Singheshwar Assembly constituency

Singheshwar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Madhepura district in the Indian state of Bihar. It has been reserved for scheduled castes since 2010. Earlier, it was an open seat.

Singheshwar
Constituency No. 72 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Madhepura
Established	1977
Elected year	2020

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 72 Singheshwar Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Singheshwar, Shankarpur and Kumarkhand community development blocks.^[1]

Singheshwar Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Supaul (Lok Sabha constituency) from 2010.^[1] It was earlier part of Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member [2]	Party
1977	Dinbandhu Prasad Yadav		Janata Party
1980	Jai Kumar Singh		Indian National Congress
1981^	Ramendra Kumar Yadav
1985			Lok Dal
1990	Pappu Yadav		Independent politician
1995	Bam Bhola Yadav		Janata Dal
2000	Vijay Kumar Singh		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Ramendra Kumar Yadav		Janata Dal (United)
2005
2010	Ramesh Rishidev
2015
2020	Chandrahas Chaupal		Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Singheshwar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Chandrahas Chaupal		45.13
	JD(U)	Ramesh Rishidev		42.21
	LJP	Amit Kumar Bharti		2.94
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing