Mokama Assembly constituency

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Mokama Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 178 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
District Patna
Lok Sabha constituency Munger
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party RJD
Alliance Mahagathbandhan
Elected year2022

Mokama is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. [1] It is a part of Munger Lok Sabha constituency. [2] Mokama is in the 14 assembly segments which fall under Patna district. [3]

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Overview

Mokama comprises CD Blocks Ghoswari & Mokama; Gram Panchayats Raili, Lemuabad, West Pandarak, East Pandarak, Kondi, Dhobhawan, Khushhal Chak, Chak Jalal, Ajgara Bakawan, Darwe Bhadaur & Baruane Bathoi of Pandarak CD Block. [4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearNameParty
1952 Nawal Kishore Singh Indian National Congress
1957
1962 Saryoo Nandan Prasad Singh Independent
1967 B. Lal Republican Party of India
1969 Kameshwar Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
1972 Krishna Shahi
1977
1980 Shyam Sunder Singh Dheeraj Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Indian National Congress
1990 Dilip Kumar Singh Janata Dal
1995
2000 Surajbhan Singh Independent
2005 Anant Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United)
2005
2010
2015 Independent
2020 Rashtriya Janata Dal
2022^ Nilam Devi

^by-election

Election results

2022 bypoll

Bihar Assembly by election, 2022: Mokama [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJD Nilam Devi 79,744 53.44 +0.45
BJP Sonam Devi63,00342.22New
NOTA None of the above2,4701.66−1.39
Majority 16,74111.22
Turnout 1,49,32153.09
RJD hold Swing

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Mokama [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJD Anant Kumar Singh 78,721 52.99
JD(U) Rajeev Lochan Narayan Singh42,96428.92+4.26
LJP Suresh Singh Nishad13,3318.97−1.73
RLSP Dilraj Raushan4,0072.7
Independent Dr. Dharambir Kumar1,7231.16
NOTA None of the above 4,5343.05+0.84
Majority 35,75724.07+11.38
Turnout 148,55554.01−2.93
RJD gain from Independent Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Mokama [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Anant Kumar Singh 54,005 37.35
JD(U) Neeraj Kumar35,65724.66
JAP(L) Lalan Singh16,65511.52
LJP Kanhaiya Singh15,47210.7
SP Deo Narayan Prasad Singh3,2122.22
CPI Raju Prasad2,7931.93
Independent Rajesh Kumar Ratnakar2,7381.89
Independent Anjani Kumar Sinha1,9421.34
International Party Shyam Nandan Prasad1,5821.09
Independent Bijendra Kumar1,5551.08
Independent Kumar Navneet Himanshu1,5251.05
NOTA None of the above 3,1942.21
Majority 18,34812.69
Turnout 144,58756.94
Independent gain from JD(U) Swing

2010

2010 Bihar legislative assembly election: Mokama [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U) Anant Kumar Singh 51,56444.08
LJP Sonam Devi42,61036.43
Majority
Turnout
JD(U) hold Swing

References

  1. "Will this election end the rule of 'bahubalis' in Mokama?".
  2. "Don Anant Singh is still a favourite".
  3. "14 segments in Patna dist this time".
  4. "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 20 December 2013.
  5. "Upcoming Assembly by-polls first battle between GA, BJP in Bihar since change of govt". Hindustan Times. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  6. Bihar Assembly Election 2020
  7. "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India . 20 August 2018.
  8. Bihar Assembly Election 2010