Sursand Assembly constituency

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

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

{{Infobox Indian constituency

|name = Sursand

|type= SLA

| map_image = 26-Sursand constituency.svg

| map_caption =

| map_alt =

|mla = Dilip Kumar Ray

|party =

|alliance =

| latest_election_year = 2020

|region =

|state = Bihar

|district = Sitamarhi

|division =

| loksabha_cons = 5. Sitamarhi

|constituency_no = 26

|established = 1951

|electors =

|reservation =

|abolished =

}}

Sursand is an assembly constituency in Sitamarhi district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 26. Sursand Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Sursand, Charaut, and Pupri community development blocks.{{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 }}

Sursand Assembly constituency is part of 5. Sitamarhi (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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!Year

!Name{{Cite web|title=Sursand Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/sursand.html|access-date=|website=Elections in India}}

! colspan="2" |Party

1952

|Ram Charitra Rai Yadav

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

1957

|Maheshwar Prasad Narain Sinha

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=7}}

1962

| rowspan="2" |Pratibha Devi

1967
1969

| rowspan="3" |Ram Charitra Rai Yadav

1972
1977
1980

|Nagendra Prasad Yadav

1985

| rowspan="2" |Ravindra Prasad Sahi

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

1990

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

1995

|Nagendra Prasad Yadav

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

2000

| rowspan="3" |Jainandan Prasad Yadav

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

2005

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

2005
2010

|Shahid Ali Khan

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

2015

|Syed Abu Dojana

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

2020

|Dilip Kumar Ray

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

Election results

=2020=

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Janata Dal (United)

|candidate = Dilip Rai

|votes = 67,193

|percentage = 38.63

|change = New

}}{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal

|candidate = Syed Abu Dojana

|votes = 58,317

|percentage = 33.53

|change =

}}{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Lok Jan Shakti Party

|candidate = Amit Choudhari

|votes = 20,281

|percentage = 11.66

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = None of the above

|candidate = None of the above

|votes = 1,613

|percentage = 0.66

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 8,876

|percentage = 5.10

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 173,930

|percentage = 54.01

|change =

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Janata Dal (United)

|loser = Rashtriya Janata Dal

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

References

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