Hathua Assembly constituency

Hathua is an assembly constituency in Gopalganj district in the Indian state of Bihar. In 2020 Rajesh Kumar Singh Kushwaha of Rashtriya Janata Dal defeated Ramsewak Singh Kushwaha of Janata Dal (United) to emerge victorious.^[1] Hathua Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 Gopalganj (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).^[2]

Hathua
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Gopalganj
Established	2008
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rajesh Kumar Singh
Party	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Elected year	2020

History

As per "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 104", Hathua Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Hathua and Gopalganj

Phulwaria community development blocks; Jamsar, Trilokpur, Mohaicha, Balesara gram panchayats and Mirganj (NA) of Uchkagaon CD Block.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[3]	Party
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2010	Ramsewak Singh Kushwaha		Janata Dal (United)
2015
2020	Rajesh Singh Kushwaha		Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Hathua

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Rajesh Kumar Singh	86,731	49.84
	JD(U)	Ramsewak Singh Kushwaha	56,204	32.29
	LJP	Ram Darshan Prasad	9,894	5.69
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,501	2.59
		Rest of the candidates	~16,500	9.60
Majority			30,527
Turnout
Registered electors				[4]
	RJD gain from JD(U)		Swing