Mahishi Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Mahishi
Constituency No. 77 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Established	1967
Reservation	None

Elected year	2020

Mahishi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Saharsa district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 77 Mahishi Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Nauhatta and Sattar Katiya community development blocks; Baghwa, Birgaun, Manwar, Telwa West, Telwa East, Bhalahi, Kundah, Mahisarho, Telhar, Pastpar and Arapatti gram panchayats of Mahishi CD Block.^[1]

Mahishi Assembly constituency is part of No. 13 Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name^[2]
1967	Parameshwar Kumar	Samyukta Socialist Party
1969	Lahtan Chadhary	Indian National Congress
1972	Lahtan Chadhary	Indian National Congress
1977	Parameshwar Kumar	Janata Party
1980	Lahtan Chadhary	Indian National Congress
1985	Lahtan Chadhary	Indian National Congress
1990	Anand Mohan Singh	Janata Dal
1995	Abdul Ghafoor	Janata Dal
2000	Abdul Ghafoor	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Surendra Yadav	Independent politician
2005	Gunjeshwar Sah	Janata Dal
2010	Abdul Ghafoor	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2015	Abdul Ghafoor	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020	Gunjeshwar Sah	Janata Dal

Election results

1977-2010

In the 2016 state assembly election, Dr. Abdul Ghafoor of RJD won the Mahishi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Chandan Kumar Sah of RLSP. In 2010 state assembly elections, Dr. Abdul Ghafoor of RJD won the Mahishi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Raj Kumar Sah of JD(U).^[3] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Gunjeshwar Sah of JD(U) defeated Surendra Yadav representing RJD in October 2005. Surendra Yadav, contesting as an Independent, defeated Dr. Abdul Ghafoor of RJD in February 2005. Dr. Abdul Ghafoor of RJD defeated Surendra Yadav representing JD(U) in 2000. Dr. Abdul Ghafoor of JD defeated Lahtan Choudhary of Congress in 1995. Anand Mohan of JD defeated Lahtan Choudhary of Congress in 1990. Lahtan Choudhary of Congress defeated Devanand Yadav of LD in 1985 and Satya Narayan Yadav of Congress (U) in 1980. Parameshwar Kumar of JP defeated Lahtan Choudhary of Congress in 1977.^[4]

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Mahishi
Party		Candidate	Votes
	JD(U)	Gunjeshwar Sah
	LJP	Abdur Razzaque
	RJD	Gautam Krishna
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		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.
^ "Sonbarsa Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ "Bihar - Mahisi". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
^ "118 - Mahishi Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 January 2011.