Sheikhpura Assembly constituency

Sheikhpura Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Jamui Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Sheikhpura Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 169 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Sheikhpura
Lok Sabha constituency	Jamui
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vijay Kumar Yadav
Party	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Elected year	2020

Overview

Sheikhpura comprises CD Blocks Ghatkusumbha, Chewara and Ariari; Gram Panchayats Mahsar, Puraina, Pachna, Jamuara, Kaithawan, Gagari and Sheikhpura (M) of Sheikhpura CD Block.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
1952	Shah Mustaque		Indian National Congress
1957	Shri Krishna Sinha
1961^	Shiv Shankar Singh
1962
1967	Loknath Azad		Communist Party of India
1969
1972
1977	Rajo Singh		Indian National Congress
1980			Indian National Congress
1985			Independent politician
1990			Indian National Congress
1995
1998^	Sanjay Kumar Singh
2000
2005	Sunila Devi
2005
2010	Randhir Kumar Soni		Janata Dal (United)
2015
2020	Vijay Kumar Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sheikhpura^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Vijay Kumar	56,365	39.02
	JD(U)	Randhir Kumar Soni	50,249	34.78	+1.92
	LJP	Imam Ghazali	14,552	10.07
	Independent	Rinku Devi	6,012	4.16
	Rashtriya Jan Jan Party	Dilip Kumar	4,900	3.39
	RLSP	Sanket Kumar	3,345	2.32
	Independent	Rajendra Prasad Gupta	2,233	1.55
	Independent	Gautam Kumar	1,371	0.95
	NOTA	None of the above	2,978	2.06	+1.12
Majority			6,116	4.24	−6.07
Turnout			144,463	56.26	+0.66
	RJD gain from JD(U)		Swing

2015

2006 in/462

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Sheikhpura^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Randhir Kumar Soni	41,755	32.86
	Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)	Naresh Saw	28,654	22.55
	JAP(L)	Vijay Kumar	18,227	14.35
	Independent	Jitendra Nath	9,882	7.78
	Independent	Reshma Bharti	4,759	3.75
	Independent	Shankar Suman	3,734	2.94
	SP	Vijay Kumar Yadav	3,129	2.46
	Independent	Dr.Dinesh Prasad	2,796	2.2
	Independent	Ramanuj Singh	2,711	2.13
	Independent	Naresh Mahto	2,316	1.82
	CPI	Krishn Nandan Yadav	2,185	1.72
	Independent	Hari Deo Prasad	1,956	1.54
	BMP	Pramod Kumar	1,191	0.94
	NOTA	None of the above	1,200	0.94
Majority			13,101	10.31
Turnout			127,060	55.6