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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Amour
| type = SLA
| map_image = 56-Amour constituency.svg
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| state = [[Bihar]]
| district =
| division =
| loksabha_cons = [[Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency|Kishanganj]]
| constituency_no = 56
| established = 1951
| electors = 312,866
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image =
| abolished = 
| mla = [[Akhtarul Iman]]
| party = {{Party index link|All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|Independent|shortname=None}}
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
| preceded_by =
}}

'''Amour Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Purnia district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]].

==Overview==
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 56 Amour Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Amour and Baisa [[Community Development Block in India|community development blocks]].<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref>

Amour Assembly constituency is part of No 10 [[Kishanganj (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
<ref name="election2019">{{Cite web|url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/list%20of%20member.pdf|date=2019-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024171731/http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/list%20of%20member.pdf|access-date=2019-10-24|archive-date=2019-10-24|title=Bihar Vidhan Sabha}}</ref><ref name="election2019-1">{{Cite web|url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/15.pdf|date=2019-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024172025/http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/15.pdf|access-date=2019-10-24|archive-date=2019-10-24|title=Bihar Vidhan Sabha}}</ref><ref name="election2019-2">{{Cite web|url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/14.pdf|date=2019-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024172116/http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/14.pdf|access-date=2019-10-24|archive-date=2019-10-24|title=Bihar Vidhan Sabha}}</ref><ref name="election2019-3">{{Cite web|url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/12.pdf|date=2019-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024172353/http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/12.pdf|access-date=2019-10-24|archive-date=2019-10-24|title=Bihar Vidhan Sabha}}</ref><ref name="election2019-4">{{Cite web|url=http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/11.pdf|date=2019-10-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024172534/http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/ex%20mla/11.pdf|access-date=2019-10-24|archive-date=2019-10-24|title=Bihar Vidhan Sabha}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Name<ref name="election2018">{{Cite web |title=Amour Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/amour.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|[[Mohammad Tahir (politician)|Mohammad Tahir]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Mohammad Ismail
|{{party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Mohammad Alijan
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| rowspan="3" |Hasibur Rahman
| {{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|{{party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Chandrashekhar Jha
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|Moijuddin Minshi
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Abdul Zalil Mastan]]
|{{party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|Muzaffar Hussain
|{{Full party name with color|Samajwadi Party}}
|-
|1997
|[[Saba Zafar]]
|{{party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Abdul Zalil Mastan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|-
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|-
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]
|[[Saba Zafar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
|[[Abdul Zalil Mastan]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|rowspan=2|[[Akhtarul Iman]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
|-
|}

==Election results==
=== 2025 ===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Amour<ref name="election2025">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-15 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ae/2025/16 |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
|candidate = [[Akhtarul Iman]]
|votes = {{formatnum:100836}}
|percentage = 43.5
|change = {{decrease}}7.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Saba Zafar]]
|votes = {{formatnum:61908}}
|percentage = 26.71
|change = {{increase}}3.99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Abdul Zalil Mastan]]
|votes = {{formatnum:52791}}
|percentage = 22.77
|change = {{increase}}5.51
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Mohd Parvej Alam
|votes = {{formatnum:4585}}
|percentage = 1.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jan Suraaj Party
|candidate = Afaroj
|votes = {{formatnum:3802}}
|percentage = 1.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|candidate = Md Muntazir Alam
|votes = {{formatnum:2310}}
|percentage = 1.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:3187}}
|percentage = 1.37
|change = {{decrease}}1.32
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:38928}}
|percentage = 16.79
|change = {{decrease}}11.66
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:231808}}
|percentage = 74.09
|change = {{increase}}15.28
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2020 ===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: Amour<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |date=2021-01-13 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
|candidate = [[Akhtarul Iman]]
|votes = {{formatnum:94459}}
|percentage = 51.17
|change = {{increase}}50.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Saba Zafar]]
|votes = {{formatnum:41944}}
|percentage = 22.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Abdul Zalil Mastan]]
|votes = {{formatnum:31863}}
|percentage = 17.26
|change = {{decrease}}41.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)
|candidate = Kumar Gupta
|votes = {{formatnum:3164}}
|percentage = 1.71
|change = {{increase}}0.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janta Dal Rashtravadi
|candidate = Matiur Rahman
|votes = {{formatnum:1673}}
|percentage = 0.91
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:4958}}
|percentage = 2.69
|change = {{increase}}0.85
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:52515}}
|percentage = 28.45
|change = {{decrease}}2.27
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:184606}}
|percentage = 58.81
|change = {{decrease}}1.44
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|
|winner = All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2015 ===

General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar was held in 5 phases. Amour Assembly constituency had its polling in the last phase on 5 November 2015 and the result was declared on 8 November 2015.<ref name=election2015>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2015 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021}}</ref>'''Candidates:'''

A total of 14 candidates filed their nominations, including one woman candidate. Out of those 14, one candidate withdraw his name from the candidature. 13 candidates contested the election, including the women candidate. Out of 13 candidates, 11 candidates' deposits were forfeited.<ref name=election2015/>'''Electors and voters:'''

Total number of 2,80,910 electors (1,49,626 male and 1,31,274 female) were registered. Out of those, only 1,69,281 (60.26%) voters turned out to cast their votes in 275 polling stations.<ref name=election2015/>'''Result:'''

Abdul Jalil Mastan of the [[Indian National Congress]] Party won the election by a margin of 51,997 votes (31.30% of total valid votes). The total votes cast in his favour was 1,00,135. Runner-up Saba Zafar of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] received 48,138 votes.<ref name=election2015/>
{{Election box begin|title = [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Amour<ref name="election2015"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Abdul Jalil Mastan
|votes = {{formatnum:100135}}
|percentage = 59.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Saba Zafar
|votes = {{formatnum:48138}}
|percentage = 28.44
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Shiv Sena
|candidate = Anima Das
|votes = {{formatnum:4393}}
|percentage = 2.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Md Nasim Akhter
|votes = {{formatnum:2458}}
|percentage = 1.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
|candidate = Md Nawazish Alam
|votes = {{formatnum:1955}}
|percentage = 1.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)
|candidate = Babar Azam
|votes = {{formatnum:1763}}
|percentage = 1.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:3106}}
|percentage = 1.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:51997}}
|percentage = 30.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:169250}}
|percentage = 60.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2010===
In the [[2010 Bihar legislative assembly election|November 2010 state assembly elections]], [[Saba Zafar]] of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] won the Amour assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abdul Jalil Mastan of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]].<ref name="election2010">{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0456.htm |title = Bihar - Amour |work =Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Abdul Jalil Mastan of Congress defeated Saba Jafar representing [[Samajwadi Party|SP]] in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Oct 2005|October 2005]], contesting as an Independent in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Feb 2005|February 2005]] and representing [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] in 2000. Muzaffar Hussain of SP defeated Abdul Jalil Mastan of Congress in 1995. A. Jalil of Congress defeated Muzaffar Hussain of [[Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha|ICS (SCS)]]. Jalil, Independent, defeated Chandra Sekhar Jha of [[Janata Party|JP]] in 1985. M. Moijuddin Munshi of Congress defeated Nazmuddin of Janata Party (Secular – Raj Narain). Chandra Sekhar Jha of JP defeated Md. Moijuddin Munshi of Congress.<ref name="election1977">{{cite web |url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp136.htm |title = 136 - Amour Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-01-15 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120330235859/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp136.htm |archive-date = 2012-03-30 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}

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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Politics of Purnia district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Bihar]]

Amour Assembly constituency - Revision history

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