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Amarpur, Bihar Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 25°02′N 86°54′E / 25.04°N 86.90°E / 25.04; 86.90
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Amarpur, Bihar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 159 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictBanka
Established1957
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party   JD(U)
AllianceNDA
Elected year2020
Preceded byJanardan Manjhi
  JD(U)

Amarpur Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Banka Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Dhoraiya, Katoria, Belhar and Banka.[1] The current MLA is Jayant Raj Kushwaha of Janata Dal (United).[2]

Overview

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Amarpur comprises CD Blocks Shambhuganj & Amarpur.[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

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Year Member[4] Party
1957 Shital Prasad Bhagat Indian National Congress
1962
1967 Sukhnarain Singh Samyukta Socialist Party
1969
1972 Janardan Yadav Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977 Janata Party
1980 Neel Mohan Singh Indian National Congress
1985 Indian National Congress
1990 Madhav Mandal Independent politician
1995 Surendra Prasad Singh Janata Dal
2000 Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005
2005
2010 Janardan Manjhi Janata Dal
2015
2020 Jayant Raj Kushwaha

Election results

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2020

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Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Amarpur, Bihar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD
JD(U)
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors [5]
gain from Swing

2015

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Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Amarpur[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Janardan Manjhi 73,707 50.10
BJP Shekhar 61,934 42.10

2010

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Bihar assembly elections, 2010: Amarpur [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Janardan Manjhi 47300 40.78
RJD Surendra Prasad Singh 29293 25.25

References

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  1. ^ "Banka Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Amarpur Vidhan Sabha 2020". News18. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  3. ^ "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 20 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Amarpur Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  5. ^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  6. ^ Bihar Assembly Election 2015
  7. ^ Bihar Assembly Election 2010
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25°02′N 86°54′E / 25.04°N 86.90°E / 25.04; 86.90