Kesaria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Kesaria
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kesaria is located in Bihar
Kesaria
Kesaria
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°20′21″N 84°51′00″E / 26.33917°N 84.85000°E / 26.33917; 84.85000Coordinates: 26°20′21″N 84°51′00″E / 26.33917°N 84.85000°E / 26.33917; 84.85000
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictPurvi Champaran
Constituency No15
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency3. Purvi Champaran
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Kesaria Vidhan Sabha constituency, sometimes spelt 'Kesariya', is an assembly constituency in Purvi Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview[]

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 15. Kesaria (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Kesaria community development block; Uttari Bariyaria, Paschhimi Madhubani, Uttari Madhubani, Dakshini Madhubani, Purbi Madhubani, Bhatwalia, Barwa, Bariyaria Tolarajpur, Uttari Bhawanipur, Dakshini Bhawanipur and Dumariya gram panchayats of Sangrampur CD Block; Dilawarpur, Rajpur, Darmaha, Raghunathpur, Medan Sirisiya and Pipra Khem gram panchayats of Kalyanpur CD Block.[1]

Kesaria (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 3. Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Motihari (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Vidhan Sabha[]

  • 1952 : Parvawati Gupta (Cong)[2]
  • 1952 ^ : Parvawati Gupta (Cong), in a bye-poll
    • Not sure why this bye-pollwas needed, since the same person was re-elected.
  • 1962 : Pitambar Singh (CPI)
  • 1967 : Pitambar (CPI)
  • 1972 : Pitambar Singh (CPI) [3]
  • 2000 : Obaidullah (Samata Party) [4]
  • 2010 : Sachindra Singh (BJP)
  • 2015 : Rajesh Kumar (RJD)
  • 2020 : Shalini Mishra (JD-U), w BJP support

Election Results[]

Assembly Elections 2020[]

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kesaria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Shalini Mishra 40219 26.59%
LJP 18904 12.5%
RJD 30992 20.49%
Maheshwar Singh 18576 12.28%
Majority 267733
Turnout 151279 56.5
Shalini Mishra gain from Swing jdu gain from rjd
2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kesaria constituency[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Rajesh Kumar 62,902 47.55
BJP Rajendra Prasad Gupta 46,955 35.49
CPI Ram Saran Prasad Yadav 11,767 8.89
Turnout 132,290 54.93
Registered electors 240,820

Assembly Elections 2010[]

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kesaria constituency[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sachindra Prasad Singh 34,649 36.67
CPI Ram Saran Prasad Yadav 22,966 24.31
LJP Maheshwar Singh 12,010 12.71
Turnout 94,480 50.77
Registered electors 186,077

1977-2010[]

In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Sacchindra Prasad Singh of BJP won the 15 Kesaria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Ramsharan Prasad Yadav of CPI.[7] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Rajesh Kumar Raushan of RJD defeated Razia Khatoon of JD(U) in October 2005. Obaidullah of JD(U) defeated Rajesh Kumar Raushan of RJD in February 2005. Obaidullah of SAP defeated Yamuna Yadav of KSP in 2000. Yamuna Yadav of CPI defeated Kiran Shukla of BPP in 1995 and Rai Hari Shankar Sharma of BJP in 1990. Rai Hari Shankar Sharma representing Congress defeated Yamuna Yadav of CPI in 1985. Rai Hari Shankar Sharma representing Janata Party (JP) defeated Laxman Singh of Congress in 1980. Pitambar Singh of CPI defeated Rai Hari Shankar Sharma of Janata Party in 1977.[8]

Assembly Elections 1967[]

  • P. Sinha (CPI) : 15,933 votes
  • M. Prasad (INC) : 13544

References[]

  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. ^ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1951". Elections in India. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Kesaria Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2000". Elections in India. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
  6. ^ "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
  7. ^ "Bihar Assembly elections 2010". Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  8. ^ "18 - Kesariya Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
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