Jamalpur, Bihar Assembly constituency

Jamalpur Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Munger Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Suryagarha, Munger and Lakhisarai.[1]

Jamalpur, Bihar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 166 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictMunger
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Ajay Kumar Singh
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2020

Overview

Jamalpur comprises CD Blocks Jamalpur & Dharhara; Gram Panchayats Teliyadih, Naki, Bahira, Agrahan, Barhouna, Gobadda, Kouriya, Baijalpur, Muderi, Rataitha & Barui of Kharagpur CD Block.[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Name[3] Party
1952 Yogendra Mahato Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967 B. P. Yadav Samyukta Socialist Party
1969 Ram Balak Singh Communist Party of India
1972 Suresh Kumar Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977 Janata Party
1980 Upendra Prasad Verma Janata Party (Secular)
1985 Lok Dal
1990 Janata Dal
1995
2000 Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 Shailesh Kumar Janata Dal (United)
2005
2010
2015
2020 Ajay Kumar Singh Indian National Congress

Election results

2020

Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2020: Jamalpur[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ajay Kumar Singh 67,273 46.91
JD(U) Shailesh Kumar 51,797 36.12
Majority
Turnout
INC gain from JD(U) Swing

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