Warisnagar Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Warisnagar
Constituency No. 132 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

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

Elected year	2020

Warisnagar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar. The candidates of Rashtriya Janata Dal used to win from this constituency in earlier elections, but from 2010 onwards, the candidates of Janata Dal (United) started winning from here. This assembly seat has influence of members of Koeri and Kurmi who are descisive in ensuring victory of a candidate.^[1]

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 132 Warisnagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Warisnagar and Khanpur community development blocks; and Madhurapur, Rahtauli, Dahiyar Ranna, Parsa, Bhataura and Dumra Mohan gram panchayats of Shivaji Nagar CD Block.^[2]

Warisnagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 23 Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Name
1952	Vashisht Narain Singh	Socialist Party
1952	Dhanpati Paswan	Socialist Party
1967	Ram Sewak Hazari	Samyukta Socialist Party
1969	Ram Sewak Hazari	Samyukta Socialist Party
1972	Chulhai Ram	Indian National Congress
1977	Pitambar Paswan	Janata Party
1980	Pitambar Paswan	Janata Party (Secular)
1985	Ram Sewak Hazari	Independent
1990	Pitambar Paswan	Janata Dal
1995	Pitambar Paswan
1996^	Bhikhar Baitha
2000	Ram Sewak Hazari	Janata Dal (United)
2005	Maheshwar Hazari	Lok Janshakti Party
2005	Maheshwar Hazari
2009^	Vishwanath Paswan
2010	Ashok Kumar	Janata Dal (United)
2015
2020

^by-election

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Warisnagar^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(ML)L	Ful Babu Singh	54,555	28.71%
	JD(U)	Ashok Kumar	68,356	35.97%
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors				^[4]
	gain from		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Warisnagar^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Ashok Kumar	92,687	54.65
	LJP	Chandrashekhar Rai	34,114	20.12
	NOTA	n/a	9,551	5.63
Turnout			169,594	60.12
Registered electors			282,076

2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Warisnagar^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Ashok Kumar	46,245	33.96
	RJD	Gajendra Prasad Singh	26,745	19.64
	Independent	B.K.Singh	13,195	9.69
	Independent	Ram Vilash Mahto	8,597	6.31
	CPI	Ram Chandra Mahto	8,481	6.23
	Independent	Wasim Raja	7,916	5.81
	INC	Vijay Kumar Roy	7,059	5.18
Turnout			136,177	55.81
Registered electors			244,018

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References

^ "Warisnagar Election 2020: जदयू की राह को रोकने में जी-जान से जुटी थी लोजपा, जानिए पूरा समीकरण". Dainik Jagaran (in Hindi). Retrieved 24 March 2023.
^ ^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.
^ "Warisnagar Election Results: वारिसनगर सीट से जेडीयू के अशोक कुमार जीते, CPI-ML प्रत्याशी को दी मात". AAJTAK.
^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
^ "Bihar 2010". Election Commission of India.
^ "Bihar By-Election-2009 Results". This is my Bihar. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
^ "Warisnagar Election Results since 1977". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
^ "94 - Warisnagar (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2011.