Amnour (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Amnour
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Amnour
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°58′30″N 84°54′32″E / 25.97500°N 84.90889°E / 25.97500; 84.90889Coordinates: 25°58′30″N 84°54′32″E / 25.97500°N 84.90889°E / 25.97500; 84.90889
Country  India
State Bihar
District Saran
Constituency No. 120
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 20. Saran
Electoral system First past the post

Amnour (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Hindi: अमनौर विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is an assembly constituency in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 120 Amnour (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Amnour and Maker community development blocks; Sobhepur, Pachrukhi, Bheldi, Pachalakh, Chandpura and Saguni gram panchayats of Parsa CD Block.[1]

Amnour (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 20 Saran (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] Sanjay Singh Actor,Producer and Social Activist belongs to this constituency

In Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2015, voters of Chandila village of Maker block in Amnour (Vidhan Sabha constituency) completed boycotted the polling and no votes was cast in protest against the government's failure to bring electricity to their village.[2][3]

Election Results

In the 2015 state assembly elections, Shatrughan Tiwari of Bharatiya Janata Party won the Amnour assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Krishna Kumar of Janata Dal (United).[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "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 2011-01-10.
  2. ↑ http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bihar-polls-no-electrification-no-vote-at-sarans-chandila-village/articleshow/49566945.cms
  3. ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bihar-elections-villagers-boycott-polls-want-bijli-first-in-chandila/1/509871.html
  4. ↑ "Bihar - Amnour". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-02-25.
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