Kusheshwar Asthan Assembly constituency

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Kusheshwar Asthan
Constituency No. 78 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
District Darbhanga
Lok Sabha constituency Samastipur
Established2008
Reservation SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Janata Dal (United)
Elected year2021

Kusheshwar Asthan is an assembly constituency in Darbhanga district in the Indian state of Bihar, headquartered in the town of Kusheshwar Asthan. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

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Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 78 Kusheshwar Asthan Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Kusheshwar Asthan and Kusheshwar Asthan Purbi community development blocks; Uchhti, Afzala, Akbarpur Baink, Sonpur Paghari, Ganaura Tarwara, Ladaho, Pokhram North and Pokhram South of Biraul CD Block. [1]

Kusheshwar Asthan Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 23 Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). [1]

Member of legislative Assembly

YearNameParty
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2010 Shashi Bhushan Hazari Bharatiya Janata Party
2015 Janata Dal (United)
2020
2021^ [2] Aman Bhushan Hajari

^by-election

Election results

2025

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kusheshwar Asthan
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U)
RJD
JSP
AAP Yogi Chaupal
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

2021 bypoll

By-election, 2021: Kusheshwar Asthan [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U) Aman Bhushan Hajari 59,887 45.72 +6.17
RJD Ganesh Bharti47,19236.02New
LJP Anju Devi5,6234.29−5.50
INC Atirek Kumar5,6034.28−29.98
Margin of victory12,6959.70
Turnout 1,31,00750.92
JD(U) hold Swing


2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Kusheshwar Asthan [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U) Shashi Bhushan Hazari 53,980 39.55 Decrease2.svg3.52
INC Ashok Kumar46,75834.26
LJP Poonam Kumari13,3629.79Decrease2.svg16.2
Independent Kameshwar Ram3,8642.83
Independent Yogi Chaupal3,4892.56
Log Jan Party Secular Lal Mohar Sada2,1171.55
RLSP Laxmi Paswan2,0601.51
JAP(L) Murari Paswan1,8051.32Decrease2.svg1.13
Independent Ganesh Kumar1,3921.02
NOTA None of the above 3,1422.3Decrease2.svg3.88
Majority 7,2225.29Decrease2.svg11.79
Turnout 136,48154.42Increase2.svg3.28
JD(U) hold Swing


2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kusheshwar Asthan [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U) Shashi Bhushan Hazari 50,062 43.07
LJP Dhananjay Kumar (A) Mrinal Paswan30,21225.99
CPI Rajendra Prasad5,7064.91
Independent Vinay Kumar4,6784.02
Independent Ganesh Kumar Alias Ganesh Kumar Paswan3,7333.21
BSP Kameshwar Ram3,5703.07
JAP(L) Shyam Sundar Sardar2,8502.45
Independent Bhupesh Bhuwan Bharti Alias Pappu Paswan2,7722.38
Garib Janta Dal (Secular) Rajesh Paswan2,1051.81
Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party Turanti Sada1,7791.53
Bharat Nirman Party Lal Mohar Sada1,5861.36
NOTA None of the above 7,1836.18
Majority 19,85017.08
Turnout 116,23651.14
JD(U) gain from BJP Swing


2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kusheshwar Asthan [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Shashi Bhushan Hajari28,57631.58
LJP Ramchandra Paswan23,06425.49
INC Ashok Kumar17,14218.95
IND Ramottar Paswan7,5498.34
IND Ram Bahadur Bharti3,0843.41
Majority 5,5126.09
Turnout 90,47545.59
BJP win (new seat)

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. 1 2 The Wire (2 November 2021). "Bihar By-Poll: JD(U) Wins Both Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur Seats". Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  5. ↑ Bihar Assembly Election 2015
  6. ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2010". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
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