Kalyanpur, Samastipur Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Kalyanpur
Constituency No. 131 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Samastipur
LS constituency	Samastipur
Established	1967
Reservation	SC

Elected year	2020

Kalyanpur is an assembly constituency in Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

History

In this constituency, the contest for political representation used to be in between the members of Koeri and Bhumihar caste until 2010, when the constituency was reserved for the Schedule Castes. The reservation of the constituency led to dilution of the caste based mobilisation of the candidates from the two castes. However, the political history of the constituency shows that for most of the times, this constituency has elected a legislator belonging to Koeri caste. The legislators belonging to the Koeri caste are Brahmdeo Narain Singh, Sita Sinha, Ashok Prasad Verma and Ashwamedh Devi among others.^[1]^[2]

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 131 Kalyanpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kalyanpur and Pusa community development blocks.^[3]

Kalyanpur Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 23 Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Name
1967	Brahmdeo Narain Singh	Samyukta Socialist Party
1969	Brahmdeo Narain Singh	Samyukta Socialist Party
1972	Ram Naresh Trivedi	Indian National Congress
1977	Bashistha Narayan Singh	Janata Party
1980	Ram Sukumari Devi	Indian National Congress
1985	Bashistha Narayan Singh	Lokdal
1990	Dilip Kumar Rai	Indian National Congress
1995	Sita Sinha	Janata Dal
2000	Ashwamedh Devi	Samata Party
2005	Ashok Prasad Verma	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Ashwamedh Devi	Janata Dal (United)
2009^	Ashok Prasad Verma	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2010	Ram Sewak Hazari	Janata Dal (United)
2013^	Manju Kumari
2015	Maheshwar Hazari
2020	Maheshwar Hazari

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Kalyanpur, Samastipur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(ML)	Ranjeet Kumar Ram	62,028	33%
	JD(U)	Maheshwar Hazari	72,279	38.46%	-12%
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,899	3.67%
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors				^[4]
	gain from		Swing

^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Kalyanpur Election Result 2020: जेडीयू के महेश्वर हजारी जीते, भाकपा माले को दी मात". Aajtak. 10 November 2020. Archived from the original on 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
^ "कल्याणपुर सीटः 1990 के बाद कांग्रेस को नहीं मिली जीत, इस बार जदयू बचा पाएगी सीट?". Aajtak. 19 September 2020. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
^ ^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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 20 April 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "Bihar - Kalyanpur". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
^ "Bihar By-Election-2009 Results". This is my Bihar. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
^ "93 - Kalyanpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2011.