Sandesh Assembly constituency

Sandesh
Constituency No. 192 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Bhojpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Arrah
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kiran Devi Yadav
Party	RJD
Alliance	MGB
Elected year	2020
Preceded by	Arun Yadav

Sandesh is one of 243 assembly seats of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. It is part of Arrah Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz Barhara, Arrah, Agiaon, Tarari, Jagdishpur and Shahpur. ^[1]

Area/Wards

Sandesh Assembly constituency comprises: ^[2]

• Sandesh CD block
• Udwantnagar CD block
• Gram Panchayats: Sakaddi, Kulharia, Dhandiha, Bhadwar, Narbirpur, Khangaon, Gopalpur, Jalpura Tapa, Jokta and Koilwar (Nagar panchayat) of Koilwar CD block

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Until 1956: Constituency did not exit
1957 [3]	Jhaman Prasad		Indian National Congress
1962 [4]
1967	R. S. Singh [5]		Praja Socialist Party
1969 [6]	Ramji Prasad Singh		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972 [7]
1977	Ram Dayal Singh [8]		Janata Party
1978^	Sonadhari Singh Yadav [9]		Indian National Congress
1980	Sidh Nath Rai [10]		Indian National Congress
1985 [11]	Sonadhari Singh Yadav		Lok Dal
1990 [12]			Janata Dal
1995	Rameshwar Prasad [13]		Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
2000	Vijendra Yadav [14]		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 Feb	Rameshwar Prasad [15]		Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
2005 Oct	Vijendra Yadav [15]		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2010	Sanjay Singh Tiger [16]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2015	Arun Kumar Yadav [17]		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020	Kiran Devi Yadav [18]

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sandesh ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Kiran Yadav	79,599	51.54	+1.75
	JD(U)	Vijendra Yadav	28,992	18.77
	LJP	Shweta Singh	28,500	18.45
	RLSP	Shiv Shankar Prasad	3,351	2.17
	JAP(L)	Baban Kumar	2,603	1.69	+0.79
	Bhartiya Kranti Vir Party	Krishna Paswan	1,720	1.11
	Rashtriya Jan Jan Party	Santosh Kumar Singh	1,660	1.07
	Rashtrawadi Janlok Party (Satya)	Manmohan Singh	1,516	0.98
	NOTA	None of the above	3,449	2.23	−0.26
Majority			50,607	32.77	+15.73
Turnout			154,455	52.96	−3.2
	RJD hold		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sandesh ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Arun Yadav	74,306	49.79
	BJP	Sanjay Tiger	48,879	32.75
	CPI(ML)L	Raju Yadav	15,879	10.64
	JAP(L)	Baban Kumar	1,350	0.9
	NOTA	None of the above	3,713	2.49
Majority			25,427	17.04
Turnout			149,245	56.16
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing

2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sandesh ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sanjay Tiger	29,988	26.57
	Independent	Arun Yadav	23,166	20.53
	RJD	Vijendra Yadav	16,779	14.87
	CPI(ML)L	Rameshwar Prasad	15,095	13.37
Majority			6,822	6.04
Turnout			1,12,866	52.78
Registered electors			2,13,826

See also

• List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar

References

1. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
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 20 December 2013.
3. "Bihar General Legislative Election 1957" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
4. "Bihar General Legislative Election 1962" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
5. "Bihar General Legislative Election 1967" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
6. "Bihar General Legislative Election 1969" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
7. "Bihar General Legislative Election 1972" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
8. "Bihar General Legislative Election 1977" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
9. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Sandesh Assembly Constituency". www.elections.in.
10. "Bihar General Legislative Election 1980" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
11. "Bihar General Legislative Election 1985" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
12. "Bihar General Legislative Election 1990" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
13. "Bihar General Legislative Election 1995" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
14. "Bihar General Legislative Election 2000" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
15. "Bihar General Legislative Election 2005 - Feb and Oct" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
16. "Bihar General Legislative Election 2010" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
17. "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
18. "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 February 2021.

External links

• "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.