Kalyanpur is an assembly constituency in East Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.
| Kalyanpur, Purvi Champaran | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 16 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | East Champaran |
| Established | 2008 |
| Reservation | None |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Overview
editAs per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 16. Kalyanpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kotwa community development block; Parsauni Wazid, Bakhri, Kalyanpur, Barharwa Mahanand, Siswa Shobh, Brindaban, Pakari Dixit, Siswa Kharar, Patna, Gariba, Shambhu Chak, Sitalpur, Koela Belwa, Bhuwan Chhapra, Banshghat, North Gawandra, South Gawandra and Mani Chhapra gram panchayats of Kalyanpur CD Block.[1]
Kalyanpur Assembly constituency is part of 3. Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
| |||
| 2010 | Razia Khatoon | Janata Dal | |
| 2015 | Sachindra Prasad Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2020 | Manoj Kumar Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
Election results
editIn the November 8, 2015 state assembly elections, Sachindra Singh of the Bharatiya Janta p Party (BJP) won the newly created 16 Kalyanpur assembly seat, defeating her rival Raziya Khatoon of Janta Dal United (JDU).[2]
2020
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Manoj Kumar Yadav | 72,819 | |||
| BJP | Sachindra Prasad Singh | 71,626 | |||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| RJD gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Razia Khatoon JD(U) won in Kalyanpur". TPR One. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
External links
edit- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.