Masaurhi Assembly constituency

Masaurhi is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It comes under Pataliputra (Lok Sabha constituency) along with other assembly constituencies viz. Danapur, Maner, Phulwari, Paliganj and Bikram.^[1] It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Masaurhi
Constituency No. 189 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Lok Sabha constituency	31 Pataliputra
Established	1957
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rekha Devi
Party	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Elected year	2020

Overview

Masaurhi comprises CD Blocks Masaurhi & Dhanarua.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1957	Nawal Kishore Singh		Indian National Congress
1962	Saraswati Chaudhary
1967	Bhuwaneshwar Sharma		Communist Party of India
1969	Ram Devan Das		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Bhuwaneshwar Sharma		Communist Party of India
1977	Ramdeo Prasad Yadav		Janata Party
1980	Ganesh Prasad Singh		Janata Party (Secular)
1985	Punam Devi		Indian National Congress
1990	Yogeshwar Gop		Indian People's Front
1995	Ganesh Prasad Singh		Janata Dal
2000	Dharmendra Prasad Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Punam Devi		Janata Dal (United)
2005
2010	Arun Manjhi
2015	Rekha Devi		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Masaurhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Rekha Devi	98,696	50.21
	JD(U)	Nutan Paswan	66,469	33.81
	LJP	Parshuram Kumar	9,682	4.93
	BSP	Raj Kumar Ram	5,412	2.75
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,583	1.82
		Rest of the candidates	~12,500	6.00
Majority			32,227
Turnout
Registered electors				[3]
	RJD hold		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Masaurhi^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Rekha Devi	89,657	48.26
	HAM(S)	Nutan Paswan	50,471	27.17
	CPI(ML)L	Gopal Ravidas	18,903	10.17
Turnout			185,788	57.69
Registered electors			322,055
	RJD gain from JD(U)		Swing

2010

Bihar assembly elections, 2010: Masaurhi^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Arun Manjhi	56977	39.94
	LJP	Anil Kumar	51,945	36.41
Majority			32,227
Turnout
Registered electors
	JD(U) hold		Swing

See also

• List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar
• Masaurhi