Patepur Assembly constituency

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|type= SLA

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|state = Bihar

|district = Vaishali

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Patepur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Vaishali district in the Indian state of Bihar.It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

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As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 130 Patepur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Patepur community development block; Mansinghpur Bijhrauli, Kumar Bajitpur, Raghopur Narsanda, Adalpur, Naree Khurd and Laxmipur Barbatta gram panchayats of Jandaha community development 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 = 10 January 2011 }}

Patepur Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 22 Ujiarpur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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! colspan="2" |Party

1952

|Nathuni Lal Mahato

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

1952^

|B. Dubey

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

1957

|Manzur Ahsan Ajazi

1962

|Kamlesh Rai

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

1967

| rowspan="2" |Paltan Ram

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

1969
1972

|Righan Ram

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

1977

|Paltan Ram

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

1980

|Shiv Nandan Pawan

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

1985

|Baleshwar Paswan

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

1990

|Ram Sundar Das

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

1991^

|L. Mahto

1995

|Mahendra Baitha

2000

|Prema Chaudhary

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

2005

|Mahendra Baitha

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

2005

|Prema Chaudhary

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

2010

|Mahendra Baitha

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

2015

|Prema Chaudhary

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

2020

|Lakhendra Raushan

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

Election results

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=1977-2010=

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Mahendra Baitha of BJP won the Patepur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Prema Chaudhary of RJD.{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS04130.htm |title = Bihar - |work =Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 7 February 2011 }} Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Prema Chaudhary of RJD defeated Mahendra Baitha of LJP in October 2005. Mahendra Baitha of LJP defeated Prema Chaudhary of RJD in February 2005. Prema Chaudhary of RJD defeated Mahendra Baitha of JD(U) in 2000. Mahendra Baitha of JD defeated Prema Chaudhary of SAP in 1995. Ram Sundar Das of JD defeated Baleshwar Singh Paswan of Congress in 1990. Baleshwar Singh Paswan of Congress defeated Paltan Ram of LD in 1985. Shiv Nandan Paswan of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) defeated Baleshwar Singh Paswan of Congress in 1980. Paltan Ram of JP defeated Rijahan Ram of CPI in 1977.{{cite web| url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp49.htm |title = 49 - Patepur (SC) Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 7 February 2011 }}

=2015 and 2020=

In 2015; Prema Chaudhary of Rashtriya Janata Dal defeated Mahendra Baitha of Bhartiya Janata Party by 12,461 votes.{{cite web|url=https://www.electionsinindia.com/bihar/patepur-assembly-vidhan-sabha-constituency-elections|title=Patepur Vidhan Sabha Result|website=Electioninindia|access-date=9 November 2020}} In 2020 assembly elections the contest to Patepur assembly seats was bilateral. In a tough fight, Lakhendra Kumar Raushan (aka Lakhendra Paswan) of Bhartiya Janata Party defeated Shivchandra Ram of Rashtriya Janata Dal.{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/bihar-vidhan-sabha-election-results-2020/patepur|title=Election result 2020 |work=NDTV|access-date=31 January 2021}}

References

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