Supaul Assembly constituency

Supaul Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Supaul district in the Indian state of Bihar. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Supaul will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[1][2]

Supaul
Constituency No. 43 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictSupaul
Established1951
Elected year2020

Overview

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As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 43 Supaul Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Supaul municipality; Gopalpur Sire, Bakaur, Ghuran, Baruari, Pipra Khurd, Ramdatt Patti, Balwa, Karnpur, Laukha, Basbitti, Goth Baruari, Ekma, Balha, Bairo, Sukhpur Solhni, Telwa, Bairiya, Chainsinghpatti, Malhni, Parsarma Parsauni gram panchayats of Supaul community development block; and Marauna CD Block.[3]

Supaul Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Supaul (Lok Sabha constituency).[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Name[4] Party
1952 Lahton Choudhary Indian National Congress
1957 Parmeshwar Kumar Praja Socialist Party
1958^ Lahton Choudhary Indian National Congress
1962 Parmeshwar Kumar Praja Socialist Party
1967 Uma Shanker Singh Indian National Congress
1969
1972
1977 Amarendra Prasad Singh Janata Party
1980 Uma Shankar Singh Indian National Congress
1985 Pramod Kumar Singh Indian National Congress
1990 Bijendra Prasad Yadav Janata Dal
1995
2000 Janata Dal
2005
2005
2010
2015
2020

^denotes by-election

Election results

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2020

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2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Supaul
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Bijendra Prasad Yadav
LJP Prabhash Chandra Mandal
RJD Minnauttallah Rahmani
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

References

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  1. ^ "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs".
  2. ^ "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).
  3. ^ a b "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.
  4. ^ "Supaul Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
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