| Kargahar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 209 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Rohtas |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Sasaram |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 331,884 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Bashisth Singh | |
| Party | JD(U) |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2025 |
Kargahar is an assembly constituency for Bihar Legislative Assembly in Rohtas district. It comes under Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
| |||
| 2010 | Ram Dhani Singh[3] | Janata Dal | |
| 2015 | Bashisth Singh[4] | ||
| 2020 | Santosh Kumar Mishra[2] | Indian National Congress | |
| 2025 | Bashisth Singh | Janata Dal | |
Election results
2025
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Bashisth Singh | 92,485 | 42.12 | ||
| BSP | Uday Pratap Singh | 56,809 | 25.87 | ||
| INC | Santosh Kumar Mishra | 39,333 | 17.91 | ||
| JSP | Ritesh Pandey | 16,292 | 7.42 | ||
| CPI | Mahendra Prasad Gupta | 2,392 | 1.07 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 3,013 | 1.37 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Santosh Kumar Mishra | 59,763 | 30.76 | ||
| JD(U) | Bashisth Singh | 55,680 | 28.66 | −3.42 | |
| BSP | Uday Pratap Singh | 47,321 | 24.35 | +11.03 | |
| LJP | Rakesh Kumar Singh | 16,988 | 8.74 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 709 | 0.36 | −0.48 | |
| Majority | 4,083 | 2.1 | −5.16 | ||
| Turnout | 194,298 | 59.8 | −0.04 | ||
| INC gain from JD(U) | Swing | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Bashisth Singh | 57,018 | 32.08 | ||
| RLSP | Birendra Kumar Singh | 44,111 | 24.82 | ||
| Independent | Alok Kumar Singh | 27,454 | 15.45 | ||
| BSP | Md. Shamim Shah | 23,677 | 13.32 | ||
| SP | Ram Dhani Singh | 6,121 | 3.44 | ||
| SS | Shashikant Tiwari | 2,996 | 1.69 | ||
| Independent | Neeraj Shukla | 2,765 | 1.56 | ||
| Independent | Shiv Shankar Singh | 2,422 | 1.36 | ||
| Independent | Pankaj Kumar Singh | 1,740 | 0.98 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,491 | 0.84 | ||
| Majority | 12,907 | 7.26 | |||
| Turnout | 177,750 | 59.84 | |||
References
- ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ a b c "सासाराम संसदीय क्षेत्र: करगहर नया विधानसभा क्षेत्र बना". livehindustan.com (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2010". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Kargahar". Election Commission of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 3 December 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
- ^ "Kargahar Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025". The Times of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 3 December 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
- ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
External links
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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