Kesaria Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Kesaria
Constituency No. 15 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	East Champaran
Established	1951
Reservation	None

Elected year	2020

26°20′21″N 84°51′00″E / 26.33917°N 84.85000°E / 26.33917; 84.85000

Kesaria Assembly constituency, sometimes spelt 'Kesariya', is an assembly constituency in East Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 15. Kesaria Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kesaria community development block; Uttari Bariyaria, Paschhimi Madhubani, Uttari Madhubani, Dakshini Madhubani, Purbi Madhubani, Bhatwalia, Barwa, Bariyaria Tolarajpur, Uttari Bhawanipur, Dakshini Bhawanipur and Dumariya gram panchayats of Sangrampur CD Block; Dilawarpur, Rajpur, Darmaha, Raghunathpur, Medan Sirisiya and Pipra Khem gram panchayats of Kalyanpur CD Block.^[1]

Kesaria Assembly constituency is part of 3. Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1] It was earlier part of Motihari (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Year	Name
1952	Prabhawati Gupta	Indian National Congress
1957	Prabhawati Gupta	Indian National Congress
1962	Pitambar Singh	Communist Party of India
1967	Pitambar Singh	Communist Party of India
1969	Ezaj Hussain Khan	Indian National Congress
1972	Pitambar Singh	Communist Party of India
1977	Pitambar Singh	Communist Party of India
1980	Rai Hari Shankar Sharma	Janata Party (Secular)
1985	Rai Hari Shankar Sharma	Indian National Congress
1990	Yamuna Yadav	Communist Party of India
1995	Yamuna Yadav	Communist Party of India
2000	Obaidullah	Samata Party
2005	Obaidullah	Janata Dal (United)
2005	Rajesh Kumar Raushan	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2010	Sachindra Prasad Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
2015	Rajesh Kumar	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020	Shalini Mishra	Janata Dal (United)

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Kesaria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Shalini Mishra	40219	26.59%
	LJP	Ram Sharan Prasad Yadav	18904	12.5%
	RJD	Santosh Kushawaha	30992	20.49%
	RLSP	Maheshwar Singh	18576	12.28%
Majority			267733
Turnout			151279	56.5
	Shalini Mishra gain from		Swing	jdu gain from rjd

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kesaria constituency^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RJD	Rajesh Kumar	62,902	47.55
	BJP	Rajendra Prasad Gupta	46,955	35.49
	CPI	Ram Saran Prasad Yadav	11,767	8.89
Turnout			132,290	54.93
Registered electors			240,820

2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kesaria constituency^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Sachindra Prasad Singh	34,649	36.67
	CPI	Ram Saran Prasad Yadav	22,966	24.31
	LJP	Maheshwar Singh	12,010	12.71
Turnout			94,480	50.77
Registered electors			186,077

1977-2010

In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Sacchindra Prasad Singh of BJP won the 15 Kesaria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Ramsharan Prasad Yadav of CPI.^[4] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Rajesh Kumar Raushan of RJD defeated Razia Khatoon of JD(U) in October 2005. Obaidullah of JD(U) defeated Rajesh Kumar Raushan of RJD in February 2005. Obaidullah of SAP defeated Yamuna Yadav of KSP in 2000. Yamuna Yadav of CPI defeated Kiran Shukla of BPP in 1995 and Rai Hari Shankar Sharma of BJP in 1990. Rai Hari Shankar Sharma representing Congress defeated Yamuna Yadav of CPI in 1985. Rai Hari Shankar Sharma representing Janata Party (JP) defeated Laxman Singh of Congress in 1980. Pitambar Singh of CPI defeated Rai Hari Shankar Sharma of Janata Party in 1977.^[5]

1967

P. Sinha (CPI): 15,933 votes
M. Prasad (INC): 13544 votes

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.
^ "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
^ "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
^ "Bihar Assembly elections 2010". Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
^ "18 - Kesariya Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 6 January 2011.