Simri Bakhtiarpur Assembly constituency
Simri Bakhtiarpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Saharsa district in the Indian state of Bihar.
| Simri Bakhtiarpur Assembly constituency | |
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| Constituency No. 76 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Simri Bakhtiarpur | |
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Assembly constituency | |
  Simri Bakhtiarpur Location in Bihar | |
| Coordinates: 25°42′41″N 86°35′45″E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Saharsa |
| Constituency No. | 76 one block and 15 Panchayat |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 25. Khagaria |
| Electoral system | First past the post |
Overview
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 76 Simri Bakhtiarpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Simri-Bakhtiarpur and Salkhua community development blocks; Ghoghepur, Jhara, Aeina, Maheshi North, Maheshi South, Rajanpur, Sirwar Naharwar gram panchayats of Mahishi CD Block.[1]
Simri Bakhtiarpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 Khagaria (Lok Sabha constituency) Present MP Mahboob Ali Qaiser and MLA Yusuf Salahuddin.[1]
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Mohammad Salahuddin | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Ram Chandra Prasad | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1972 | Mohammad Salahuddin | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Dinesh Chandra Yadav | Janata Dal | |
| 1995 | Mehboob Ali Kaiser | Indian National Congress | |
| 2000 | |||
| 2005 | Dinesh Chandra Yadav | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2009^ | Mehboob Ali Kaiser | Indian National Congress | |
| 2010 | Arun Kumar | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2015 | Dinesh Chandra Yadav | ||
| 2019^ | Zafar Alam | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2020 | Yusuf Salahuddin | ||
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Election results
1977-2010
In the 2010 state assembly elections, Dr. Arun Kumar of JD(U) won the Simri Bakhtirapur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Choudhry Mehboob Ali Kaisar of Congress.[3] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. In the October 2005 and February 2005 state assembly elections Dinesh Chandra Yadav of JD(U) defeated Choudhry Mehboob Ali Kaiser of Congress and Zafar Alam of RJD respectively. Choudhry Md. Mehboob Ali Kaiser of Congress defeated Zafar Alam of RJD in 2000 and Dinesh Chandra Yadav of JD in 1995. Dinesh Chandra Yadav of JD defeated Mehboob Ali Kaiser of Congress in 1990. Choudhary Mohammad Salahuddin of Congress defeated Dinesh Chandra Yadav representing Lok Dal in 1985 and representing Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) in 1980, and Ayodhya Prasad Yadav, Independent, in 1977.[4]
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Yusuf Salahuddin | 75684 | 38.48 | ||
| LJP | Sanjay Kumar Singh | 6992 | 3.54 | ||
| VIP | Mukesh Sahani | 73925 | 37.81 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1408 | 0.72 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
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.
- "Sonbarsa Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- "Bihar – Simri bakhtiarpur". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- "119 - Simri-Bakhtiarpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
External links
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.