Kusheshwar Asthan
Constituency for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictDarbhanga
LS constituencySamastipur
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyJanata Dal (United)
Elected year2021

Kusheshwar Asthan is an assembly constituency in Darbhanga district in the Indian state of Bihar, headquartered in the town of Kusheshwar Asthan. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 78 Kusheshwar Asthan Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Kusheshwar Asthan and Kusheshwar Asthan Purbi community development blocks; Uchhti, Afzala, Akbarpur Baink, Sonpur Paghari, Ganaura Tarwara, Ladaho, Pokhram North and Pokhram South of Biraul CD Block.[1]

Kusheshwar Asthan Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 23 Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name Party
Till 2008 : Constituency did not exist
2010 Shashi Bhushan Hazari Bharatiya Janata Party
2015 Janata Dal
2020
2021^[2] Aman Bhushan Hajari

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Election results

2021 By election

By-election, 2021: Kusheshwar Asthan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Janata Dal (United) Aman Bhushan Hajari 59,887 45.72 +6.17
RJD Ganesh Bharti 47,192 36.02 New
LJP Anju Devi 5,623 4.29 -5.50
INC Atirek Kumar 5,603 4.28 -29.98
Margin of victory 12,695 9.70
Turnout 1,31,007 50.92
Janata Dal (United) hold Swing

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Kusheshwar Asthan[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Janata Dal (United) Shashi Bhushan Hazari 53,980 39.55
INC Ashok Kumar 46,758 34.26
LJP Poonam Kumari 13,362 9.79
IND Kameshwar Ram 3,864 2.83
IND Yogi Chaupal 3,864 2.56
Majority 7,222 5.42
Turnout 1,36,481 54.32
Janata Dal (United) hold Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kusheshwar Asthan[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Janata Dal (United) Shashi Bhushan Hazari 50,062 43.04
LJP Dhananjay Kumar (A) Mrinal Paswan 30,212 25.98
NOTA None of the above 7,183 6.18
CPI Rajendra Prasad 5,706 4.91
IND Vinay Kumar 4,678 4.02
Majority 19,850 18.20
Turnout 1,16,303 51.17
Janata Dal (United) gain from BJP Swing

2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kusheshwar Asthan[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shashi Bhushan Hajari 28,576 31.58
LJP Ramchandra Paswan 23,064 25.49
INC Ashok Kumar 17,142 18.95
IND Ramottar Paswan 7,549 8.34
IND Ram Bahadur Bharti 3,084 3.41
Majority 5,512 6.09
Turnout 90,475 45.59
BJP win (new seat)

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. ↑ The Wire (2 November 2021). "Bihar By-Poll: JD(U) Wins Both Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur Seats". Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  4. ↑ Bihar Assembly Election 2015
  5. ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2010". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
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