Mokama Assembly constituency

Mokama is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar.^[1] It is a part of Munger Lok Sabha constituency.^[2] Mokama is in the 14 assembly segments which fall under Patna district.^[3]

Mokama Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 178 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Lok Sabha constituency	Munger
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nilam Devi
Party	RJD
Alliance	Mahagathbandhan
Elected year	2022

Overview

Mokama comprises CD Blocks Ghoswari & Mokama; Gram Panchayats Raili, Lemuabad, West Pandarak, East Pandarak, Kondi, Dhobhawan, Khushhal Chak, Chak Jalal, Ajgara Bakawan, Darwe Bhadaur & Baruane Bathoi of Pandarak CD Block.^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1952	Nawal Kishore Singh		Indian National Congress
1957
1962	Saryoo Nandan Prasad Singh		Independent
1967	B. Lal		Republican Party of India
1969	Kameshwar Prasad Singh		Indian National Congress
1972	Krishna Shahi
1977
1980	Shyam Sunder Singh Dheeraj		Indian National Congress (I)
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Dilip Kumar Singh		Janata Dal
1995
2000	Surajbhan Singh		Independent
2005	Anant Kumar Singh		Janata Dal (United)
2005
2010
2015			Independent
2020			Rashtriya Janata Dal
2022^	Nilam Devi

^by-election

Election results

2022 by-election

Bihar Assembly by election, 2022: Mokama^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Nilam Devi	79,744	53.44	+0.45
	BJP	Sonam Devi	63,003	42.22	New
	NOTA	None of the above	2,470	1.66	−1.39
Majority			16,741	11.22
Turnout			1,49,321	53.09
	RJD hold		Swing

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Mokama^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Anant Kumar Singh	78,721	52.99
	JD(U)	Rajeev Lochan Narayan Singh	42,964	28.92
	LJP	Suresh Singh Nishad	13,331	8.97
	NOTA	None of the above	4,534	3.05
	RLSP	Dilraj Raushan	4,007	2.07
Majority			35,757	24.80
Turnout			1,48,719	54.07
	RJD gain from Independent		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Mokama^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Anant Kumar Singh	54005	37.35
	LJP	Kanhaiya Singh	15472	10.7
	JD(U)	Neeraj Kumar	35657	24.66
	Jan Adhikar Party	Nalini Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh	16655	11.52
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from JD(U)		Swing

2010

2010 Bihar legislative assembly election: Mokama^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Anant Kumar Singh	51,564	44.08
	LJP	Sonam Devi	42,610	36.43
Majority
Turnout
	JD(U) hold		Swing