Sakra Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 25°55′N 85°32′E / 25.917°N 85.533°E / 25.917; 85.533
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Sakra
Constituency No. 92 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
ReservationSC
Elected year2020

25°55′N 85°32′E / 25.917°N 85.533°E / 25.917; 85.533 Sakra Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Muzaffarpur district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 92 Sakra Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Sakra and Dholi Muraul community development blocks.[1]

Sakra Assembly constituency is part of No. 15 Muzaffarpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Name[2] Party
1957 Kapildeo Narain Singh Indian National Congress
Ramgulam Chaudhary
1962 Mahesh Prasad Singh
1967 Newa Lal Mahto Samyukta Socialist Party
1969
1972 Hiralal Paswan
1977 Shivnandan Paswan Janata Party
1980 Fakirchand Ram Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Shivnandan Paswan Lokdal
1990 Kamal Paswan Janata Dal
1995
2000 Sital Ram Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 Bilat Paswan Janata Dal (United)
2005
2010 Suresh Chanchal
2015 Lal Babu Ram Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020 Ashok Kumar Choudhry Janata Dal (United)

Election results

1977-2020

In 2020 assembly elections Ashok Kumar Choudhary of JDU became MLA by defeating Umesh Kumar Ram of INC.However, there was a difference of only 1537 in the total votes of these two.In the 2015 state assembly election, Lal Babu Ram of RJD defeated Arjun Ram of BJP. In the 2010 state assembly elections, Suresh Chanchal of JD(U) won the Sakra assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Lal Babu Ram of RJD.[3] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Bilal Paswan of JD(U) defeated Lal Babu Ram of RJD in October 2005 and Dr. Shital Ram of RJD in February 2005. Dr. Sital Ram of RJD defeated Bilal Paswan of JD(U) in 2000. Kamal Paswan of JD defeated Bilal Paswan representing Congress in 1995 and 1990. Shivnandan Paswan of LD defeated Arun Kumar Ch. Of Congress in 1985. Fakir Chand Ram of Congress defeated Paltan Ram of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) in 1980. Shivnadan Paswan of JP defeated Fakir Chand Ram of Congress in 1977.[4]

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Sakra
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Ashok Kumar Choudhary 67,265 40.25
INC Umesh Kumar Ram 65,728 39.33
LJP Sanjay Paswan 13,528 8.09
NOTA None of the Above 4,392 2.63
Majority 1,537
Turnout
JD(U) gain from RJD Swing

References

  1. ^ a b "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Sakra Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "Bihar - Sakra". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  4. ^ "58 - Sakra (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 February 2011.

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