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Jhanjharpur Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 26°16′N 86°17′E / 26.267°N 86.283°E / 26.267; 86.283
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Jhanjharpur
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictMadhubani
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
AllianceNDA
Elected year2020
Preceded byGulab Yadav,   RJD

Jhanjharpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Madhubani district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

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As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 38 Jhajharpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Jhanjharpur and Lakhnaur community development blocks; Pachahi, Parsad, Banki, Bhit Bhagwanpur, Mahasingh Hasauli, Manmohan and Parwalpur gram panchayats of Madhepur CD block.[1]

Jhanjharpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 Jhanjharpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Name[2] Party
1952 Kapileshwar Shastri Indian National Congress
1957 Deochandra Jha
1962 Harishchandra Jha
1967 Hari Nath Mishra
1969 Rampal Chaudhary Samyukta Socialist Party
1972 Jagannath Mishra Indian National Congress
1977
1980 Indian National Congress
1985 Indian National Congress
1990
1995 Ramawtar Chaudhary Janata Dal
2000 Jagdish Narayan Chaudhary Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 Nitish Mishra Janata Dal (United)
2005
2010
2015 Gulab Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020 Nitish Mishra Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

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2020

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Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Jhanjharpur[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Nitish Mishra 94,854 52.47 +12.27
CPI Ram Narayan Yadav 53,066 29.36 +26.49
Independent Ganga Prasad Gangotri 8,658 4.79
Independent Madan Kumar Mahto 5,683 3.14
RLSP Birendra Kumar Choudhary 3,262 1.8
Independent Rakesh Kumar Yadav 2,788 1.54
Independent Ganpati Jha 2,671 1.48
NOTA None of the above 1,496 0.83 +0.17
Majority 41,788 23.11 +22.58
Turnout 180,762 56.85 +2.51
BJP gain from RJD Swing


2015

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2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Jhanjharpur[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Gulab Yadav 64,320 40.73
BJP Nitish Mishra 63,486 40.2
Independent Sunil Kumar Jha 7,022 4.45
CPI Ram Narayan Yadav 4,531 2.87
Independent Sada Nand Suman 4,237 2.68
Independent Om Prakash 3,309 2.1
Independent Ram Narayan Mahto 2,639 1.67
Independent Md. Hasnaian 1,593 1.01
NOTA None of the above 1,044 0.66
Majority 834 0.53
Turnout 157,914 54.34


References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "Jhanjharpur 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 General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018.
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26°16′N 86°17′E / 26.267°N 86.283°E / 26.267; 86.283