Kadwa
Constituency No. 64 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictKatihar
LS constituencyKatihar
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2020

Kadwa Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Katihar's best village is Sonaili.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 64. Kadwa Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kadwa and Dandkhora community development blocks.[1]

Kadwa Assembly constituency is part of No 11 Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Name[2] Party
1952 Jiwats Himansu Sharma Indian National Congress
1957 Mohiuddin Mokhtar
1962 Kamal Nath Jha
1977 Khaja Shahid Hussain Independent
1980 Mangan Insan
1985 Usman Ghani Indian National Congress
1990 Abdul Jalil Independent
1995 Bhola Ray Bharatiya Janata Party
2000 Himraj Singh Independent
2005 Abdul Jalil Nationalist Congress Party
2005
2010 Bhola Ray Bharatiya Janata Party
2015 Shakeel Ahmad Khan Indian National Congress
2020

Election results

1977-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Bhola Ray of BJP won the Kadwa assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Himraj Singh of NCP.[3] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Abdul Jalil of NCP defeated Himraj Singh representing BJP in October 2005 and Bhola Ray of BJP in February 2005. Himraj Singh, Independent, defeated Abdul Jalil representing RJD in 2000. Bhola Ray of BJP defeated Gulam Asraf of JD in 1995. Abdul Jalil, Independent, defeated Bhola Ray of BJP in 1990. Usman Ghani of Congress defeated Khaja Shahid, Independent, in 1985. Mangan Insan, Independent, defeated Usman Ghani of Congress in 1980. Khaja Shahid Hussain, Independent, defeated Mangan Insan, Independent, in 1977.[4]

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Kadwa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Janata Dal (United) Suraj Prasad Rai
LJP Chandra Bhushan Thakur
INC Shakeel Ahmad Khan
PP Er. Manish Kumar Mandal
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

References

  1. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Kadwa Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ↑ "Bihar - Kadwa". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "143 - Kadwa Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 January 2011.

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