Sheohar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Sheohar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Hindi pronunciation: Shivahar Vidhan Sabha Nirvachan Kshetra) is an assembly constituency in Sheohar district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Sheohar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Sheohar
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°31′N 85°18′E
Ind India
StateBihar
DistrictSheohar
Constituency No22
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency4. Sheohar
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Overview

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 22. Sheohar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Sheohar, Piprarhi, Dumri Katsari and Purnahiya community development blocks.[1]

Sheohar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 4. Sheohar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political Party
1977 Raghunath Jha Indian National Congress
1980 Raghunath Jha Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Raghunath Jha Janata Party
1990 Raghunath Jha Janata Dal
1995 Raghunath Jha Janata Dal
2000 Satyanarayan Prasad Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 (Feb) Ajit Kumar Jha Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 (Oct) Ajit Kumar Jha Rashtriya Janata Dal
2010 Sharfuddin Janata Dal (United)
2015 Sharfuddin Janata Dal (United)
2020 Chetan Anand (RJD)

Election results

1977-2010

In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Sharfuddin of JD(U) won the 22 Sheohar assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Pratima Devi of BSP. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ajit Kumar Jha of RJD defeated Ratnakar Thakur of JD(U) in October 2005 and February 2005. Satyanarayan Prasad of RJD defeated Ajit Kumar Jha representing SAP in 2000. Raghunath Jha of JD defeated Anand Mohan of BPP in 1995, Diwakar Thakur of Congress in 1990, Bharat Prasad Singh of Congress in 1985, Jafir Alam, Independent, in 1980 and Thakur Chittaranjan Singh of Janata Party in 1977.[2][3]

Assembly elections 2020
2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sheohar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Chetan Anand Singh 73143 42.69
JD(U) Sharfuddin 36457 21.28
LJP Vijay Kumar Pandey 18,748 10.94
PP Ranjeev Kumar Jha 1,248 0.73
NOTA None of the above 3,711 2.17
Majority
Turnout
RJD gain from JDU 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. "Sheohar election results". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  3. "66 - Sheohar Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
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