Kochadhaman (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kochadhaman (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Hindi: कोचाधामिन विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is an assembly constituency in Kishanganj district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Kochadhaman
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kochadhaman
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°07′55″N 87°50′02″E
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictKishanganj
Constituency No55
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency10. Kishanganj
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 55 Kochadhamin (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Kochadhamin community development block; Belwa, Gachhpara, Chakla, Mehangaon, Daula and Pichhla gram panchayats of Kishanganj CD Block.[1]

Kochadhaman Vidhan Sabha constituency is part of No 10 Kishanganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Following is the list of Members of Legislative Assembly from Kochadhaman Vidhan Sabha.[2][3]

Vidhan SabhaDurationMember of Legislative AssemblyParty
Seventeenth 2020-present Muhammad Izhar Asfi AIMIM
Sixteenth 2015-20 Mujahid Alam JD(U)
Fifteenth 2014-15 Mujahid Alam JD(U)
2010-14 Akhtarul Iman Rashtriya Janata Dal
Fourteenth 2005-10 n/a n/a

Election results

2015

Mujahid Alam of JDU defeated Akhtarul Iman of AIMIM.Bjp candidate Abdur Rahman got third position in this election. [4][5]

Assembly Elections 2015
2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kochadhaman
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIMIM Akhtarul Iman 37086
JD(U) Mujahid Alam 55929
JD(U) gain from JD(U) Swing

Assembly Elections 2020
2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kochadhaman
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIMIM Muhammad Izhar Asfi 79893 49.45%
JD(U) Mujahid Alam 43750 27.08%
LJP Habibur Rahman 1606 0.99%
RJD Shahid Alam 26134 16.18%
NOTA None of the above 2953 1.83%
Majority 36143
Turnout 161568
AIMIM gain from JD(U) 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. "mujahid alam vidhan sabha profile" (PDF).
  3. "15th bihar vidhan sabha members web archive" (PDF). web archive.
  4. "Bihar Assembly Election 2015 Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  5. "Bihar - Kochadhaman". Bihar Assembly Elections Results. Election Commission of India.
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