Jehanabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Jehanabad (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Jehanabad district and South Bihar region of Bihar. It is the part of 36 Jahanabad

216 Jehanabad
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Jehanabad
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictJehanabad
Constituency No216
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency36 Jehanabad
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Parliamentary constituency.[1]

Overview

There are 2,86,098 voters in the constituency of which 1,50,106 are male, 1,35,984 female and 8 others.[2] In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Jehanabad assembly constituency is one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[3]

Member of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political Party
1951Sheobhajan SinghSP
1962Mahabir ChaudharyIndian National Congress
1977Ram Chander Singh YadavJanata Party
1980Tara GuptaIndian National Congress
1985Syed Asgar HussainIndian National Congress
1990Hari Lal Prasad SinhaIndependent
1995Mudrika Singh YadavJanata Dal
2000Munni Lal YadavRashtriya Janata Dal
2005 (Feb)Sachidanand Nand YadavRashtriya Janata Dal
2005 (Oct)Sachidanand Nand YadavRashtriya Janata Dal
2010Abhiram SharmaJDU
2015Mudrika Singh YadavRashtriya Janata Dal
2018 (by poll)Suday YadavRashtriya Janata Dal
2020-IncumbentSuday YadavRashtriya Janata Dal

Election Results

Assembly Elections 2020
2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Jehanabad
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Krishnanandan Prasad Verma 41128 25.78
LJP Indu Devi Kashyap 24176 15.15
RJD Suday Yadav 75030 47.03
NOTA None of the above 2388 1.5
Majority
Turnout
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

References
  1. "Jahanabad Legislative Assembly bye Elections 2018 | Jehanabad". Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. "Jehanabad (Jahanabad) By Election Result 2018 Live | Vidhan Sabha By Elections (Polls) Live Results". News18. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  3. "Direction regarding use of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System (VVPAT) in Bihar Election". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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