Jagdishpur, Bihar Assembly constituency

Jagdishpur is one of 243 legislative assembly seats of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Arrah Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz Sandesh, Barhara, Arrah, Agiaon (SC), Tarari and Shahpur.^[1]

Jagdishpur, Bihar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 197 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Bhojpur
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Elected year	2020

Area/wards

Jagdishpur Assembly constituency comprises:^[2]

• Jagdishpur CD block
• Gram Panchayats: Ayar, Tar, Dhwarahi Jangal Mahal, Akrua, Kothua, Jamuaon, Jitaura Jangalmahal, Brawn, Tilath, Khannikala, Rajeyan, Amehta, Ktriyan, Lahthan, Agiaon and Nayka Tola Jangalmahal of Piro CD block.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The list of the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Jagdishpur constituency is as follows:

Year	Member	Party
1952	Sumitra Devi		Indian National Congress
1957-1962: Constituency did not exit
1962	Sukar Ram		Praja Socialist Party
1967	S. P. Rai		Indian National Congress
1969	Satya Narain Singh		Indian National Congress
1972	Shiv Pujan Varma		Indian National Congress
1977	Satya Narain Singh		Independent politician
1980	Bir Bahadur Singh
1985	Hari Narain Singh		Lokdal
1990	Shri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha		Indian Peoples Front
1995	Hari Narain Singh		Janata Dal
2000	Shri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha		Samata Party
2005 Feb			Janata Dal (United)
2005 Oct
2010	Dinesh Kumar Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2015	Ram Vishun Yadav
2020

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Jagdishpur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Ram Vishun Singh	66,632	39.68	+5.86
	LJP	Shri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha	44,525	26.51
	JD(U)	Shushum Lata	29,362	17.48
	Independent	Anil Kumar Singh	7,249	4.32
	BSP	Dr. Shyam Nandan	3,317	1.98	+0.99
	JAP(L)	Dinesh Kumar Singh	3,131	1.86	−2.56
	Independent	Binod Kumar	2,529	1.51
	Independent	Haribansh Pandit	2,277	1.36
	JP	Sachchidanand Singh	1,960	1.17
	NOTA	None of the above	817	0.49	−1.07
Majority			22,107	13.17	+6.14
Turnout			167,935	54.39	+3.58
	RJD hold		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Jagdishpur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Ram Vishun Singh	49,020	33.82
	RLSP	Rakesh Raushan	38,825	26.79
	CPI(ML)L	Chandradip Singh	18,154	12.53
	Independent	Dinesh Kumar Singh	9,124	6.3
	JAP(L)	Kanhaiya Prasad Singh	6,410	4.42
	SP	Uday Shankar Singh	5,155	3.56
	Independent	Binod Kumar Singh	3,068	2.12
	Rashtravyapi Janta Party	Anjani Kumar Singh	1,496	1.03
	BSP	Pamod Yadav	1,440	0.99
	Independent	Gautam Kumar Mehta	1,394	0.96
	NOTA	None of the above	2,263	1.56
Majority			10,195	7.03
Turnout			144,930	50.81
	RJD hold		Swing

2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Jagdishpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Dinesh Yadav	55,560	42.65
	JD(U)	Shri Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha	45,374	34.83
	CPI(ML)L	Sudama Prasad	16,129	12.38
	Independent	Hussain Imam	3,784	2.9
Majority			10,186	7.82
Turnout			1,30,261	54.38
Registered electors			2,39,532