Chakai Assembly constituency

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Chakai Assembly constituency

| type = SLA

| map_image = 243-Chakai constituency.svg

| map_caption =

| map_alt =

| mla = Sumit Kumar Singh
{{Small|Minister of Science and Technology, Bihar}}

| party = {{Party index link|Independent}}

| alliance = NDA

| latest_election_year = 2020

| preceded_by = Mrs. Savitri Devi, 20px {{Party index link|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}

| region =

| state = Bihar

| district = Jamui

| division =

| loksabha_cons = Jamui (Lok Sabha constituency)

| constituency_no = 243

| established = 1962

| electors =

| incumbent_image =

| abolished =

}}

{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Bihar, India}}

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

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

Chakai Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency for Bihar Legislative Assembly in Jamui district of Bihar, India. It comes under Jamui (Lok Sabha constituency).{{Cite web|url=https://jamui.nic.in/constituencies/|title=Constituencies {{!}} Welcome to Jamui District Official Website {{!}} India|language=en-US|access-date=5 March 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/chakai.html|title=Chakai Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs|website=www.elections.in|access-date=5 March 2020}}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Member

! colspan="2" |Party

1962

|Lakhan Murmu

|{{Full party name with color|Socialist Party (India)}}

1967

| rowspan="2" |Shrikrishna Singh

| {{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party|rowspan=2}}

1969
1972

|Chaudra Shakar Singh

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

1977

| rowspan="2" |Phalguni Prasad Yadav

|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}

1980

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

1985

| rowspan="2" |Narendra Singh

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

1990

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

1995

|Phalguni Prasad Yadav

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

2000

|Narendra Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}

2005

|Abhay Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Lok Janshakti Party}}

2005

|Phalguni Prasad Yadav

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

2010

|Sumit Kumar Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}

2015

|Savitri Devi

|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}

2020

|Sumit Kumar Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}

Election results

=2020=

{{Election box begin|

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Sumit Kumar Singh

|votes = 45,548

|percentage = 24.02

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Rashtriya Janata Dal|candidate= Savitri Devi|votes=44,967|percentage=23.71|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janata Dal (United)|candidate=Sanjay Prasad|votes=39,319|percentage=20.73|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Lok Janshakti Party|candidate=Sanjay Kumar Mandal|votes=22,635|percentage=11.94|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|candidate=Elizabeth Soren|votes=16,985|percentage=8.96|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=6,521|percentage=3.44|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=|candidate=Rest of the candidates|votes=~13,500|percentage=7.00|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=581|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,89,716|percentage=66.09|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Independent politician

|loser = Rashtriya Janata Dal

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

References

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