Singheshwar Assembly constituency

Singheshwar
Constituency No. 72 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Madhepura
Established	1977
Elected year	2020

Singheshwar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Madhepura district in the Indian state of Bihar. It has been reserved for scheduled castes since 2010. Earlier, it was an open seat.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 72 Singheshwar Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Singheshwar, Shankarpur and Kumarkhand community development blocks. ^[1]

Singheshwar Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Supaul (Lok Sabha constituency) from 2010. ^[1] It was earlier part of Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member [2]	Party
1977	Dinbandhu Prasad Yadav		Janata Party
1980	Jai Kumar Singh		Indian National Congress
1981^	Ramendra Kumar Yadav
1985			Lok Dal
1990	Pappu Yadav		Independent politician
1995	Upendra Narayan Yadav		Janata Dal
2000	Vijay Kumar Singh		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Ramendra Kumar Yadav		Janata Dal (United)
2005
2010	Ramesh Rishidev
2015
2020	Chandrahas Chaupal		Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Singheshwar ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Chandrahas Chaupal	86,181	45.13
	JD(U)	Ramesh Rishidev	80,608	42.21	7.24
	LJP	Amit Kumar Bharti	5,607	2.94
	JAP(L)	Anil Kumar Bandhu	3,830	2.01	6.98
	Aam Janmat Party	Shivjee Ram	2,354	1.23
	Bhartiya Lokmat Rashtrwadi Party	Surendra Sharma	2,292	1.2
	Jai Maha Bharath Party	Triful Devi	2,133	1.12
	NOTA	None of the above	3,998	2.09	2.03
Majority			5,573	2.92	26.96
Turnout			190,950	61.49	2.75
	RJD gain from JD(U)		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Singheshwar ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Ramesh Rishidev	83,073	49.45
	Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)	Manju Devi	32,873	19.57
	JAP(L)	Amit Kumar Bharti	15,106	8.99
	CPI(M)	Rajkishor Sardar	6,924	4.12
	BSP	Indo Devi	4,098	2.44
	Independent	Jagdev Ram	3,498	2.08
	Janta Dal Rashtravadi	Lalan Paswan	3,220	1.92
	Independent	Achhe Lal Sharma	3,048	1.81
	BJKD (D)	Sanjay Paswan	2,767	1.65
	Independent	Agamlal Rishidev	2,583	1.54
	The National Road Map Party of India	Dinesh Rishi Dev	2,080	1.24
	Garib Janta Dal (Secular)	Upendra Ram	1,784	1.06
	NOTA	None of the above	6,928	4.12
Majority			50,200	29.88
Turnout			167,982	58.74

References

1. "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. "Singheshwar Assembly constituencys". elections.in. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
3. "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India . 20 August 2018.

External links

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

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