Samastipur (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Samastipur Vidhan Sabha (assembly) constituency is in Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Overview
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 133 Warisnagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Samastipur municipality, Samastipur community development block; and Shahpur Baghauni, Bherokhara, Tajpur, Adharpur and Baghi gram panchayats of Tajpur CD Block. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Samastipur will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.
Samastipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Yadunandan Sahay | Indian National Congress | |
| Sahdeo Mahato | |||
| 1962 | Tej Narain Ishwar | ||
| Sahdeo Mahato | |||
| 1967 | Rajendra Narain Sharma | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | Sahdeo Mahato | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Chandra Shekhar Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Karpoori Thakur | Janata Party | |
| 1985 | Ashok Singh | Lokdal | |
| 1990 | Janata Dal | ||
| 1995 | |||
| 2000 | Ram Nath Thakur | Janata Dal | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | Akhtarul Islam Sahin | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | |||
^by-election
Election results
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Akhtarul Islam Shahin | 68,507 | 41.21 |  13.39
| |
| JD(U) | Ashwamedh Devi | 63,793 | 38.37 |  38.37
| |
| LJP | Mahendra Pradhan | 12,074 | 7.26 | new | |
| None of the Above | None of the above | 1,837 | 1.11 | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| RJD hold | Swing | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Akhtarul Islam Shahin | 82,508 | 54.60 | 17.90
| |
| BJP | Renu Kumari | 51,428 | 34.00 | 34.00
| |
| Independent | Jitandar Chaudhary | 3,054 | 2.00 | new | |
| CPI(ML)L | Surendra Prasad Singh | 2,361 | 1.60 | new | |
| Turnout | |||||
| RJD hold | Swing | ||||
1967 Vidhan Sabha Election
- R. N. Sharma (SSP): 20,976 votes
- S. Mahto (INC): 17,038 votes
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
- ^ "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility". 5 August 2015.
- ^ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1967".
- ^ "Samastipur Election Results since 1977". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ "95 - Samastipur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1957".
External links
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
