Chainpur Assembly constituency

Chainpur Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It comes under Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Chainpur Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 206 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Kaimur
Established	1951
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Md. Zama Khan Minister of Minority Affairs, Bihar
Party	Won as :   BSP Current :   JD(U)
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2020
Preceded by	Brij Kishor Bind   BJP

Overview

Chainpur comprises Community Blocks of Chand, Chainpur, Adhaura & Bhagwanpur.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[3]	Party
1952	Gu i Nath Singh		Indian National Congress
1967	Mangal Charan Singh
1969	Badri Singh		Praja Socialist Party
1972	Lalmuni Chaubey		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977			Janata Party
1980			Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	Parwez Ahsan Khan		Indian National Congress
1990	Lalmuni Chaubey		Bharatiya Janata Party
1995	Mahabali Singh		Bahujan Samaj Party
2000
2005			Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005
2009^	Brij Kishor Bind		Bharatiya Janata Party
2010
2015
2020	Mohd Zama Khan		Bahujan Samaj Party[a]

1. Elected as BSP candidate switched to JD(U)

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Chainpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BSP	Mohd Zama Khan	95,245	46.24
	BJP	Brij Kishor Bind	70,951	34.45
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority			24,294
Turnout
Registered electors				[4]
	BSP gain from BJP		Swing

2010

Bihar Assembly election, 2010: Chainpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Brij Kishor Bind	46,510	32.75
	BSP	Dr. Ajay Alok	32930	23.18
	INC	Mohd Zama Khan	19,552
Majority
Turnout
	BJP gain from BSP		Swing

See also

• List of constituencies of Bihar Legislative Assembly