Dumraon Assembly constituency

Dumraon Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It comes under Buxar Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] In 2020 Ajit Kushwaha of CPI(ML) won from the Dumraon constituency.^[2]

Dumraon Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 201 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Lok Sabha constituency	Buxar
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ajit Kushwaha
Party	CPI(ML)L
Alliance	I.N.D.I.A.
Elected year	2020
Preceded by	Dadan Singh Yadav

Overview

Dumraon comprises Community Blocks of Chaugain, Kesath & Nawanagar; Gram Panchayats of Chilhari, Kushalpur, Bhojpur Kadim, Bhojpur Jadid, Chhatanwar, Nuaon, Sowan, Ariaon, Nandan, Lakhan Dihra & Dumraon (M) of Dumraon CD Block.^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[4]	Party
1952	Harihar Prasad Singh		Indian National Congress
1957	Ganga Prasad Singh
1962
1967	Harihar Prasad Singh		Independent politician
1972			Indian National Congress
1977	Ramashray Singh		Communist Party of India
1980	Raja Ram Arya		Indian National Congress
1981^	V. N. Bharti		Indian National Congress
1985	Basant Singh		Indian National Congress
1990			Janata Dal
1995
2000	Dadan Singh Yadav		Independent politician
2005			Samajwadi Party
2005			Akhil Jan Vikas Dal
2010	Daud Ali		Janata Dal (United)
2015	Dadan Singh Yadav
2020	Ajit Kushwaha		Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Dumraon^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(ML)L	Ajit Kushwaha	71,320	41.2
	JD(U)	Anjum Ara	46,905	27.1
Majority			24,415	14.1 %
Turnout
Registered electors				[6]
	CPI(ML)L gain from JD(U)		Swing

See also

• List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar