Thakurganj Assembly constituency

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Thakurganj
Constituency No. 53 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
Division Purnia
District Kishanganj
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Rashtriya Janata Dal
Elected year 2020
Preceded by Naushad Alam

Thakurganj is an assembly constituency in Kishanganj district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Contents

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 53 Thakurganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Thakurganj community development block; Singhimari, Lohagarha, Satkauwa, Dighalbank, Dhantola, Karuamani, Mangra, Jagir Padampur, Tarabari Padampur, Ikra, Dahibhat, Atgachhia and Tulshia gram panchayats of Dighalbank CD Block. [1]

Thakururganj Assembly constituency is part of No 10 Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency. [1]

Members of Bihar Legislative Assembly

Following is the list of Members of Legislative Assembly from Thakurganj Assembly constituency. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

YearName [18] Party
1952 Anant Kant Basu Indian National Congress
1967 Mohammed Hussain Azad
1969
1972
1977 Mohamad Sulemam Janata Party
1980 Mohammed Hussain Azad Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Indian National Congress
1990 Mohamad Sulemam Janata Dal
1995 Sikander Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2000 Mohammad Jawed Indian National Congress
2005
2005 Gopal Kumar Agarwal Samajwadi Party
2010 Naushad Alam Lok Janshakti Party
2015 Janata Dal (United)
2020 Saud Alam Rashtriya Janata Dal
2025

Election results

2025

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Thakurganj [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U) Gopal Kumar Agarwal
RJD Saud Alam
JSP Md Ekramul Haque
AIMIM Ghulam Hasnain
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Naushad Alam of LJP won the Thakurganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Gopal Kumar Agarwal of JD(U). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Gopal Kumar Agarwal of SP defeated Dr. Md. Jawaid Congress October 2005. Dr. Md. Jawaid of Congress defeated Tara Chand Dhanuka of SP in February 2000. Sikander Singh of BJP defeated Dr. Md. Jawaid of Congress in 1995. Md. Suleman of JD defeated Md. Husen Azad of Congress in 1990. Md. Husen Azad of Congress defeated Md. Suleman of JP in 1985 and of Janata Party (JP) in 1980. Md. Suleman of JP defeated Md. Husen Azad of Congress in 1977. [20] [21] [22]

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Thakurganj [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJD Saud Alam 79,909 41.48
Independent Gopal Kumar Agarwal56,02229.08
JD(U) Naushad Alam 22,08211.46−29.77
AIMIM Mahbub Alam18,9259.82
Independent Shakir Alam2,7011.4
LJP Md. Kalimuddin2,4901.29−35.45
JAP(L) Devbret Kumar Ganesh2,4791.29+0.42
Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party Shahanavaj1,9191.0
NOTA None of the above 2,9761.54−0.71
Majority 23,88712.4+7.91
Turnout 192,62866.14−3.86
RJD gain from JD(U) Swing


2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Thakurganj [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U) Naushad Alam (Tatpauwa) 74,239 41.23
LJP Gopal Kumar Agrawal66,15236.74
SP Faiyaz Alam12,1366.74
JMM Ahmad Hussain11,1766.21
Independent Chitranjan Singh3,6932.05
Independent Mustak Alam3,1371.74
NOTA None of the above 4,0582.25
Majority 8,0874.49
Turnout 180,04970.0

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. ↑ "1st bihar vidhan sabha members" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "2nd bihar vidhan sabha members" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "3rd bihar vidhan sabha members" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "4th bihar vidhan sabha members" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "5th bihar vidhan sabha members" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "6th bihar vidhan sabha members" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "7th bihar vidhan sabha members" (PDF).
  9. ↑ "8th bihar vidhan sabha members" (PDF).
  10. ↑ "9th bihar vidhan sabha members" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "10th bihar vidhan sabha members" (PDF).
  12. ↑ "11th bihar vidhan sabha members" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "12th bihar vidhan sabha members" (PDF).
  14. ↑ "13th bihar vidhan sabha members" (PDF).
  15. ↑ "14th bihar vidhan sabha members" (PDF).
  16. ↑ "15th bihar vidhan sabha members" (PDF).
  17. ↑ "mla profile cn 53" (PDF).
  18. ↑ "Thakurganj Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  19. ↑
  20. ↑ "Thakurganj election results". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  21. ↑ "Bihar - Thakurganj". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  22. ↑ "134 - Thakurganj Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  23. ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India . 13 January 2021.
  24. ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India . 20 August 2018.

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