Supaul Assembly constituency

Supaul Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Supaul district in the Indian state of Bihar. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Supaul will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[1][2]

Supaul
Constituency No. 43 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictSupaul
Established1951
Elected year2020

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 43 Supaul Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Supaul municipality; Gopalpur Sire, Bakaur, Ghuran, Baruari, Pipra Khurd, Ramdatt Patti, Balwa, Karnpur, Laukha, Basbitti, Goth Baruari, Ekma, Balha, Bairo, Sukhpur Solhni, Telwa, Bairiya, Chainsinghpatti, Malhni, Parsarma Parsauni gram panchayats of Supaul community development block; and Marauna CD Block.[3]

Supaul Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Supaul (Lok Sabha constituency).[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearName[4]Party
1952Lahton ChoudharyIndian National Congress
1957Parmeshwar KumarPraja Socialist Party
1958^Lahton ChoudharyIndian National Congress
1962Parmeshwar KumarPraja Socialist Party
1967Uma Shanker SinghIndian National Congress
1969
1972
1977Amarendra Prasad SinghJanata Party
1980Uma Shankar SinghIndian National Congress
1985Pramod Kumar SinghIndian National Congress
1990Bijendra Prasad YadavJanata Dal
1995
2000Janata Dal
2005
2005
2010
2015
2020

^denotes by-election

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Supaul
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U)Bijendra Prasad Yadav
LJPPrabhash Chandra Mandal
RJDMinnauttallah Rahmani
NOTANone of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain fromSwing

References

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