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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Bihar legislative assembly in India}}<br />
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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Kahalgaon Assembly constituency<!-- The name of the constituency --><br />
| type = SLA<br />
| map_image = 155-Kahalgaon constituency.svg<br />
| map_caption = <br />
| map_alt = <br />
| mla = [[Shubhanand Mukesh]]<br />
| party = {{Party index link|Janata Dal (United)}}<br />
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]] <!--Year of the last election. Leave blank for former constituencies--><br />
| region = <br />
| state = [[Bihar]]<br />
| district = [[Bhagalpur district|Bhagalpur]]<br />
| division = <br />
| loksabha_cons = <br />
| constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|155]]<br />
| established = 1951<!-- year of establishment --><br />
| electors = 344,690<br />
| abolished = <!-- year abolished --><br />
}}<br />
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'''Kahalgaon Assembly constituency''' is one of 243 [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|legislative assemblies of Bihar]]. It is a part of the [[Bhagalpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhagalpur lok sabha constituency]] along with other assembly constituencies: Gopalpur, Pirpainti, Bihpur, Bhagalpur and Nathnagar.<ref name="election2014">{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/bihar/parliamentary-constituencies/bhagalpur.html | title=Bhagalpur Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher=elections.in | access-date=10 March 2014}}</ref><br />
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| label1 = [[Indian National Congress|'''INC''' + '''INC(I)''' (10 times)]]<br />
| label2 = [[Janata Dal|'''JD''' (2 times)]]<br />
| label3 = [[Janata Dal (United)|'''JD(U)''' (2 time)]]<br />
| label4 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|'''BJP''' (1 time)]]<br />
| label5 = [[Communist Party of India|'''CPI''' (1 time)]]<br />
| label6 = [[Independent politician|'''IND''' (1 time)]]<br />
| color1 = {{party color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
| color2 = {{party color|Janata Dal}}<br />
| color3 = {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}<br />
| color4 = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
| color5 = {{party color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
| color6 = {{party color|Independent politician}}<br />
| caption = Most successful parties from Kahalgaon Assembly<br />
}}<br />
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==Overview==<br />
Kahalgaon comprises CD Blocks Goradih & Sonhoula; Gram Panchayats Parashathdih ([[Shankarpur Khawas]]), Kodwar, Janidih, Pakkisarai, Dhanora,<br />
Maishamunda, Ekchari, Bholsar, Ogree, Shyampur & Nagar Panchayat [[Kahalgaon]] of [[Kahalgaon]] CD Block.<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 = 2013-12-20 }}</ref><br />
<br />
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
!Year<br />
!Name<ref name="election2018">{{Cite web |title=Kahalgaon Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/kahalgaon.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref><br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]<br />
| Ramjanam Mahton<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
| Bhola Nath Chaubey<br />
|-<br />
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br />
| Syed Maqbool Ahmad<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
| Nageshwar Prasad Singh<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<br />
| rowspan="5" | [[Sadanand Singh]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<br />
| rowspan="2" | Mahesh Prasad Mandal<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]<br />
| rowspan="2" | [[Sadanand Singh]] <br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br />
| [[Ajay Kumar Mandal]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Sadanand Singh]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]<br />
|[[Pawan Kumar Yadav]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]<br />
| [[Shubhanand Mukesh]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Election results==<br />
=== 2025 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2025]]: Kahalgaon<ref name="election2025">{{cite web|url=https://www.theindiansun.com.au/2025/10/23/shubhanand-mukesh-to-contest-kahalgaon-as-jdu-candidate-in-bihar-polls/|title= Shubanand Mukesh JDU |publisher= The Indian Sun|date=23 Oct 2025 }}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Shubhanand Mukesh]]<br />
|party = Janata Dal (United)<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:130767}}<br />
|percentage = 51.9<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Rajnish Bharti<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:80655}}<br />
|percentage = 32.01<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Pawan Kumar Yadav<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:10244}}<br />
|percentage = 4.07<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Pravin Singh Kushwaha<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:10083}}<br />
|percentage = 4.0<br />
|change = {{decrease}}31.36<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Ramchandra Mandal<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3385}}<br />
|percentage = 1.34<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Jan Suraaj Party<br />
|candidate = Manjar Alam<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3348}}<br />
|percentage = 1.33<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Rupam Devi<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3040}}<br />
|percentage = 1.21<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3249}}<br />
|percentage = 1.29<br />
|change = {{increase}}0.22<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:50112}}<br />
|percentage = 19.89<br />
|change = {{decrease}}0.98<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:251983}}<br />
