Islampur, Bihar Assembly constituency

Legislative assembly of Bihar, India

Islampur, Bihar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 174 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rakesh Kumar Raushan
Party	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Elected year	2020

Islampur is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is a part of Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Rajgir, Harnaut, Hilsa, Nalanda, Asthawan and Biharsharif.^[1]

Overview

Islampur comprises CD Blocks Islampur and Ekangarsarai.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1952	Chowdhary Mohamad Afaque	Indian National Congress
1962	Shyam Sunder Prasad	Swatantra Party
1967	Shyam Sunder Prasad	Indian National Congress
1969	Ramsaran Prasad Singh	Praja Socialist Party
1972	Ramsaran Prasad Singh	Independent politician
1977	Krishan Ballabh Prasad	Communist Party of India
1980	Pankaj Kumar Sinha	Indian National Congress
1985	Ram Swaroop Prasad	Indian National Congress
1990	Krishan Ballabh Prasad	Communist Party of India
1995	Krishan Ballabh Prasad	Communist Party of India
2000	Ram Swaroop Prasad	Samata Party
2005		Janata Dal
2005
2007^	Pratima Sinha
2010	Rajiv Ranjan
2015	Chandrasen Prasad
2020	Rakesh Kumar Raushan	Rashtriya Janata Dal

^by-election

Election results

2020

Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2020: Islampur^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RJD	Rakesh Kumar Roushan	68,088	41.65
	JD(U)	Chandrasen Prasad	64,390	39.39
Majority
Turnout
	RJD gain from JD(U)		Swing

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Islampur^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Chandrasen Prasad	66,587	46.89
	BJP	Birendra Gope	43,985	30.97
Majority
Turnout
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2010

Bihar assembly elections, 2010: Islampur^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Rajib Ranjan	56,332	49.24
	RJD	Virendra Gop	32524	28.43
Majority
Turnout
	JD(U) hold		Swing

Sources

Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1951
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1957
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1962
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1967
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1969
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1972
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1980
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1985
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1990
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1995
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2000
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2005
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2010

References

^ "Nalanda Parliamentary Constituencies". Elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
^ "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 20 December 2013.
^ "Election Commission of India".
^ Bihar Assembly Election 2015
^ Bihar Assembly Election 2010