Kasba, Bihar Assembly constituency

For other uses, see Kasba.

Kasba, Bihar
Constituency No. 58 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictPurnia
Established1967
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2020

Kasba Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Hayat Ashraf Participate Kasba Assembly Election 2020 The Plurals Party Yougest Candidate Kasba 58 Constituency Purnea Bihar

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 58 Kasba Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kasba, Srinagar and Jalalgarh community development blocks; Kohbara, Bela Rikabganj and Jhunni Istambrar gram panchayats of Krityanand Nagar CD Block.[1]

Kasba Assembly constituency is part of No 12 Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name[2] Party
1967 Ram Narayan Mandal Indian National Congress
1969
1972
1977 Jai Narayan Mehta
1980 Mohammed Yasin Indian National Congress
1985 Syed Gulam Hussein Indian National Congress
1990 Shiv Charan Mehta Janata Dal
1995 Pradeep Kumar Das Bharatiya Janata Party
2000
2005 Md Afaque Alam Samajwadi Party
2005 Pradeep Kumar Das Bharatiya Janata Party
2010 Md Afaque Alam Indian National Congress
2015
2020

Election results

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Md. Afaque Alam of Congress won the Kasba, seat defeating his nearest rival Pradip Kumar Das of BJP.[3] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Pradip Kumar Das of BJP defeated Md. Afaque Alam representing RJD in October 2005. Md. Afaque Alam representing SP defeated Pradip Kumar Das of BJP in February 2005. Pradip Kumar Das of BJP defeated Md. Afaque Alam, Independent, in 2000 and Shiv Charan Mehta of JD in 1995. Shiv Charan Mehta of JD defeated Md. Yasin of Congress in 1990. Syed Gulam Hussein of Congress defeated Sheo Charan Mehta of Lok Dal in 1985. Md. Yasin of Congress defeated Shiv Charan Mehta of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) in 1980. Jai Narayan Mehta of Congress defeated Bhubneshwar Arya of JP in 1977.

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Hayat Ashraf The Plurals Party Youngest Candidate Kasba Assembly 2020 Assembly election

2020

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Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Indian National Congress Md Afaque Alam 77410
The Plurals Party Hayat Ashraf 01581

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. ^ "Kasba Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "Bihar - Kasba". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  4. ^ "138 - Kasba Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Bihar Legislative Election, 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2023.

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