constituency shows that for most of the times, this constituency has elected a legislator belonging to Koeri caste. The legislators belonging to the Koeri caste are Brahmdeo Narain Singh, Sita Sinha, Ashok Prasad Verma and Ashwamedh Devi among others. [1] [2]

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 131 Kalyanpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kalyanpur and Pusa community development blocks. [3]

Kalyanpur Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 23 Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency). [3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearNameParty
1967 Brahmdeo Narain Singh Samyukta Socialist Party
1969
1972 Ram Naresh Trivedi Indian National Congress
1977 Bashistha Narayan Singh Janata Party
1980 Ram Sukumari Devi Indian National Congress
1985 Bashistha Narayan Singh Lokdal
1990 Dilip Kumar Rai Indian National Congress
1995 Sita Sinha Janata Dal
2000 Ashwamedh Devi Samata Party
2005 Ashok Prasad Verma Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 Ashwamedh Devi Janata Dal
2009^ Ashok Prasad Verma Rashtriya Janata Dal
2010 Ram Sewak Hazari Janata Dal
2013^Manju Kumari
2015 Maheshwar Hazari
2020

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kalyanpur, Samastipur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(ML) Ranjeet Kumar Ram 62,028 33%
JD(U) Maheshwar Hazari 72,27938.46%−12%
NOTA None of the Above 6,8993.67%
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors [4]
gain from Swing

[5] [6] [7]

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References

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