Warisnagar (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Warisnagar is an assembly constituency in Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar. The candidates of Rashtriya Janata Dal used to win from this constituency in earlier elections, but from 2010 onwards, the candidates of Janata Dal (United) started winning from here. This assembly seat has influence of members of Koeri and Kurmi who are descisive in ensuring victory of a candidate.
Overview
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 132 Warisnagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Warisnagar and Khanpur community development blocks; and Madhurapur, Rahtauli, Dahiyar Ranna, Parsa, Bhataura and Dumra Mohan gram panchayats of Shivaji Nagar CD Block.
Warisnagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Vashisht Narain Singh | Socialist Party | |
| Dhanpati Paswan | |||
| 1967 | Ram Sewak Hazari | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | Chulhai Ram | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Pitambar Paswan | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Janata Party | ||
| 1985 | Ram Sewak Hazari | Independent politician | |
| 1990 | Pitambar Paswan | Janata Dal | |
| 1995 | |||
| 1996^ | Bhikhar Baitha | ||
| 2000 | Ram Sewak Hazari | Janata Dal | |
| 2005 | Maheshwar Hazari | Lok Janshakti Party | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2009^ | Vishwanath Paswan | ||
| 2010 | Ashok Kumar | Janata Dal | |
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | |||
^by-election
Election results
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(ML)L | Ful Babu Singh | 54,555 | 28.71% | ||
| JD(U) | Ashok Kumar | 68,356 | 35.97% | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
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2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Ashok Kumar | 92,687 | 54.65 | ||
| LJP | Chandrashekhar Rai | 34,114 | 20.12 | ||
| NOTA | n/a | 9,551 | 5.63 | ||
| Turnout | 169,594 | 60.12 | |||
| Registered electors | 282,076 | ||||
2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Ashok Kumar | 46,245 | 33.96 | ||
| RJD | Gajendra Prasad Singh | 26,745 | 19.64 | ||
| Independent | B.K.Singh | 13,195 | 9.69 | ||
| Independent | Ram Vilash Mahto | 8,597 | 6.31 | ||
| CPI | Ram Chandra Mahto | 8,481 | 6.23 | ||
| Independent | Wasim Raja | 7,916 | 5.81 | ||
| INC | Vijay Kumar Roy | 7,059 | 5.18 | ||
| Turnout | 136,177 | 55.81 | |||
| Registered electors | 244,018 | ||||