Kesaria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kesaria (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Purvi Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Kesaria
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kesaria
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°20′21″N 84°51′00″E
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictPurvi Champaran
Constituency No15
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency3. Purvi Champaran
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Overview

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 15. Kesaria (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 3. Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Motihari (Lok Sabha constituency).

Election results
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 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]

References
  1. "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. "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
  3. "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
  4. "Bihar Assembly elections 2010". Archived from the original on 2010-11-27. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  5. "18 - Kesariya Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
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