Sakra Assembly constituency

Sakra Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Muzaffarpur district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Sakra
Constituency No. 92 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Muzaffarpur
Established	1957
Reservation	SC
Elected year	2020

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 92 Sakra Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Sakra and Dholi Muraul community development blocks.^[1]

Sakra Assembly constituency is part of No. 15 Muzaffarpur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name[2]	Party
1957	Kapildeo Narain Singh		Indian National Congress
	Ramgulam Chaudhary
1962	Mahesh Prasad Singh
1967	Newa Lal Mahto		Samyukta Socialist Party
1969
1972	Hiralal Paswan
1977	Shivnandan Paswan		Janata Party
1980	Fakirchand Ram		Indian National Congress
1985	Shivnandan Paswan		Lokdal
1990	Kamal Paswan		Janata Dal
1995
2000	Sital Ram		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Bilat Paswan		Janata Dal (United)
2005
2010	Suresh Chanchal
2015	Lal Babu Ram		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020	Ashok Kumar Choudhary		Janata Dal (United)

Election results

1977-2020

In 2020 assembly elections Ashok Kumar Choudhary of JDU became MLA by defeating Umesh Kumar Ram of INC.However, there was a difference of only 1537 in the total votes of these two.In the 2015 state assembly election, Lal Babu Ram of RJD defeated Arjun Ram of BJP. In the 2010 state assembly elections, Suresh Chanchal of JD(U) won the Sakra assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Lal Babu Ram of RJD.^[3] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Bilal Paswan of JD(U) defeated Lal Babu Ram of RJD in October 2005 and Dr. Shital Ram of RJD in February 2005. Dr. Sital Ram of RJD defeated Bilal Paswan of JD(U) in 2000. Kamal Paswan of JD defeated Bilal Paswan representing Congress in 1995 and 1990. Shivnandan Paswan of LD defeated Arun Kumar Ch. Of Congress in 1985. Fakir Chand Ram of Congress defeated Paltan Ram of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) in 1980. Shivnadan Paswan of JP defeated Fakir Chand Ram of Congress in 1977.^[4]

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sakra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Ashok Kumar Choudhary	67,265	40.25
	INC	Umesh Kumar Ram	65,728	39.33
	LJP	Sanjay Paswan	13,528	8.09
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,392	2.63
Majority			1,537
Turnout
	JD(U) gain from RJD		Swing