Kahalgaon Assembly constituency

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

{{Infobox Indian constituency

|name = Kahalgaon Assembly constituency

|type= SLA

| map_image = 155-Kahalgaon constituency.svg

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|mla = Pawan Kumar Yadav

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|alliance =

| latest_election_year = 2020

|region =

|state = Bihar

|district = Bhagalpur

|division =

| loksabha_cons =

|constituency_no = 155

|established = 1951

|electors =

|reservation =None

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

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

Kahalgaon Assembly constituency is one of 243 legislative assemblies of Bihar. It is a part of the Bhagalpur lok sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies: Gopalpur, Pirpainti, Bihpur, Bhagalpur and Nathnagar.{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/bihar/parliamentary-constituencies/bhagalpur.html | title=Bhagalpur Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher=elections.in | access-date=10 March 2014}}

Overview

Kahalgaon comprises CD Blocks Goradih & Sonhoula; Gram Panchayats Parashathdih (Shankarpur Khawas), Kodwar, Janidih, Pakkisarai, Dhanora,

Maishamunda, Ekchari, Bholsar, Ogree, Shyampur & Nagar Panchayat Kahalgaon of Kahalgaon CD Block.{{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 = 2013-12-20 }}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year

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! colspan="2" |Party

1952

| Ramjanam Mahton

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}

1957

| Bhola Nath Chaubey

1962

| Syed Maqbool Ahmad

1967

| Nageshwar Prasad Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}

1969

| rowspan="5" | Sadanand Singh

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}

1972
1977
1980

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}

1985

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

1990

| rowspan="2" | Mahesh Prasad Mandal

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

1995
2000

| rowspan="2" | Sadanand Singh

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

2005
2005

| Ajay Kumar Mandal

|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y}}

2010

| rowspan="2" |Sadanand Singh

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

2015
2020

|Pawan Kumar Yadav

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

Election results

= 2020 =

{{Election box begin|

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Pawan Kumar Yadav

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 1,15,538

|percentage = 56.23%

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Shubhanand Mukesh

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 72,645

|percentage = 35.36%

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=2015=

{{Election box begin | title=2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kahalgaon[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/ Bihar Assembly Election 2015]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Sadanand Singh

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 64,981

|percentage = 37.83

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Niraj Kumar Mandal

|party = Lok Janshakti Party

|votes = 43,752

|percentage = 25.47

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes=171,783

|percentage=57.48

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 308,196

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=2010=

{{Election box begin | title=Bihar assembly elections, 2010: Kahalgaon[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2010/stat_BR_Nov2010.pdf Bihar Assembly Election 2010]}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Sadanand Singh

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 44,936

|percentage = 33.97

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Kahkashan Perween

|party = Janata Dal (United)

|votes = 36,001

|percentage = 27.21

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{{Election box end}}

Candidate शोभा कांत मंडल

Party राष्ट्रीय जनता दल

See also

References

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