Jhanjharpur Assembly constituency

Jhanjharpur
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictMadhubani
Established1951
Total electors320,142
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
AllianceNDA
Elected year2025
Preceded byGulab Yadav,   RJD

Jhanjharpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Madhubani district in the Indianstate of Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 38 Jhajharpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Jhanjharpur and Lakhnaur community development blocks; Pachahi, Parsad, Banki, Bhit Bhagwanpur, Mahasingh Hasauli, Manmohan and Parwalpur gram panchayats of Madhepur CD block.[1]

Jhanjharpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 Jhanjharpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name[2]Party
1952Kapileshwar Shastri Indian National Congress
1957Deochandra Jha
1962Harishchandra Jha
1967Hari Nath Mishra
1969Rampal Chaudhary Samyukta Socialist Party
1972Jagannath MishraIndian National Congress
1977
1980Indian National Congress (I)
1985Indian National Congress
1990
1995Ramawtar Chaudhary Janata Dal
2000Jagdish Narayan Chaudhary Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005Nitish MishraJanata Dal (United)
2005
2010
2015Gulab YadavRashtriya Janata Dal
2020Nitish MishraBharatiya Janata Party
2025

Election results

2025

Bihar Assembly election, 2025: Jhanjharpur[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJPNitish Mishra 107,958 55.89 Increase 3.42
CPIRam Narayan Yadav 53,109 27.5 Decrease1.86
NOTANone of the above3,112 1.61 Increase0.83
Majority54,849 28.39 Increase5.28
Turnout193,156
BJPholdSwing

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Jhanjharpur[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJPNitish Mishra94,854 52.47 Increase12.27
CPIRam Narayan Yadav 53,066 29.36 Increase26.49
IndependentGanga Prasad Gangotri 8,658 4.79
IndependentMadan Kumar Mahto 5,683 3.14
RLSPBirendra Kumar Choudhary 3,262 1.8
IndependentRakesh Kumar Yadav 2,788 1.54
IndependentGanpati Jha 2,671 1.48
NOTANone of the above1,496 0.83 Increase0.17
Majority41,788 23.11 Increase22.58
Turnout180,762 56.85 Increase2.51
BJPgain from RJDSwing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Jhanjharpur[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJDGulab Yadav 64,320 40.73
BJPNitish Mishra 63,486 40.2
IndependentSunil Kumar Jha 7,022 4.45
CPIRam Narayan Yadav 4,531 2.87
IndependentSada Nand Suman 4,237 2.68
IndependentOm Prakash 3,309 2.1
IndependentRam Narayan Mahto 2,639 1.67
IndependentMd. Hasnaian 1,593 1.01
NOTANone of the above1,044 0.66
Majority834 0.53
Turnout157,914 54.34

References

  1. ^ ab"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. ^"Jhanjharpur Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^"2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Jhanjharpur". Election Commission of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 28 December 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  4. ^"Jhanjharpur Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025". The Times of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 28 December 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  5. ^"Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021.
  6. ^"Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018.

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