Kesaria Assembly constituency

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Kesaria
Constituency No. 15 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
15-Kesaria constituency.svg
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
District East Champaran
Established1951
ReservationNone
Elected year 2020

Kesaria, sometimes spelt 'Kesariya', is an assembly constituency in East Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

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Overview

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 15. Kesaria Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kesaria community development block; Uttari Bariyaria, Paschhimi Madhubani, Uttari Madhubani, Dakshini Madhubani, Purbi Madhubani, Bhatwalia, Barwa, Bariyaria Tolarajpur, Uttari Bhawanipur, Dakshini Bhawanipur and Dumariya gram panchayats of Sangrampur CD Block; Dilawarpur, Rajpur, Darmaha, Raghunathpur, Medan Sirisiya and Pipra Khem gram panchayats of Kalyanpur CD Block. [1]

Kesaria Assembly constituency is part of 3. Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency). [1] It was earlier part of Motihari (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearNameParty
1952 Prabhawati Gupta Indian National Congress
1957
1962 Pitambar Singh Communist Party of India
1967
1969 Ezaj Hussain Khan Indian National Congress
1972 Pitambar Singh Communist Party of India
1977
1980 Rai Hari Shankar Sharma Janata Party
1985 Indian National Congress
1990 Yamuna Yadav Communist Party of India
1995
2000 Obaidullah Samata Party
2005 Janata Dal
2005 Rajesh Kumar Raushan Rashtriya Janata Dal
2010 Sachindra Prasad Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2015 Rajesh Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020 Shalini Mishra Janata Dal

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kesaria
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U) Shalini Mishra 40,219 26.59%
LJP Ram Sharan Prasad Yadav 1890412.5%
RJD Santosh Kushawaha 3099220.49%
RLSP Maheshwar Singh1857612.28%
Majority267733
Turnout 15127956.5
JD(U) gain from RJD Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kesaria constituency [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJD Rajesh Kumar62,90247.55
BJP Rajendra Prasad Gupta46,95535.49
CPI Ram Saran Prasad Yadav11,7678.89
Turnout 132,29054.93
Registered electors 240,820

2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kesaria constituency [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Sachindra Prasad Singh 34,64936.67
CPI Ram Saran Prasad Yadav22,96624.31
LJP Maheshwar Singh12,01012.71
Turnout 94,48050.77
Registered electors 186,077

1977-2010

In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Sacchindra Prasad Singh of BJP won the 15 Kesaria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Ramsharan Prasad Yadav of CPI. [4] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Rajesh Kumar Raushan of RJD defeated Razia Khatoon of JD(U) in October 2005. Obaidullah of JD(U) defeated Rajesh Kumar Raushan of RJD in February 2005. Obaidullah of SAP defeated Yamuna Yadav of KSP in 2000. Yamuna Yadav of CPI defeated Kiran Shukla of BPP in 1995 and Rai Hari Shankar Sharma of BJP in 1990. Rai Hari Shankar Sharma representing Congress defeated Yamuna Yadav of CPI in 1985. Rai Hari Shankar Sharma representing Janata Party (JP) defeated Laxman Singh of Congress in 1980. Pitambar Singh of CPI defeated Rai Hari Shankar Sharma of Janata Party in 1977. [5]

1967

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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. "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India .
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  4. "Bihar Assembly elections 2010". Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  5. "18 - Kesariya Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 January 2011.

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