Kishunpur Assembly constituency

Kishunpur
Former constituency for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Supaul
Established	1977
Abolished	2008

Kishunpur Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in Supaul district in the Indian state of Bihar.

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission of India, Kishunpur Assembly constituency ceased to exist in 2010. ^[1]

Results

1977–2005

In October 2005 and February 2005 state assembly elections Aniruddha Prasad Yadav of JD(U) won the Kishunpur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Vijay Kumar Gupta of Congress and Bijay Kumar Gupta of LJP respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Yaduwansh Kumar Yadav of RJD defeated Vijay Kumar Gupta of Congress in 2000. Vijay Kumar Gupta of Congress defeated Vinayak Prasad Yadav of JD in 1995. Vinayak Prasad Yadav of JD defeated Yaduvans Kumar Yadav of Congress. Vishwanath Gurmaita of Congress defeated Vinayak Prasad Yadav of LD in 1985 and Yadubans Kumar Yadav of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) in 1980. Baidyanath Mehta of JP defeated Yamuna Prasad Mandal of Congress in 1977. ^[2]

References

1. "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. "111 – Kishunpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 January 2011.

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