Islampur, Bihar Assembly constituency

For other uses, see Islampur Assembly constituency.

Islampur is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is a part of Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Rajgir, Harnaut, Hilsa, Nalanda, Asthawan and Biharsharif.^[1]

Islampur, Bihar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 174 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rakesh Kumar Raushan
Party	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Elected year	2020

Overview

Islampur comprises CD Blocks Islampur and Ekangarsarai.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
1952	Chowdhary Mohamad Afaque[3]		Indian National Congress
1962[4]	Shyam Sunder Prasad		Swatantra Party
1967[5]			Indian National Congress
1969[6]	Ramsaran Prasad Singh		Praja Socialist Party
1972[7]			Independent politician
1977	Krishan Ballabh Prasad[8]		Communist Party of India
1980	Pankaj Kumar Sinha[9]		Indian National Congress
1985	Ram Swaroop Prasad[10]		Indian National Congress
1990[11]	Krishan Ballabh Prasad		Communist Party of India
1995[12]
2000[13]	Ram Swaroop Prasad		Samata Party
2005 (Feb)[14]			Janata Dal (United)
2005 (Occt)[14]
2007^	Pratima Sinha
2010	Rajiv Ranjan[15]
2015	Chandrasen Prasad[16]
2020	Rakesh Kumar Raushan[17]		Rashtriya Janata Dal

^by-election

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Islampur^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Rakesh Kumar Roushan	68,088	41.65
	JD(U)	Chandrasen Prasad	64,390	39.39
Majority
Turnout
	RJD gain from JD(U)		Swing

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Islampur^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Chandrasen Prasad	66,587	46.89
	BJP	Birendra Gope	43,985	30.97
Majority
Turnout
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2010

Bihar assembly elections, 2010: Islampur^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Rajib Ranjan	56,332	49.24
	RJD	Virendra Gop	32524	28.43
Majority
Turnout
	JD(U) hold		Swing

See also

• List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar
• Islampur, Nalanda