| Simri Bakhtiarpur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 76 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Saharsa |
| LS constituency | Khagaria |
| Established | 1951 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party |  RJD |
| Alliance | I.N.D.I.A. |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Simri Bakhtiarpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Saharsa district in the Indian state of Bihar.
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 76 Simri Bakhtiarpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Simri-Bakhtiarpur and Salkhua community development blocks; Ghoghepur, Jhara, Aeina, Maheshi North, Maheshi South, Rajanpur, Sirwar Naharwar gram panchayats of Mahishi CD Block. [1]
Simri Bakhtiarpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 Khagaria (Lok Sabha constituency) Present MP Mahboob Ali Qaiser and MLA Yusuf Salahuddin. [1]
| Year | Name [2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Jiyalal Mandal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Ram Chandra Prasad | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1972 | Mohammad Salahuddin | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Dinesh Chandra Yadav | Janata Dal | |
| 1995 | Mehboob Ali Kaiser | Indian National Congress | |
| 2000 | |||
| 2005 | Dinesh Chandra Yadav | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2009^ | Mehboob Ali Kaiser | Indian National Congress | |
| 2010 | Arun Kumar | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2015 | Dinesh Chandra Yadav | ||
| 2019^ [3] | Zafar Alam | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2020 | Yusuf Salahuddin | ||
^by-election
In the 2010 state assembly elections, Dr. Arun Kumar of JD(U) won the Simri Bakhtirapur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Choudhry Mehboob Ali Kaisar of Congress. [4] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. In the October 2005 and February 2005 state assembly elections Dinesh Chandra Yadav of JD(U) defeated Choudhry Mehboob Ali Kaiser of Congress and Zafar Alam of RJD respectively. Choudhry Md. Mehboob Ali Kaiser of Congress defeated Zafar Alam of RJD in 2000 and Dinesh Chandra Yadav of JD in 1995. Dinesh Chandra Yadav of JD defeated Mehboob Ali Kaiser of Congress in 1990. Choudhary Mohammad Salahuddin of Congress defeated Dinesh Chandra Yadav representing Lok Dal in 1985 and representing Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) in 1980, and Ayodhya Prasad Yadav, Independent, in 1977. [5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Yusuf Salahuddin | 75,684 | 38.48 | ||
| LJP | Sanjay Kumar Singh | 6992 | 3.54 | ||
| VIP | Mukesh Sahani | 73925 | 37.81 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1408 | 0.72 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
The Rashtriya Janata Dal is an Indian political party, mainly based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Simri Bakhtiyarpur(; ISO: Simrī Bakhtiyārpur; Hindi:[sɪmribəkʰt̪ijaːrpʊr]abbr.SB Pur) is a subdivision and town in the Saharsa district of Bihar, India. It is situated to the south of Saharsa. After Saharsa Simri Bakhtiyarpur is big city in district.
Choudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from Khagaria Lok Sabha Constituency. He started his political career from Indian National Congress. He was Member of Legislative Assembly where he represented Simri-Bakhtiarpur constituency for three terms. He also served as Cabinet Minister in Bihar Government. After being denied ticket by Indian National Congress for General Elections in 2014, he joined Lok Janshakti Party days before 2014 general election and successfully contested from Khagaria constituency.
Kesaria, sometimes spelt 'Kesariya', is an assembly constituency in East Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Harlakhi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Madhubani district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Bisfi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Madhubani district in the Indian state of Bihar. As of 2020, Haribhushan Thakur of BJP is the MLA.
Jokihat Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Araria district in the Indian state of Bihar. In 2017 Bihar Flood affected area.
Amour is an assembly constituency in Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Kasba Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Rupauli Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Sonbarsha is an assembly constituency in Saharsa district in the Indian state of Bihar. It has been reserved for scheduled castes since 2010. Earlier, it was an open seat.
Mahishi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Saharsa district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Manigachhi Assembly constituency was an assembly constituency in Darbhanga district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Kurhani Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Muzaffarpur district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Baikunthpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Dighwa Dubauli locality of Gopalganj district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Maharajganj is an assembly constituency in Siwan district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Manjhi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Cheria-Bariarpur is an assembly constituency in Begusarai district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Zafar Alam is an Indian politician in the Rashtriya Janata Dal party. He was elected as a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Simri Bakhtiarpur on 24 October 2019.
Yusuf Salahuddin is an Indian politician from the state of Bihar. As a Member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal, he represents the Simri Bakhtiarpur assembly seat in Bihar since 2020.