Asthawan Assembly constituency

Asthawan
Constituency No. 171 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictNalanda
Established1951
Total electors304,992
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  JD(U)
Alliance  NDA
Elected year2025

Asthawan is one of 243 constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly, in India. It is a part of Nalanda lok sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz Islampur, Harnaut, Hilsa, Nalanda, Biharsharif and Rajgir.[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Member[2] Party
1952 Tajuddin Indian National Congress
1957 Nand Kishore Prasad Singh Janata Party
1962 Kaushlendra Prasad Narayan Singh Praja Socialist Party
1967 B. P. Jawahar Indian National Congress
1969 Nand Kishore Prasad Singh Janata Party
1972 Ayodhya Prasad Indian National Congress
1977 Indradeo Chaudhary Independent
1980 Ayodhya Prasad Indian National Congress
1985 Raghunath Prasad Sharma Independent
1990
1995 Satish Kumar
2000 Raghunath Prasad Sharma
2001^ Satish Kumar Samata Party
2005 Jitendra Kumar Janata Dal (United)
2005
2010
2015
2020

Election results

2025

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Asthawan[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Jitendra Kumar 90,542 52.13 +16.38
RJD Ravi Ranjan Kumar 49,834 28.69 +0.99
JSP Lata Singh 15,962 9.19
ASP(KR) Himanshu Kumar Paswan 4,755 2.74
Independent Shabnam Lata 2,316 1.33
BSP Banvari Kumar 1,946 1.12
SUCI(C) Deepak Kumar Vidyarthi 1,794 1.03
NOTA None of the above 6,550 3.77 +3.01
Majority 40,708 23.44 +15.39
Turnout 173,699 56.95 +7.47
JD(U) hold Swing


2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Asthawan[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Jitendra Kumar (Bihar politician) 51,525 35.75 −8.54
RJD Anil kumar 39,925 27.7
LJP Ramesh kumar 21,844 15.16 −21.28
Independent Bipin Kumar 9,134 6.34
Independent Gauri Kumar 3,608 2.5
Independent Ajeet Kumar 2,446 1.7
Independent Uday Shankar Kumar 2,391 1.66
JD(S) Sushil Prasad 1,758 1.22
Independent Chandra Mauli Prasad 1,432 0.99
The Plurals Party Punam Kumari 1,311 0.91
NOTA None of the above 1,102 0.76 −3.29
Majority 11,600 8.05 +0.2
Turnout 144,108 49.48 +0.28
JD(U) hold Swing


2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Asthawan[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Jitendra Kumar (Bihar politician) 58,908 44.29
LJP Chhote Lal Yadav 48,464 36.44
Independent Yugeshwar Manjhi 4,259 3.2
Independent Sanjay Paswan 3,494 2.63
NCP Kumar Jayakant 2,280 1.71
JAP(L) Pramod Narayan Sinha 2,104 1.58
CPI Satyendra Krishnam 2,005 1.51
Independent Deoki Paswan 1,956 1.47
BSP Rajkumar 1,854 1.39
NOTA None of the above 5,390 4.05
Majority 10,444 7.85
Turnout 132,999 49.2


2010

Bihar assembly elections, 2010: Asthawan[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Jitendra Kumar (Bihar politician) 54176 50.64
LJP Kapildev Singh 34606 32.35


References

  1. ^ "Nalanda Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Asthawan Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Asthawan". Election Commission of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 12 December 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Asthawan Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025". The Times of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 12 December 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
  6. ^ Bihar Assembly Election 2010

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