Thakurganj Assembly constituency

Thakurganj is an assembly constituency in Kishanganj district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Thakurganj
Constituency No. 53 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Division	Purnia
District	Kishanganj
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Saud Alam
Party	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Elected year	2020
Preceded by	Naushad Alam

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 53 Thakurganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Thakurganj community development block; Singhimari, Lohagarha, Satkauwa, Dighalbank, Dhantola, Karuamani, Mangra, Jagir Padampur, Tarabari Padampur, Ikra, Dahibhat, Atgachhia and Tulshia gram panchayats of Dighalbank CD Block.^[1]

Thakururganj Assembly constituency is part of No 10 Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Members of Bihar Legislative Assembly

Following is the list of Members of Legislative Assembly from Thakurganj Assembly constituency.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]}

Year	Name[18]	Party
1952	Anant Kant Basu		Indian National Congress
1967	Mohammed Hussain Azad
1969
1972
1977	Mohamad Sulemam		Janata Party
1980	Mohammed Hussain Azad		Indian National Congress
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Mohamad Sulemam		Janata Dal
1995	Sikander Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Mohammad Jawed		Indian National Congress
2005
2005	Gopal Kumar Agarwal		Samajwadi Party
2010	Naushad Alam		Lok Janshakti Party
2015			Janata Dal (United)
2020	Saud Alam		Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Naushad Alam of LJP won the Thakurganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Gopal Kumar Agarwal of JD(U). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Gopal Kumar Agarwal of SP defeated Dr. Md. Jawaid CongressOctober 2005. Dr. Md. Jawaid of Congress defeated Tara Chand Dhanuka of SP in February 2000. Sikander Singh of BJP defeated Dr. Md. Jawaid of Congress in 1995. Md. Suleman of JD defeated Md. Husen Azad of Congress in 1990. Md. Husen Azad of Congress defeated Md. Suleman of JP in 1985 and of Janata Party (JP) in 1980. Md. Suleman of JP defeated Md. Husen Azad of Congress in 1977.^[19][20][21]

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Thakurganj^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Saud Alam	79,909	41.48
	Independent	Gopal Kumar Agarwal	56,022	29.08
	JD(U)	Naushad Alam	22,082	11.46	−29.77
	AIMIM	Mahbub Alam	18,925	9.82
	Independent	Shakir Alam	2,701	1.4
	LJP	Md. Kalimuddin	2,490	1.29	−35.45
	JAP(L)	Devbret Kumar Ganesh	2,479	1.29	+0.42
	Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party	Shahanavaj	1,919	1.0
	NOTA	None of the above	2,976	1.54	−0.71
Majority			23,887	12.4	+7.91
Turnout			192,628	66.14	−3.86
	RJD gain from JD(U)		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Thakurganj^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Naushad Alam (Tatpauwa)	74,239	41.23
	LJP	Gopal Kumar Agrawal	66,152	36.74
	SP	Faiyaz Alam	12,136	6.74
	JMM	Ahmad Hussain	11,176	6.21
	Independent	Chitranjan Singh	3,693	2.05
	Independent	Mustak Alam	3,137	1.74
	NOTA	None of the above	4,058	2.25
Majority			8,087	4.49
Turnout			180,049	70.0