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{{Infobox Indian state legislative assembly constituency
|name = Kesaria Assembly constituency
|parl_name = [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
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|year =[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]] 
|region =
|state = [[Bihar]]
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|constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|15]]
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement



|name = Kesaria
|official_name =
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|settlement_type = Assembly constituency 
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| pushpin_map = India Bihar
| map_caption = Location in Bihar
|coordinates = {{coord|26|20|21|N|84|51|00|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[Bihar]]}}|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{IND}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Bihar|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[East Champaran district|Purvi Champaran]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha|Constituency No]]
|subdivision_name3 = 15
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency)|3. Purvi Champaran]]
|subdivision_type6 = [[Voting system|Electoral system]]
|subdivision_name6 = [[First past the post system|First past the post]]

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'''Kesaria''' Assembly constituency, sometimes spelt 'Kesariya', is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[East Champaran district|Purvi Champaran district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]].

==Overview==
As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 15. Kesaria Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kesaria [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]]; Uttari Bariyaria, Paschhimi Madhubani, Uttari Madhubani, Dakshini Madhubani, Purbi Madhubani, Bhatwalia, Barwa, Bariyaria Tolarajpur, Uttari Bhawanipur, Dakshini Bhawanipur and Dumariya [[gram panchayat]]s of Sangrampur CD Block; Dilawarpur, Rajpur, Darmaha, Raghunathpur, Medan Sirisiya and Pipra
Khem gram panchayats of Kalyanpur 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 = 2011-01-10 }}</ref>

Kesaria Assembly constituency is part of 3. [[Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/> It was earlier part of [[Motihari (Lok Sabha constituency)]].

==Members of Vidhan Sabha==
{| class="wikitable"
!Election
!Name
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Prabhawati Gupta]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-
|[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|-
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| rowspan="2" |Pitambar Singh
| rowspan="2" |[[Communist Party of India]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|-
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|-
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|Ezaj Hussain Khan
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
| rowspan="2" |Pitambar Singh
| rowspan="2" |[[Communist Party of India]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|-
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|-
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| rowspan="2" |Rai Hari Shankar Sharma
|[[Janata Party (Secular)]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}" |
|-
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
| rowspan="2" |Yamuna Yadav
| rowspan="2" |[[Communist Party of India]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|-
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|-
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Obaid Ullah|Obaidullah]]
|[[Samata Party]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Samata Party}}" |
|-
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Feb 2005]]
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|-
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Oct 2005]]
|Rajesh Kumar Raushan
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
|-
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]
|[[Sachindra Prasad Singh]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|-
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
|Rajesh Kumar
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|[[Shalini Mishra]]
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|}

==Election Results==

=== 2020===
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: [[Kesaria]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Shalini Mishra]]
|votes = 40219
|percentage = 26.59%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = [[Ram Sharan Prasad Yadav]]
|votes = 18904
|percentage = 12.5%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Santosh Kushawaha]]
|votes = 30992
|percentage = 20.49%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Maheshwar Singh
|votes = 18576
|percentage = 12.28%
|change =
}}

{{Election box majority|
|votes = 267733
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 151279
|percentage = 56.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Shalini Mishra
|loser =
|swing = jdu gain from rjd
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Kesaria constituency<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/|title=Bihar 2015|website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Rashtriya Janata Dal|candidate= Rajesh Kumar|votes=62,902|percentage=47.55|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate= Rajendra Prasad Gupta|votes=46,955|percentage=35.49|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate= Ram Saran Prasad Yadav |votes=11,767|percentage=8.89|change=|}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=132,290|percentage=54.93|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=240,820|change=}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2010 ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Kesaria constituency<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3903-bihar-2010/|title=Bihar 2015|website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Sachindra Prasad Singh]]|votes=34,649|percentage=36.67|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate= Ram Saran Prasad Yadav|votes=22,966|percentage=24.31|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party=Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate=Maheshwar Singh
|votes=12,010
|percentage=12.71
|change=
}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=94,480|percentage=50.77|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=186,077|change=}}
{{Election box end}}

===1977-2010===
In the [[2010 Bihar legislative assembly election|November 2010 state assembly elections]], Sacchindra Prasad Singh of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] won the 15 Kesaria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Ramsharan Prasad Yadav of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/7431726-bihar-assembly-election-2010-detailed-list-of-winners-part-4 |title = Bihar Assembly elections 2010 |access-date = 2011-01-05 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101127010330/http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/7431726-bihar-assembly-election-2010-detailed-list-of-winners-part-4 |archive-date = 2010-11-27 |url-status = dead }}</ref> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Rajesh Kumar Raushan of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] defeated Razia Khatoon of [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]] in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Oct 2005|October 2005]]. Obaidullah of JD(U) defeated Rajesh Kumar Raushan of RJD in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Feb 2005|February 2005]]. Obaidullah of [[Samata Party|SAP]] defeated Yamuna Yadav of KSP in 2000. Yamuna Yadav of CPI defeated Kiran Shukla of [[Bihar People's Party|BPP]] in 1995 and Rai Hari Shankar Sharma of BJP in 1990. Rai Hari Shankar Sharma representing [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] defeated Yamuna Yadav of CPI in 1985. Rai Hari Shankar Sharma representing Janata Party (JP) defeated Laxman Singh of Congress in 1980. Pitambar Singh of CPI defeated Rai Hari Shankar Sharma of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp18.htm |title =18 - Kesariya Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-01-06 }}</ref>

===Assembly Elections 1967===
* P. Sinha (CPI) : 15,933 votes
* M. Prasad (INC) : 13544

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://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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{{Bihar elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Politics of East Champaran district]]

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