Warisaliganj Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Bihar}}

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Warisaliganj

| state = Bihar

| constituency_no = 239

| established = 1951

| district = Nawada

| reservation = None

| loksabha_cons = Nawada

| mla = Aruna Devi

| party = BJP

| latest_election_year = 2020

| type= SLA

}}

Warisaliganj Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Nawada Lok Sabha constituency.{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/bihar/parliamentary-constituencies/nawada.html | title=Nawada Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher=elections.in | access-date=10 March 2014}}

Overview

Warisaliganj comprises CD Blocks Warisaliganj, Kashichak and Pakribarawan. {{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

! Member

! colspan="2" |Party

1952

| Chetu Ram

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

1957

| rowspan="2" |Ramkishun Singh

1962
1967

| rowspan="2" |Deo Nandan Prasad

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

1969
1972

| Shyam Sunder Prasad Singh

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

1977

| Ram Ratan Singh

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

1980

| rowspan="2" |Bandi Shankar Singh

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

1985

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

1990

| Deo Nandan Prasad

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

1995

| Ramashray Prasad Singh

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

2000

| rowspan="2" |Aruna Devi

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

2005

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

2005

| rowspan="2" |Pradeep Mahto

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

2010

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

2015

| rowspan="2" |Aruna Devi

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

2020

Election results

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Aruna Devi

|votes = 62,451

|percentage = 36.49

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Satish Kumar

|votes = 53,421

|percentage = 31.22

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References

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