Rupauli Assembly constituency

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Rupauli
Constituency No. 60 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
District Purnia
Lok Sabha constituency Purnia Lok Sabha constituency
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  Independent
AllianceNone
Elected year By-election 2024
Preceded by Bima Bharti

Rupauli Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar.

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Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 60. Rupauli Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Rupauli and Bhawanipur community development blocks; Aurlaha, Bhatsara, Laxmipur, Nathpur, Patraha, Arbanna Chakla, Thari and Basudeopur of Barhara Kothi CD Block. [1]

Rupauli Assembly constituency is part of No 12 Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency). [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearName [2] Party
1952 Mohit Lal Pandit Socialist Party
1957 Brij Bihari Singh Indian National Congress
1962
1967 Chhavi Nath Sharma Communist Party of India
1969 Anandi Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
1972
1977 Shaligram Singh Tomar Janata Party
1980 Dinesh Kumar Singh Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Indian National Congress
1990 Saryug Mandal Independent
1995 Bal Kishore Mandal Communist Party of India
2000 Bima Bharti Independent
2005 Shankar Singh Lok Janshakti Party
2005 Bima Bharti Rashtriya Janata Dal
2010 Janata Dal (United)
2015
2020
2024^ Shankar Singh Independent

^By-Poll

Election results

2024

Bye-election, 2024: Rupauli
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Shankar Singh 68,070 39.97
JD(U) Kaladhar Mandal59,82435.13
RJD Bima Bharti 30,61917.98
NOTA None of the above 5,7173.36+0.84
Majority 8,2464.84
Turnout 1,70,31152.75
Independent gain from JD(U) Swing


2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Rupauli [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U) Bima Bharti 64,324 34.52 Increase2.svg6.39
LJP Shankar Singh 44,99424.15
CPI Vikas Chandra Mandal 41,96322.52Increase2.svg16.76
Independent Kaladhar Prasad Mandal6,1973.33
Independent Premparkash Mandal5,5933.0
Independent Nilam Devi4,0772.19
Jan Adhikar Party Deepak Kumar Sharma3,1341.68
Independent Manoj Kumar Bharti2,3631.27
Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party Md. Quamruz Zaman1,7620.95
NOTA None of the above 4,6862.51Increase2.svg1.25
Majority 19,33010.37Increase2.svg5.03
Turnout 186,33660.69Decrease2.svg1.07
JD(U) hold Swing


2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Rupauli [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U) Bima Bharti 50,945 28.13
BJP Prem Prakash Mandal41,27322.79
Independent Shankar Singh34,79319.21
CPI Shavan Kumar10,4265.76
Independent Parmanand Singh8,4974.69
Independent Vasdev Sharma4,5672.52
JAP(L) Kiran Devi3,6392.01
Independent Dipak Kumar Sharma3,5221.94
BSP Ketan Kumar Singh2,7571.52
Independent Kumar Manoranjan2,7461.52
CPI(ML)L Bindeshwari Sharma2,5871.43
Independent Sanjeev Jaiswal2,4021.33
Independent Surya Narayan Singh Yadav2,0431.13
Independent Sund Kant Bhagat1,9061.05
NOTA None of the above 2,2771.26
Majority 9,6725.34
Turnout 181,13061.76
JD(U) hold Swing


2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Bima Bharti of JD(U) won the Rupauli assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Shankar Singh of LJP. [5] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Bima Bharti representing RJD defeated Shanakar Singh of LJP in October 2005. Shankar Singh of LJP defeated Bima Bharti of RJD in February 2005. Bima Bharti, contesting as an Independent candidate defeated Md. Alimuddin of SP in 2000. Bal Kishor Mandal of CPI defeated Ram Chandra Das of SP in 1995. Saryug Mandal, Independent, defeated Jai Krishna Singh of BJP in 1990. Dinesh Kumar Singh of Congress defeated Saryug Mandal of CPI in 1985 and 1980. Shaligram Singh Tomar of JP defeated Saryug Mandal of CPI in 1977. [6]


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. ↑ "Rupauli Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India . 13 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India .
  5. ↑ "Bihar - Rupauli". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  6. ↑ "124 - Rupauli Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 January 2011.

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