Sheohar Assembly constituency

Sheohar Assembly constituency (Hindi pronunciation: Shivahar Vidhan Sabha Nirvachan Kshetra) is an assembly constituency in Sheohar district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Sheohar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 22 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Elected year2020

Sheohar
Assembly constituency
Sheohar is located in Bihar
Sheohar
Sheohar
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°31′N 85°18′E
Ind India
StateBihar
DistrictSheohar
Constituency No22
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency4. Sheohar
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Overview

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 22. Sheohar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Sheohar, Piprarhi, Dumri Katsari and Purnahiya community development blocks.[1]

Sheohar Assembly constituency is part of 4. Sheohar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Name[2] Party
1952 Ram Swaroop Ram Independent
1957 Thakur Girijanandan Singh
1962 Chitaranjan Singh Indian National Congress
1967 Thakur Girijanandan Singh Independent
1969 Bharatiya Kranti Dal
1972 Raghunath Jha Indian National Congress
1977
1980
1985 Janata Party
1990 Janata Dal
1995
1998^ Thakur Ratnakar Rashtriya Janata Dal
2000 Satyanarayan Prasad
2005 Ajit Kumar Jha
2005
2010 Sharfuddin Janata Dal (United)
2015
2020 Chetan Anand Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Sheohar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Chetan Anand Singh 73143 42.69
JD(U) Sharfuddin 36457 21.28
LJP Vijay Kumar Pandey 18,748 10.94
PP Ranjeev Kumar Jha 1,248 0.73
NOTA None of the above 3,711 2.17
Majority
Turnout
RJD gain from JDU Swing

References

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