Kasba, Bihar Assembly constituency

25°51′N 87°33′E / 25.850°N 87.550°E / 25.850; 87.550

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Kasba, Bihar
Constituency No. 58 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Purnia
Established	1967
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Md Afaque Alam
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2020

Kasba Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 58 Kasba Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kasba, Srinagar and Jalalgarh community development blocks; Kohbara, Bela Rikabganj and Jhunni Istambrar gram panchayats of Krityanand Nagar CD Block.^[1]

Kasba Assembly constituency is part of No 12 Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Name^[2]
1967	Ram Narayan Mandal	Indian National Congress
1969
1972
1977	Jai Narayan Mehta
1980	Mohammed Yasin	Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Syed Gulam Hussein	Indian National Congress
1990	Shiv Charan Mehta	Janata Dal
1995	Pradeep Kumar Das	Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Pradeep Kumar Das	Bharatiya Janata Party
2005	Md Afaque Alam	Samajwadi Party
2005	Pradeep Kumar Das	Bharatiya Janata Party
2010	Md Afaque Alam	Indian National Congress
2015
2020

Election results

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Md. Afaque Alam of Congress won the Kasba, seat defeating his nearest rival Pradip Kumar Das of BJP.^[3] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Pradip Kumar Das of BJP defeated Md. Afaque Alam representing RJD in October 2005. Md. Afaque Alam representing SP defeated Pradip Kumar Das of BJP in February 2005. Pradip Kumar Das of BJP defeated Md. Afaque Alam, Independent, in 2000 and Shiv Charan Mehta of JD in 1995. Shiv Charan Mehta of JD defeated Md. Yasin of Congress in 1990. Syed Gulam Hussein of Congress defeated Sheo Charan Mehta of Lok Dal in 1985. Md. Yasin of Congress defeated Shiv Charan Mehta of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) in 1980. Jai Narayan Mehta of Congress defeated Bhubneshwar Arya of JP in 1977.

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Hayat Ashraf The Plurals Party Youngest Candidate Kasba Assembly 2020 Assembly election

2020

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Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Indian National Congress	Md Afaque Alam	77410
The Plurals Party	Hayat Ashraf	01581

References

^ ^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.
^ "Kasba Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ "Bihar - Kasba". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
^ "138 - Kasba Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
^ "Bihar Legislative Election, 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2023.