Kuchaikote Assembly constituency

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Kuchaikote
Constituency No. 102 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Lok Sabha constituency 17. Gopalganj (SC)
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Janata Dal (United)
Elected year 2020

Kuchaikote Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Gopalganj district in the Indian state of Bihar.

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Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 102 Kuchaikote Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kuchaikote and Pachdeuri community development blocks. [1] Kuchaykot assembly and its surrounding areas are dominated by Brahmin voters. This is why most of the time MLAs from Brahmin caste have been elected from here, here all the parties mostly give tickets to Brahmin candidates for Brahmin votes.

Kuchaikote Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 Gopalganj (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearName [2] Party
1952 Shiva Kumar Pathak Indian National Congress
1957 Vachaspati Sharma
1962 Shiva Kumar Pathak
1967 Nagina Rai Independent politician
1969 Janata Party
1972 Indian National Congress
1976-2008: Constituency did not exist
2010 Amrendra Kumar Pandey Janata Dal (United)
2015
2020

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kuchaikote
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U) Amarendra Kumar Pandey 74,359 41.19
INC Kali Prasad Pandey 53,72929.76
RLSP Sunita Devi33,53318.57
NOTA None of the Above 7,6564.24
LJP Ravi Pandey2,2261.23
Independent Hari Narayan Singh2,6871.49
Rest of the candidates~6,0003.30
Majority 20,630
Turnout
JD(U) hold Swing

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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. "Kuchaikote Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. "Kuchaikote (Bihar) Elections Results 2020 LIVE: Constituency Details, List of Candidates, Last Winner and more". NDTV.com. Retrieved 30 May 2021.

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