Kesaria Assembly constituency

{{Infobox Indian constituency

|name = Kesaria

|type= SLA

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| latest_election_year = 2020

|region =

|state = Bihar

|district = East Champaran

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|constituency_no = 15

|established = 1951

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Kesaria, sometimes spelt 'Kesariya', is an assembly constituency in East Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 15. Kesaria Assembly 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.{{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 = 2011-01-10 }}

Kesaria Assembly constituency is part of 3. Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency). It was earlier part of Motihari (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Name

! colspan="2" |Party

1952

| rowspan="2" |Prabhawati Gupta

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

1957

1962

| rowspan="2" |Pitambar Singh

| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}

1967

1969

|Ezaj Hussain Khan

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

1972

| rowspan="2" |Pitambar Singh

| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}

1977

1980

| rowspan="2" |Rai Hari Shankar Sharma

|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party (Secular)}}

1985

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

1990

| rowspan="2" |Yamuna Yadav

| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}

1995

2000

| rowspan="2" |Obaidullah

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

2005

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

2005

|Rajesh Kumar Raushan

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

2010

|Sachindra Prasad Singh

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

2015

|Rajesh Kumar

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

2020

|Shalini Mishra

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

Election results

=2020=

{{Election box begin |title=2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kesaria}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Janata Dal (United)

|candidate = Shalini Mishra

|votes = 40219

|percentage = 26.59%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Lok Janshakti Party

|candidate = Ram Sharan Prasad Yadav

|votes = 18904

|percentage = 12.5%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal

|candidate = Santosh Kushawaha

|votes = 30992

|percentage = 20.49%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Rashtriya Lok Samata Party

|candidate = Maheshwar Singh

|votes = 18576

|percentage = 12.28%

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 267733

|percentage =

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 151279

|percentage = 56.5

|change =

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Janata Dal (United)

|loser = Rashtriya Janata Dal

|swing =

}}

=2015=

{{Election box begin|title=2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kesaria constituency{{Cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/|title=Bihar 2015|website=Election Commission of India}}}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Rashtriya Janata Dal|candidate= Rajesh Kumar|votes=62,902|percentage=47.55|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate= Rajendra Prasad Gupta|votes=46,955|percentage=35.49|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate= Ram Saran Prasad Yadav |votes=11,767|percentage=8.89|change=|}}

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=240,820|change=}}

= 2010 =

{{Election box begin|title=2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kesaria constituency{{Cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3903-bihar-2010/|title=Bihar 2015|website=Election Commission of India}}}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Sachindra Prasad Singh|votes=34,649|percentage=36.67|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate= Ram Saran Prasad Yadav|votes=22,966|percentage=24.31|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party=Lok Janshakti Party

|candidate=Maheshwar Singh

|votes=12,010

|percentage=12.71

|change=

}}

{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=186,077|change=}}

=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.{{cite web |url = http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/7431726-bihar-assembly-election-2010-detailed-list-of-winners-part-4 |title = Bihar Assembly elections 2010 |access-date = 2011-01-05 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101127010330/http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/7431726-bihar-assembly-election-2010-detailed-list-of-winners-part-4 |archive-date = 2010-11-27 |url-status = dead }} 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.{{cite web| url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp18.htm |title =18 - Kesariya Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-01-06 }}

=1967=

P. Sinha (CPI): 15,933 votes
M. Prasad (INC): 13544 votes

References

External links

{{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}

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Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar

Category:Politics of East Champaran district

Category:Constituencies established in 1951

Category:1951 establishments in Bihar