| Jhanjharpur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| Reservation | None |
| Elected year | 2020 |
26°16′N 86°17′E / 26.267°N 86.283°E
Jhanjharpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Madhubani district in the Indian state of Bihar.
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]
| Year | Name[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Kapileshwar Shastri | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Deochandra Jha | ||
| 1962 | Harishchandra Jha | ||
| 1967 | Hari Nath Mishra | ||
| 1969 | Rampal Chaudhary | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1972 | Jagannath Mishra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | |||
| 1995 | Ramawtar Chaudhary | Janata Dal | |
| 2000 | Jagdish Narayan Chaudhary | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2005 | Nitish Mishra | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2015 | Gulab Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2020 | Nitish Mishra | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Nitish Mishra | 94,854 | 52.47 | +12.27 | |
| CPI | Ram Narayan Yadav | 53,066 | 29.36 | +26.49 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,496 | 0.83 | +0.17 | |
| Majority | 41,788 | 23.11 | +11.74 | ||
| Turnout | 1,80,762 | 56.85 | +2.51 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,17,948 | [3] | |||
| BJP gain from RJD | Swing | ||||