Amarpur, Bihar Assembly constituency

Amarpur, Bihar Assembly constituency
Amarpur, Bihar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 159 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Established	1957
Total electors	298,837
Member of Legislative Assembly
	18th Bihar Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Jayant Raj Kushwaha; Ex Minister, Government of Bihar
Party	JD(U)
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2020
Preceded by	Janardan Manjhi; JD(U)

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Amarpur Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Banka Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Dhoraiya, Katoria, Belhar and Banka.^[1] The current MLA is Jayant Raj Kushwaha of Janata Dal (United).^[2]

Overview

Amarpur comprises CD Blocks Shambhuganj & Amarpur.^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member^[4]
1957	Shital Prasad Bhagat	Indian National Congress
1962	Shital Prasad Bhagat	Indian National Congress
1967	Sukhnarain Singh	Samyukta Socialist Party
1969	Sukhnarain Singh	Samyukta Socialist Party
1972	Janardan Yadav	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1977	Janardan Yadav	Janata Party
1980	Neel Mohan Singh	Indian National Congress
1985	Neel Mohan Singh	Indian National Congress
1990	Madhav Mandal	Independent politician
1995	Surendra Prasad Singh	Janata Dal
2000		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005
2005
2010	Janardan Manjhi	Janata Dal (United)
2015	Janardan Manjhi
2020	Jayant Raj Kushwaha
2025	Jayant Raj Kushwaha

Election results

2025

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Jayant Raj Kushwaha	103,944	53.51	+20.38
	INC	Jitendra Singh	70,723	36.41	+5.18
	JSP	Sujata Vaidya	4,789	2.47
	Independent	Ritesh Kumar Jha	2,406	1.24
	AAP	Md Zakir Hossain	2,221	1.14
	NOTA	None of the above	6,017	3.1	+0.94
Majority			33,221	17.1	+15.2
Turnout			194,247	65.0	+9.54
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Jayant Raj Kushwaha	54,308	33.13	−14.76
	INC	Jitendra Singh	51,194	31.23
	LJP	Mrinal Shekhar	40,308	24.59
	Independent	Pravin Kumar Jha	2,125	1.3
	NCP	Anil Kumar Singh	2,096	1.28
	Independent	Krishana Mohan Thakur	2,089	1.27
	Independent	Bipin Kishor Ray	1,923	1.17
	RRP	Ashok Kumar	1,720	1.05
	NOTA	None of the above	3,534	2.16	−2.27
Majority			3,114	1.9	−5.75
Turnout			163,933	55.46	−0.14
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Janardan Manjhi	73,707	47.89
	BJP	Mrinal Shekhar	61,934	40.24
	Independent	Surendra Prasad Singh	2,864	1.86
	Independent	Suryadeo Singh	2,134	1.39
	NOTA	None of the above	6,818	4.43
Majority			11,773	7.65
Turnout			153,925	55.6

2010

2010 Bihar legislative assembly election^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Janardan Manjhi	47300	40.78
	RJD	Surendra Prasad Singh	29293	25.25

2005

2005 Feb Bihar legislative assembly election^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Surendra Prasad Singh	31428	28.76%
	JD(U)	Bedanand Singh	25109	22.97%

2000

2000 Bihar legislative assembly election^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Surendra Prasad Singh	49144	42.11%
	INC	Nawal Kishore Choudhary	42,678	36.57%

References

^ "Banka Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Amarpur Vidhan Sabha 2020". News18. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
^ "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 20 December 2013.
^ "Amarpur Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 15 December 2025.
^ Cite error: The named reference election2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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^ Cite error: The named reference election2005Feb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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External links

"Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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[election2014-1] "Banka Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.

[election2020-2] "Amarpur Vidhan Sabha 2020". News18. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

[commission-3] "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 20 December 2013.

[election2018-4] "Amarpur Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.

[election2025-5] "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 15 December 2025.

[election2015-6] Cite error: The named reference election2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[election2010-7] Cite error: The named reference election2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[election2005Feb-8] Cite error: The named reference election2005Feb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[election2000-9] Cite error: The named reference election2000 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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