Nathnagar Assembly constituency

Nathnagar Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It comes under Bhagalpur Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Gopalpur, Pirpainti, Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur and Bihpur.[1]

Nathnagar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 158 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictBhagalpur
Established1967
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyRashtriya Janata Dal
AllianceMahagatbandhan
Elected year2020

Overview

Nathnagar comprises CD Blocks Nathnagar & Sabour; Gram Panchayats Puraini North, Puraini South, Baluachak Puraini, Sanholi, Baijani, Khiribandh, Jamani, Saino, Bhawanipur Desri, Chandapur, Jagdishpur, Sonuchak-Puraini, Imampur, Shajangi cense town & Habibpur Nagar Panchayat of Jagdishpur CD Block.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearName[3]Party
1967K. JhaIndian National Congress
1969Chunchun Prasad YadavBharatiya Jana Sangh
1972Indian National Congress
1977Sudha SrivastavaJanata Party
1980Talib AnsariIndian National Congress
1985Chunchun Prasad YadavLokdal
1990Sudha SrivastavaJanata Dal
1995Lutfur Rahman
2000Sudha SrivastavaSamata Party
2005Janata Dal
2005
2010Ajay Kumar Mandal
2015
2019^[4]Lakshmikant Mandal
2020Ali Ashraf SiddiquiRashtriya Janata Dal

^by-election

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Nathnagar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJDAli Ashraf Siddiqui 78,832 40.41
JD(U)Lakshmi Kant Mandal71,07636.44
LJPAmar Nath Prasad (Amar Singh Kushwaha)14,7157.54
BSPAshok Kumar9,6594.95
Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the Above)~20,00010.00
Majority7,756
Turnout
Registered electors[5]
RJD gain from JD(U)Swing

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Nathnagar[6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U)Ajay Kumar Mandal66,48539.16
LJPAmar Nath Prasad58,66034.67
Turnout169,78756.47
Registered electors300,682

References