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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kanti
| type = SLA
| map_image = 95-Kanti constituency.svg
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Ajit Singh (Bihar politician)|Ajit Kumar]]
| party = {{Party index link|Janata Dal (United)}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]] 
| region =
| state = [[Bihar]]
| district = [[Muzaffarpur district|Muzaffarpur]]
| division =
| loksabha_cons =
| constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|-]]
| established = 1951
| electors = 319,372
| abolished = 
}}
'''Kanti''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Muzaffarpur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]]. The current sitting MLA (member of legislative assembly) is Mohammad Israil Mansuri who won as a RJD candidate defeating his nearest rival Ajit Kumar by 10000 votes.

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |title=Kanti Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/kanti.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|rowspan="3" |Jamuna Prasad Tripathi
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
|[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|-
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|-
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|M. P. Sinha
|-
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|Harihar Prasad Shahi
|style="background-color: {{party color|Akhil Bharatiya Lok Tantrik Congress}}" |
|Lok Tantrik Congress
|-
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Shambhu Sharan Thakur
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Thakur Prasad Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|rowspan="3" |Nalini Ranjan Singh
| {{Full party name with color|Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|-
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|Mufti Mohammad Quasim
|-
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|[[Gulam Jilani Warsi]]
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|rowspan="3" |[[Ajit Singh (Bihar politician)|Ajit Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Lok Janshakti Party}}
|-
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]
|-
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
|[[Ashok Kumar Choudhary]]
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|[[Mohammad Israil Mansuri]]
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
|[[Ajit Singh (Bihar politician)|Ajit Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
|}

==Overview==
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 95 Kanti Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kanti and Marwan [[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>

Kanti Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 [[Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/>

==Election results==
=== 2025 ===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Kanti<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 = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Ajit Singh (Bihar politician)|Ajit Kumar]]
|votes = {{formatnum:117299}}
|percentage = 50.43
|change = +37.22
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Rashtriya Janata Dal|candidate=[[Mohammad Israil Mansuri]]|votes={{formatnum:91504}}|percentage=39.34|change=+6.45}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Jan Suraaj Party|candidate=Sudarshan Mishra|votes={{formatnum:4251}}|percentage=1.83|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=Suresh Kumar Gupta|votes={{formatnum:2889}}|percentage=1.24|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)|candidate=Kumari Sheetal|votes={{formatnum:2594}}|percentage=1.12|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|votes={{formatnum:7823}}|percentage=3.36|change=+2.59}}
{{Election box majority|votes={{formatnum:25795}}|percentage=11.09|change=+5.83}}
{{Election box turnout|votes={{formatnum:232600}}|percentage=72.83|change=+9.55}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|loser = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2020 ===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Kanti<ref name="election2020"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Mohammad Israil Mansuri]]
|votes = {{formatnum:64458}}
|percentage = 32.89
|change = +6.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ajit Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:54144}}
|percentage = 27.63
|change = +26.63
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Mohammad Jamal
|votes = {{formatnum:25891}}
|percentage = 13.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = [[Bijay Prasad Singh]]
|votes = {{formatnum:18093}}
|percentage = 9.23
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Neera Devi
|votes = {{formatnum:9885}}
|percentage = 5.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janshakti Vikas Party (Democratic)
|candidate = Sunil Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:2744}}
|percentage = 1.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jai Maha Bharath Party
|candidate = Krishna Devi
|votes = {{formatnum:2188}}
|percentage = 1.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Lal Babu Roy
|votes = {{formatnum:2057}}
|percentage = 1.05
|change = +0.02
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Jan Jan Party
|candidate = Anay Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:1975}}
|percentage = 1.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1507}}
|percentage = 0.77
|change = -0.04
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:10314}}
|percentage = 5.26
|change = +0.09
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:195962}}
|percentage = 63.28
|change = -1.93
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|loser = Independent
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2015 ===

In the [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]] Ashok Kumar Choudhary won the seat by almost 10000 votes against Ajit Kumar.

{{Election box begin|title = [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Kanti<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 = Independent
|candidate = Ashok Kumar Choudhary (Sadatpur)
|votes = {{formatnum:58111}}
|percentage = 32.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Hindustani Awam Morcha
|candidate = Ajit Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:48836}}
|percentage = 27.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = Md. Parwez Alam
|votes = {{formatnum:47050}}
|percentage = 26.22
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Umesh Paswan
|votes = {{formatnum:3109}}
|percentage = 1.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ashok Kumar Chodhary (Dhamauli Ramnath)
|votes = {{formatnum:2144}}
|percentage = 1.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Md. Inamul Haque
|votes = {{formatnum:2031}}
|percentage = 1.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Amar Deo Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:1948}}
|percentage = 1.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Lal Babu Roy
|votes = {{formatnum:1850}}
|percentage = 1.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Arjun Prasad Gupta
|votes = {{formatnum:1832}}
|percentage = 1.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ajit Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:1797}}
|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:1460}}
|percentage = 0.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:9275}}
|percentage = 5.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:179468}}
|percentage = 65.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2010===
In the [[2010 Bihar legislative assembly election|2010 state assembly elections]], Ajit Kumar of [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]] won the Kanti assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Md. Israil of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]].<ref name="election2010">{{cite web | url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0495.htm | title = Bihar - Kanti | work = Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results | publisher = Election Commission of India | access-date = 2011-02-07 | archive-date = 27 November 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101127025846/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0495.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Ajit Kumar of JD(U) defeated Muhmad Haidar Azad of RJD in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Oct 2005|October 2005]]. Ajit Kumar representing [[Lok Janshakti Party|LJP]] defeated Md. Jamal of RJD in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Feb 2005|February 2005]]. Gulam Jilani Warsi of RJD defeated Ajit Kumar of AJBP in 2000. Mufti Mohammad Quasim of [[Janata Dal]] defeated Ajit Kumar of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1995. Nalini Ranjan Singh of JD defeated Shambhu Sharan Thakur of Congress in 1990. Nalini Ranjan Singh representing SUC defeated Tarakeshari Sinha of [[Lok Dal|LD]] in 1985 and Shambhu Sharan Thakur of Congress in 1980. Thakur Prasad Singh of [[Janata Party|JP]] defeated Nalini Ranjan Singh of SUC in 1977.<ref name="election1977">{{cite web| url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp56.htm |title = 56 - Kanti Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-02-07 }}</ref>

===1972===
In the 1951 state assembly elections, Jamuna Prasad Tripathy (Yamuna Prasad Tripathy) of INC defeated Nagendra Prasad Singh (IND) by 3049 votes. In 1957 state assembly elections, Jamuna Prasad Tripathy (Yamuna Prasad Tripathy) of INC again won the Kanti assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Yogendra Prasad Sharma by a close margin of 445 votes. In 1962 Jamuna Prasad Tripathy (Yamuna Prasad Tripathy) defeated Harihar Prasad Shahi by a margin of 2714 votes. M.P. Sinha was the congress candidate in 1967 election which he won by a huge margin of 31034 votes. In 1969 state assembly elections Harihar Prasad Shahi of LTC defeated 3 times INC MLA Jamuna Prasad Tripathy (Yamuna Prasad Tripathy). Shambhu Sharan Thakur of INC won the 1972 election by 1462 votes.

==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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Akash Arora at 03:26, 14 April 2026