|percentage = 73.1<br />
|change = {{increase}}11.1<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
| <br />
|winner = Janata Dal (United)<br />
|loser = Bhartiya Janata Party<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2020 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|<br />
|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: Kahalgaon<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><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Pawan Kumar Yadav]]<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:115538}}<br />
|percentage = 56.23<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Shubhanand Mukesh]]<ref name="election2025-3">{{cite web|url=https://www.theindiansun.com.au/2025/10/23/shubhanand-mukesh-to-contest-kahalgaon-as-jdu-candidate-in-bihar-polls/|title= Shubanand Mukesh Congress |publisher= The Indian Sun|date=23 Oct 2025 }}</ref><br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:72645}}<br />
|percentage = 35.36<br />
|change = -1.32<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Bijay Kumar Yadav<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3107}}<br />
|percentage = 1.51<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Nationalist Congress Party<br />
|candidate = Anuj Kumar Mandal<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2105}}<br />
|percentage = 1.02<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Mahendra Tanti<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1973}}<br />
|percentage = 0.96<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2192}}<br />
|percentage = 1.07<br />
|change = -1.95<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:42893}}<br />
|percentage = 20.87<br />
|change = +8.89<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:205463}}<br />
|percentage = 62.0<br />
|change = +4.52<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|loser = Indian National Congress<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2015 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Kahalgaon<ref name="election2015">[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/ Bihar Assembly Election 2015]</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Sadanand Singh]]<ref name="election2025-4">{{cite web|url=https://www.theindiansun.com.au/2025/10/23/shubhanand-mukesh-to-contest-kahalgaon-as-jdu-candidate-in-bihar-polls/|title= Sadanand Singh Congress |publisher= The Indian Sun|date=23 Oct 2025 }}</ref><br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:64981}}<br />
|percentage = 36.68<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Niraj Kumar Mandal<br />
|party = Lok Janshakti Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:43752}}<br />
|percentage = 24.7<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = [[Pawan Kumar Yadav]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:26510}}<br />
|percentage = 14.97<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Najani Naj<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:9093}}<br />
|percentage = 5.13<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Communist Party of India<br />
|candidate = Sanjit Suman<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:7339}}<br />
|percentage = 4.14<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Deepak Kumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3409}}<br />
|percentage = 1.92<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br />
|candidate = Sanjiv Kumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3282}}<br />
|percentage = 1.85<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party<br />
|candidate = Pradeep Kumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3266}}<br />
|percentage = 1.84<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Suman Kumar Singh<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2757}}<br />
|percentage = 1.56<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Binod Pandey<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2748}}<br />
|percentage = 1.55<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = National Tiger Party<br />
|candidate = Vindishwri Sharma<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1853}}<br />
|percentage = 1.05<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Manoj Kumar Yadav<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1726}}<br />
|percentage = 0.97<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:5353}}<br />
|percentage = 3.02<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:21229}}<br />
|percentage = 11.98<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:177136}}<br />
|percentage = 57.48<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
===2010===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2010 Bihar legislative assembly election|Bihar assembly elections, 2010]]: Kahalgaon<ref name="election2010">[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2010/stat_BR_Nov2010.pdf Bihar Assembly Election 2010]</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
| <br />
|candidate = [[Sadanand Singh]]<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = 44,936<br />
|percentage = 33.97<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
| <br />
|candidate = Kahkashan Perween<br />
|party = Janata Dal (United)<br />
|votes = 36,001<br />
|percentage = 27.21<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
Candidate शोभा कांत मंडल<br />
Party राष्ट्रीय जनता दल<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{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}}<br />
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{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}<br />
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{{Bihar elections}}<br />
{{Authority control}}<br />
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[[Category:Politics of Bhagalpur district]]<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]<br />
[[Category:1951 establishments in Bihar]]</div>
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