Khagaria Assembly constituency

25°30′22″N 86°28′16″E / 25.50611°N 86.47111°E / 25.50611; 86.47111

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Khagaria
Constituency No. 149 - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Khagaria
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Chhatrapati Yadav
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2020

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

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 149 Khagaria Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Khagaria municipality; Mansi community development block; Bhadas Dakshini, Bhadas Uttari, Kasimpur, Mathurapur, Bachhouta, Sanhouli, Ranko, Sansarpur, Gourashakti, Marar Dakshni, Marar Uttari, Rasounk, Uttar Marar, Rahimpur Uttari, Rahimpur Madhya, Rahimpur Dakshin, Labhganva, Kothia gram panchayats of Khagaria CD Block.^[3]

Khagaria Assembly constituency is part of No. 25 Khagaria (Lok Sabha constituency).^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Name^[4]
1952	Dwarika Prasad	Indian National Congress
1957	Kedar Narayan Singh Azad
1962	Kedar Narayan Singh Azad
1967	Ram Bahadur Azad	Samyukta Socialist Party
1969	Ram Bahadur Azad	Samyukta Socialist Party
1972	Ram Sharan Yadav	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977		Independent
1980		Janata Party
1985	Satyadeo Singh	Indian National Congress
1990	Ranveer Yadav	Independent
1995	Chandramukhi Devi	Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Yogendra Singh	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2005	Poonam Devi Yadav	Lok Janshakti Party
2005		Janata Dal (United)
2010
2015
2020	Chhatrapati Yadav	Indian National Congress

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Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Khagaria
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Chhatrapati Yadav	46,980	31.14%
	JD(U)	Poonam Devi Yadav	43980	29.15%
	LJP	Renu Kumari	20719	13.73%
Majority			3000
Turnout			150857
Registered electors			260,064
	INC gain from JD(U)		Swing

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Khagaria^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Poonam Devi Yadav	64,767	46.41
	HAM(S)	Rajesh Kumar	39,202	28.09
Turnout			139,541	59.05
Registered electors			236,306
	JD(U) hold		Swing

References

^ "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs".
^ "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).
^ ^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.
^ "Khagaria Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ "Khagaria Election Results since 1977". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
^ "165 - Khagaria Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
^ Bihar Assembly Election 2015