Maharajganj, Bihar Assembly constituency explained

Maharajganj,Siwan Bihar
Type:SLA
Mla:Vijay Shanker Dubey
Party:Indian National Congress
State:Bihar
Loksabha Cons:19. Maharajganj
Constituency No:112
Established:1951
Reservation:None

Maharajganj is an assembly constituency in Siwan district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 112 Maharajganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Maharajganj and Bhagwanpur Hat community development blocks.[1]

Maharajganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 19 Maharajganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearName[2] Party
1952Mahamaya Prasad Sinha
1957Anusuya Devi
1962Uma Shanker Prasad
1967Kaushalendra Pratap Shahi
1969Mahamaya Prasad Sinha
1972Anusuya Devi
1977Umashanker Singh
1980
1985
1990
1995Baidya Nath Pande
2000Umashanker Singh
2005Damodar SinghJanata Dal (United)
2005
2010
2015Hemnarayan Sah
2020Vijay Shanker Dubey

Election results

1977–2020

In the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections, Hemnarayan Sah of JDU won by defeating Devranjan Singh of Bharatiya Janta Party. In the 2010 state assembly elections, Damodar Singh of JD(U) won the Maharajganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Manik Chand Rai of RJD.[3] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Damodar Singh of JD(U) defeated Uma Shakar Singh of RJD in October 2005 and February 2005. Uma Shankar Singh representing SAP defeated Damodar Singh, Independent, in 2000. Baidya Nath Pande of JD defeated Damodar Singh of Congress in 1995. Uma Shanker Singh of JD Anusuya Devi of Congress in 1990. Uma Shankar Singh of JP defeated Anusya Jayaswal of Congress in 1985. Uma Shankar Singh of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) defeated Anusuya Jayaswal of Congress in 1980. Uma Shankar Singh of JP defeated Nand Kishore Singh, Independent, in 1977.[4]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India. Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies . 10 January 2011 .
  2. Web site: Maharajganj Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs . Elections in India.
  3. Web site: Bihar – Maharajganj . Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results . Election Commission of India. 25 February 2011 .
  4. Web site: 33 – Maharajganj Assembly Constituency . Partywise Comparison Since 1977 . Election Commission of India. 25 February 2011 .