Khajauli Assembly constituency

Khajauli Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Madhubani district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is an open seat now but was earlier reserved for scheduled castes.

Khajauli Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 33 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Madhubani
Lok Sabha constituency	7. Jhanjharpur
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Arun Shankar Prasad
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance
Elected year	2020
Preceded by	Sitaram Yadav

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 33 Khajauli Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Jainagar and Basopatti community development blocks; Nararh East, Mahua Ekdara, Datwar, Sarabe, Rasidpur, Betakakarghati and Khajauli gram panchayats of Khajauli CD Block.^[1]

Khajauli Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 Jhanjharpur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name[2]	Party
1952	Shakur Ahmed		Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967	Narmedeshwar Singh		Praja Socialist Party
1969
1972	Mahendra Narayan Jha		Indian National Congress
1977	Ram Karan Paswan		Janata Party
1980	Ram Lakhan Ram Raman		Communist Party of India
1985	Bilat Paswan Vihangam		Indian National Congress
1990
1995	Ram Lakhan Ram Raman		Communist Party of India
2000			Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Ram Prit Paswan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2005
2010	Arun Shankar Prasad
2015	Sitaram Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020	Arun Shankar Prasad		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Khajauli^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Arun Shankar Prasad	83,161	44.51	+7.47
	RJD	Sitaram Yadav	60,472	32.37	−11.19
	JAP(L)	Braj Kishor Yadav	13,589	7.27	+6.57
	Independent	Ambika Prasad Singh	8,355	4.47
	Independent	Dilip Kuwar	3,689	1.97
	Samajwadi Janata Dal Democratic	Virendra Kumar Yadav	2,782	1.49
	Independent	Amit Kumar Mahto	2,174	1.16
	NOTA	None of the above	1,193	0.64	−0.72
Majority			22,689	12.14	+5.62
Turnout			186,837	61.11	+2.35
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Khajauli^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Sitaram Yadav	71,534	43.56
	BJP	Arun Shankar Prasad	60,831	37.04
	CPI	Amiruddin	7,568	4.61
	Independent	Pursottam Jha	5,523	3.36
	Independent	Brajesh Raut	2,440	1.49
	BSP	Murari Thakur	2,281	1.39
	SP	Ram Kumar Yadav	1,837	1.12
	Independent	Sonu Kumar Jha	1,782	1.09
	ABHM	Sudhakar Kumar	1,657	1.01
	Independent	Vishwanath Yadav	1,636	1.0
	NOTA	None of the above	2,240	1.36
Majority			10,703	6.52
Turnout			164,227	58.76