Thakurganj Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Thakurganj
Constituency No. 53 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Kishanganj
Established	1951

Elected year	2020

Thakurganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Kishanganj district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 53 Thakurganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Thakurganj community development block; Singhimari, Lohagarha, Satkauwa, Dighalbank, Dhantola, Karuamani, Mangra, Jagir Padampur, Tarabari Padampur, Ikra, Dahibhat, Atgachhia and Tulshia gram panchayats of Dighalbank CD Block.^[1]

Thakururganj Assembly constituency is part of No 10 Kishanganj (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of Bihar Legislative Assembly

Following is the list of Members of Legislative Assembly from Thakurganj Assembly constituency.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]

Year	Name^[18]
1952	Anant Kant Basu	Indian National Congress
1967	Mohammed Hussain Azad
1969
1972
1977	Mohamad Sulemam	Janata Party
1980	Mohammed Hussain Azad	Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Mohammed Hussain Azad	Indian National Congress
1990	Mohamad Sulemam	Janata Dal
1995	Sikander Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Mohammad Jawed	Indian National Congress
2005	Mohammad Jawed	Indian National Congress
2005	Gopal Kumar Agarwal	Samajwadi Party
2010	Naushad Alam	Lok Janshakti Party
2015	Naushad Alam	Janata Dal (United)
2020	Saud Alam	Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

1977–2010

In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Naushad Alam of LJP won the Thakurganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Gopal Kumar Agarwal of JD(U). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Gopal Kumar Agarwal of SP defeated Dr. Md. Jawaid Congress October 2005. Dr. Md. Jawaid of Congress defeated Tara Chand Dhanuka of SP in February 2000. Sikander Singh of BJP defeated Dr. Md. Jawaid of Congress in 1995. Md. Suleman of JD defeated Md. Husen Azad of Congress in 1990. Md. Husen Azad of Congress defeated Md. Suleman of JP in 1985 and of Janata Party (JP) in 1980. Md. Suleman of JP defeated Md. Husen Azad of Congress in 1977.^[19]^[20]^[21]

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Thakurganj
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RJD	Saud Alam	79,909	41.48
	Independent	Gopal Kumar Agarwal	56,022	29.08
	JD(U)	Naushad Alam	22,082	11.46
	AIMIM	Mahbub Alam	18,925	9.82
Majority
Turnout
	RJD gain from JD(U)		Swing

References

^ ^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.
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