Simri Bakhtiarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Simri Bakhtiarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Hindi: सिमरी बख़्तियारपुर विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is an assembly constituency in Saharsa district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Simri Bakhtiarpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Simri Bakhtiarpur
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°42′41″N 86°35′45″E
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictSaharsa
Constituency No.76 one block and 15 Panchayat
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency25. Khagaria
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 76 Simri Bakhtiarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Simri-Bakhtiarpur and Salkhua community development blocks; Ghoghepur, Jhara, Aeina, Maheshi North, Maheshi South, Rajanpur, Sirwar Naharwar gram panchayats of Mahishi CD Block.[1]

Simri Bakhtiarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 25 Khagaria (Lok Sabha constituency) Present MP Mahboob Ali Qaiser and MLA D C Yadav.[1]

Member of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political Party
1952 जियालाल मंड Indian National Congress
1967 Chaudhary Md. Salahuddin Indian National Congress
1969Ramchandra PrasadSamyukta Socialist Party
1972Choudhary Mohammad SalahiddinIndian National Congress
1977Choudhary Mohammad SalahiddinIndian National Congress
1980Choudhary Mohammad SalahiddinIndian National Congress
1985Choudhary Mohammad SalahiddinIndian National Congress
1990Dinesh Chandra YadavJanata Dal
1995Mehboob Ali KaiserIndian National Congress
2000Mehboob Ali KaiserIndian National Congress
2005(Feb)Dinesh Chandra YadavJanata Dal (United)
2005(Oct)Dinesh Chandra YadavJanata Dal (United)
2009(by Polls)Mehboob Ali KaiserIndian National Congress
2010Aurn KumarJanata Dal (United)
2015Dinesh Chandra YadavJanata Dal (United)
2019(by Polls)Zafar AlamRashtriya Janata Dal
2020Yusuf SahauddinRashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

1977-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Dr. Arun Kumar of JD(U) won the Simri Bakhtirapur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Choudhry Mehboob Ali Kaisar of Congress.[2] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In the October 2005 and February 2005 state assembly elections Dinesh Chandra Yadav of JD(U) defeated Choudhry Mehboob Ali Kaiser of Congress and Zafar Alam of RJD respectively. Choudhry Md. Mehboob Ali Kaiser of Congress defeated Zafar Alam of RJD in 2000 and Dinesh Chandra Yadav of JD in 1995. Dinesh Chandra Yadav of JD defeated Mehboob Ali Kaiser of Congress in 1990. Choudhary Mohammad Salahuddin of Congress defeated Dinesh Chandra Yadav representing Lok Dal in 1985 and representing Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) in 1980, and Ayodhya Prasad Yadav, Independent, in 1977.[3]

Assembly Elections 2020
2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Simri Bakhtirapur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Yusuf Salahuddin 75684 38.48
LJP Sanjay Kumar Singh 6992 3.54
VIP Mukesh Sehni 73925 37.81
NOTA None of the above 1408 0.72
Majority
Turnout
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]] 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. "Bihar – Simri bakhtiarpur". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  3. "119 - Simri-Bakhtiarpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
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