Chainpur Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Bihar legislative assembly in India}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Chainpur Assembly constituency

| type = SLA

| map_image = 206-Chainpur constituency.svg

| map_caption =

| map_alt =

| mla = Md. Zama Khan
{{Small|Minister of Minority Affairs, Bihar}}

| party = Won as : 20px {{Party index link|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
Current : 20px {{Party index link|Janata Dal (United)}}

| alliance = NDA

| latest_election_year = 2020

| preceded_by = Brij Kishor Bind
{{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| state = Bihar

| district = Kaimur

| division =

| loksabha_cons =

| constituency_no = 206

| established = 1951

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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

Chainpur Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It comes under Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency.{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/bihar/parliamentary-constituencies/sasaram.html | title=Sasaram Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher=elections.in | access-date=30 December 2017}}

Overview

Chainpur comprises Community Blocks of Chand, Chainpur, Adhaura & Bhagwanpur.{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2017-12-30 }}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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!Year

!Member{{Cite web |title=Chainpur (Bihar) Assembly Election Results 2015 - Winner and Runner-up Candidates |url=http://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/chainpur.html |access-date=2017-12-29 |website=www.elections.in}}

! colspan="2" |Party

1952

|Gu i Nath Singh

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}

1967

|Mangal Charan Singh

1969

|Badri Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}

1972

| rowspan="3" |Lalmuni Chaubey

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}

1977

|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

1980

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

1985

|Parwez Ahsan Khan

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1990

|Lalmuni Chaubey

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

1995

| rowspan="4" |Mahabali Singh

| {{Full party name with color|Bahujan Samaj Party|rowspan=2}}

2000
2005

| {{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}

2005
2009^

| rowspan="3" |Brij Kishor Bind

| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}

2010
2015
2020

|Mohd Zama Khan

|{{Full party name with color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}{{efn|Elected as BSP candidate switched to JD(U)}}

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Election results

= 2020 =

{{Election box begin|

|title=Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Chainpur}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Mohd Zama Khan

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|votes = 95,245

|percentage = 46.24

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Brij Kishor Bind

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 70,951

|percentage = 34.45

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 24,294

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{{Election box registered electors

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|ref={{cite web |title=Bihar Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020/ |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 May 2022}}

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Bahujan Samaj Party

|loser = BJP

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{{Election box end}}

=2010=

{{Election box begin|

|title=Bihar Assembly election, 2010: Chainpur}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Brij Kishor Bind

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 46510

|percentage = 32.75

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Dr. Ajay Alok

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|votes = 32930

|percentage = 23.18

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Mohd Zama Khan

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 19,552

|percentage =

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|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party

|loser = Bahujan Samaj Party

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{{Election box end}}

See also

References

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