Kalyanpur, Purvi Champaran (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kalyanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Hindi: कल्यानपुर विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is an assembly constituency in Purvi Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

For disambiguation, see Kalyanpur.
Kalyanpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kalyanpur
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°30′51″N 84°50′54″E
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictPurvi Champaran
Constituency No16
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency3. Purvi Champaran
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Overview

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 16. Kalyanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Kotwa community development block; Parsauni Wazid, Bakhri, Kalyanpur, Barharwa Mahanand, Siswa Shobh, Brindaban, Pakari Dixit, Siswa Kharar, Patna, Gariba, Shambhu Chak, Sitalpur, Koela Belwa, Bhuwan Chhapra, Banshghat, North Gawandra, South Gawandra and Mani Chhapra gram panchayats of Kalyanpur CD Block.[1]

Kalyanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 3. Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Election results

In the November 08 2015 state assembly elections, Sachindra singh bhartiya janta party(BJP) won the newly created 16 Kalyanpur assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Raziya khatoon of janta dal united(JDU).[2]

Assembly Elections 2020
2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kalyanpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sachindra Prasad Singh 71626 44.61
RJD Manoj Kumar Yadav 72819 45.35
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Manoj Kumar Yadav gain from Sachindra Prasad Singh Swing

References
  1. "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  2. "Razia Khatoon JD(U) won in Kalyanpur". TPR One. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
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