Khagaria Assembly constituency

Khagaria Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Khagaria district in the Indian state of Bihar. In the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Khagaria was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.^[1][2]

Khagaria
Constituency No. 149 - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Khagaria
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Chhatrapati Yadav
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2020

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 149 Khagaria Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Khagaria municipality; Mansi community development block; Bhadas Dakshini, Bhadas Uttari, Kasimpur, Mathurapur, Bachhouta, Sanhouli, Ranko, Sansarpur, Gourashakti, Marar Dakshni, Marar Uttari, Rasounk, Uttar Marar, Rahimpur Uttari, Rahimpur Madhya, Rahimpur Dakshin, Labhganva, Kothia gram panchayats of Khagaria CD Block.^[3]

Khagaria Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 Khagaria (Lok Sabha constituency).^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name[4]	Party
1952	Dwarika Prasad		Indian National Congress
1957	Kedar Narayan Singh Azad
1962
1967	Ram Bahadur Azad		Samyukta Socialist Party
1969
1972	Ram Sharan Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
1977			Independent politician
1980			Janata Party
1985	Satyadeo Singh		Indian National Congress
1990	Ranveer Yadav		Independent politician
1995	Chandramukhi Devi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Yogendra Singh		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2005	Poonam Devi Yadav		Lok Janshakti Party
2005			Janata Dal (United)
2010
2015
2020	Chhatrapati Yadav		Indian National Congress

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Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Khagaria^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chhatrapati Yadav	46,980	31.14
	JD(U)	Poonam Devi Yadav	43,980	29.15	−17.28
	LJP	Renu Kumari	20,719	13.73
	JAP(L)	Manohar Kumar Yadav	11,589	7.68	−1.49
	Independent	Er. Dharmendra Kumar	8,529	5.65
	Independent	Gopal Krishan Kumar Chandan	3,161	2.1
	Independent	Jitendra Yadav	3,023	2.0
	RLSP	Md Faruque Ahmad	2,183	1.45
	Independent	Alka Kumari	1,450	0.96
	NOTA	None of the above	855	0.57	−2.79
Majority			3,000	1.99	−16.34
Turnout			150,857	58.01	−1.02
	INC gain from JD(U)		Swing

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Khagaria^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Poonam Devi Yadav	64,767	46.43
	Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)	Rajesh Kumar Urf Rohit Kumar	39,202	28.1
	JAP(L)	Manohar Kumar Yadav	12,791	9.17
	Independent	Mukesh Kumar	3,701	2.65
	CPI(M)	Sanjay Kumar	3,508	2.51
	Independent	Gopal Krishna Kumar Chandan	3,115	2.23
	BMP	Manoj Kumar	2,155	1.54
	Independent	Birendra Kumar	1,348	0.97
	NOTA	None of the above	4,687	3.36
Majority			25,565	18.33
Turnout			139,501	59.03
	JD(U) hold		Swing