Chapra, Bihar Assembly Constituency
Overview
Chhapra assembly seat has a unique distinction of electing either a Rajput or Yadav since 1967 belonging to various parties. The dominating caste, after delimitation is Vaishya which accounts for 65,000 of the 2.89 lakh voters. The vaishya community has 10-12% population in Chhapra.
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 118 Chapra Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chhapra municipality and Naini, Fakuli, Karinga, Sadha, Mouna, Tenua and Barhara Mahaji gram panchayats of Chapra community development block; Rivilganj CD Block.
Chapra Assembly constituency is part of No. 20 Saran (Lok Sabha constituency). It was earlier part of Chapra (Lok Sabha constituency). Chhapra assembly seat had a unique distinction of electing either a Rajput or Yadav since 1965 till 2014 belonging to various parties. Randhir Kumar Singh (RJD) won the by-poll from Chhapra in 2014. First time, a non-Yadav non-Rajput Dr. C. N. Gupta (BJP) won from assembly seat in 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Prabhunath Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Jaglal Chaudhary | |||
| 1962 | Sundri Devi | ||
| 1967 | Uday Pratap N Singh | Jana Sangh | |
| 1969 | Janak Yadav | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1972 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1977 | Mithlesh Kumar Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Janak Yadav | ||
| 1985 | Independent politician | ||
| 1990 | Udit Rai | ||
| 1995 | Janata Dal | ||
| 2000 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | ||
| 2005 | Ram Parvash Rai | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | Janardan Singh Sigriwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2014^ | Randhir Kumar Singh | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2015 | C. N. Gupta | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2020 | |||
Election results
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | C. N. Gupta | 75,710 | 44.97 | ||
| RJD | Randhir Kumar Singh | 68,939 | 40.95 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,920 | 1.14 | ||
| Majority | 6,771 | 4.02 | |||
| Turnout | 168,361 | 50.99 | |||
| Registered electors | 330,176 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | C. N. Gupta | 71,646 | 45.27 | ||
| RJD | Randhir Kumar Singh | 60,267 | 38.08 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,488 | 2.2 | ||
| Majority | 11,379 | 7.19 | |||
| Turnout | 158,247 | 51.87 | |||
| Registered electors | 305,079 | ||||
| BJP gain from RJD | Swing | ||||
2014 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Randhir Kumar Singh | ||||
| Independent | C. N. Gupta | ||||
| BJP | Kanhaiya Singh | ||||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| RJD gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ As per article 88/177 of Constitution of India
- ^ "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs". The Times of India.
- ^ "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).
- ^ "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.
- ^ "RSS activist joins fray against BJP in Chhapra". The Times of India.
- ^ "Saffron party struggles to keep flock together".
- ^ The RJD's Randhir Singh took advantage of the split and won the seat.
- ^ Chhapra seat 2015
- ^ IANS. "BJP legislator being probed over Bihar communal tension | Business Standard News". Business-standard.com. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Caste stands in way of development in Chhapra | Patna News - Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Chapra Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- ^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
External links
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.