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{{Short description|Constituency of the Bihar legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kadwa
| type = SLA
| map_image = 64-Kadwa constituency.svg
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| mla = Dulal Chandra Goswami
| party = {{Party index link|Janata Dal (United)}}
| alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
| preceded_by = [[Shakeel Ahmad Khan]], {{Small| {{Party index link|Indian National Congress}}}}
| region =
| state = [[Bihar]]
| district = [[Katihar district|Katihar]]
| division =
| loksabha_cons = [[Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Katihar]]
| constituency_no = 64
| established = 1951
| electors = 280,637
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image =
| abolished = 
}}
'''Kadwa Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Katihar 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 64. Kadwa Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kadwa and Dandkhora [[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>

Kadwa Assembly constituency is part of No 11 [[Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |title=Kadwa Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/kadwa.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|Jiwats Himansu Sharma
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Mohiuddin Mokhtar
|-
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Kamal Nath Jha
|-
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Khwaja Shahid Hussain
| {{Full party name with color|Independent|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|Mangan Insan
|-
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|Usman Ghani
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|Abdul Jalil
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|Bhola Ray
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|Himraj Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|rowspan="2" |Abdul Jalil
|style="background-color: {{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}" rowspan=2 |
|rowspan="2" |[[Nationalist Congress Party]]
|-
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|-
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]
|Bhola Ray
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
|rowspan="2" |[[Shakeel Ahmad Khan]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=2 |
|rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|-
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
|[[Dulal Chandra Goswami]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|-
|}

==Election results==
=== 2025 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2025]]: Kadwa<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
|candidate = [[Dulal Chandra Goswami]]
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|votes = {{formatnum:99274}}
|percentage = 46.57
|change = +27.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Shakeel Ahmad Khan]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:80906}}
|percentage = 37.96
|change = -4.04
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
|candidate = Md Shakir Reza
|votes = {{formatnum:11557}}
|percentage = 5.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Himraj Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:5615}}
|percentage = 2.63
|change = -0.41
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sadiq Hussain
|votes = {{formatnum:2967}}
|percentage = 1.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:3818}}
|percentage = 1.79
|change = +0.96
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:18368}}
|percentage = 8.61
|change = -10.49
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:213155}}
|percentage = 75.95
|change = +15.64
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2020 ===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Kadwa<ref name="election2020"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Shakeel Ahmad Khan]]
|votes = {{formatnum:71267}}
|percentage = 42.0
|change = +6.55
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Chandra Bhushan Thakur
|votes = {{formatnum:38865}}
|percentage = 22.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Suraj Prasad Rai
|votes = {{formatnum:31779}}
|percentage = 18.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Himraj Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:5164}}
|percentage = 3.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Minu Kumari
|votes = {{formatnum:3713}}
|percentage = 2.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ranjeet Prasad Das
|votes = {{formatnum:2284}}
|percentage = 1.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
|candidate = Uma Kant Anand
|votes = {{formatnum:1900}}
|percentage = 1.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Manoranjan Prasad Das
|votes = {{formatnum:1721}}
|percentage = 1.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sajan Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:1694}}
|percentage = 1.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = Nizam
|votes = {{formatnum:1638}}
|percentage = 0.97
|change = -13.97
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Md Anwar Alam
|votes = {{formatnum:1601}}
|percentage = 0.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1405}}
|percentage = 0.83
|change = -0.39
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:32402}}
|percentage = 19.1
|change = +15.44
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:169680}}
|percentage = 60.31
|change = -4.47
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2015 ===
{{Election box begin
|title = [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Kadwa<ref name="election2015">{{cite web |date=2018-08-20 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2015 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Shakeel Ahmad Khan
|votes = {{formatnum:56141}}
|percentage = 35.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Chander Bhushan Thakur
|votes = {{formatnum:50342}}
|percentage = 31.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = Himraj Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:23665}}
|percentage = 14.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ashok Kumar Mehta
|votes = {{formatnum:8670}}
|percentage = 5.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Firoz Alam
|votes = {{formatnum:2672}}
|percentage = 1.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party
|candidate = Dinesh Insan
|votes = {{formatnum:2439}}
|percentage = 1.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ram Prasad Mahli
|votes = {{formatnum:2056}}
|percentage = 1.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ashish Kumar Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:1700}}
|percentage = 1.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1925}}
|percentage = 1.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:5799}}
|percentage = 3.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:158361}}
|percentage = 64.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2010===
In the [[2010 Bihar legislative assembly election|2010 state assembly elections]], Bhola Ray of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] won the Kadwa assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Himraj Singh of [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]].<ref name="election2010">{{cite web | url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0464.htm | title = Bihar - Kadwa | work = Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results | publisher = Election Commission of India | access-date = 2011-01-10 | archive-date = 27 November 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101127013552/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0464.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Abdul Jalil of NCP defeated [[Himraj Singh]] representing BJP in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Oct 2005|October 2005]] and Bhola Ray of BJP in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Feb 2005|February 2005]]. Himraj Singh, Independent, defeated Abdul Jalil representing [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] in 2000. Bhola Ray of BJP defeated Gulam Asraf of [[Janata Dal|JD]] in 1995. Abdul Jalil, Independent, defeated Bhola Ray of BJP in 1990. Usman Ghani of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] defeated Khaja Shahid, Independent, in 1985. Mangan Insan, Independent, defeated Usman Ghani of Congress in 1980. Khaja Shahid Hussain, Independent, defeated Mangan Insan, Independent, in 1977.<ref name="election1977">{{cite web| url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp143.htm
|title =143 - Kadwa Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-01-15 }}</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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Kadwa Assembly constituency - Revision history

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