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{{Infobox Indian state legislative assembly constituency
| name = Kusheshwar Asthan
| parl_name = [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| mla = [[Aman Bhushan Hajari]]
| party = [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA)
| year = 2021
| state = [[Bihar]]
| district = [[Darbhanga district|Darbhanga]]
| constituency = [[Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Samastipur]]
| reservation = [[Scheduled Castes|SC]]
}}
'''Kusheshwar Asthan Assembly constituency''' or ''' [[Kusheshwar Asthan]]''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Darbhanga district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|scheduled castes]].

==Overview==
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 78 Kusheshwar Asthan Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Kusheshwar Asthan and Kusheshwar Asthan Purbi [[Community Development Block in India|community development blocks]]; Uchhti, Afzala, Akbarpur Baink, Sonpur Paghari, Ganaura Tarwara, Ladaho, Pokhram North and Pokhram South of Biraul 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>

Kusheshwar Asthan Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 23 [[Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (SC).<ref name=commission/>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Member

!colspan="2"|Party
|-

|-
|1977
||Digambar Thakur<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Kusheshwar Asthan (SC) Election Result: Kusheshwar Asthan (SC) MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia|url=https://www.oneindia.com/kusheshwar-asthan-sc-assembly-elections-br-78/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-11|website=www.oneindia.com|language=en}}</ref>
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
||[[Janata Party]]
|-
|1980
||Raj Kumar Mahaseth<ref name=":0" />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}" |
||[[Janata Party (Secular)]]
|-
|1985
|Padma Chaubey<ref name=":0" />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|1990
| rowspan="2" |Raj Kumar Mahaseth
| style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |
||Independent
|-
|1995
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
||[[Janata Dal]]
|-
|2000
| rowspan="2" |Ram Deo Mahto
|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|rowspan="3" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|2005
|-
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Shashi Bhushan Hazari]]
|-
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
|rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|rowspan="3" | [[Janata Dal (United)]]
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|-
|2021 by elections
|[[Aman Bhushan Hajari]]
|-
|}

==Election results==
===2021 By election===
{{Election box begin | title= [[2021 elections in India#Bihar|By-election, 2021]]: Kusheshwar Asthan}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Aman Bhushan Hajari]]
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|votes = 59,887
|percentage = 45.72
|change = +6.17
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = Ganesh Bharti
|votes = 47,192
|percentage = 36.02
|change = ''New''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Anju Devi
|votes = 5,623
|percentage = 4.29
|change = -5.50
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Atirek Kumar
|votes = 5,603
|percentage = 4.28
|change = -29.98
}}

{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 12,695
|percentage = 9.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,31,007
|percentage = 50.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2020===
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: [[Kusheshwar Asthan]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Shashi Bhushan Hazari]]
|votes = 53,980
|percentage = 39.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Ashok Kumar
|votes = 46,758
|percentage = 34.26
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Poonam Kumari
|votes = 13,362
|percentage = 9.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate = Kameshwar Ram
|votes = 3,864
|percentage = 2.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate = Yogi Chaupal
|votes = 3,864
|percentage = 2.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 7,222
|percentage = 5.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,36,481
|percentage = 54.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2015===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Kusheshwar Asthan]]<ref>[https://ceobihar.nic.in/PDF/Stat_Assem_GE_Bihar_2015.pdf Bihar Assembly Election 2015]</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Shashi Bhushan Hazari]]
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|votes = 50,062
|percentage = 43.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Dhananjay Kumar (A) Mrinal Paswan
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|votes = 30,212
|percentage = 25.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|party = None of the above
|votes = 7,183
|percentage = 6.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Rajendra Prasad
|party = Communist Party of India
|votes = 5,706
|percentage = 4.91
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate = Vinay Kumar
|votes = 4,678
|percentage = 4.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=19,850
|percentage=18.20
|change=
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=1,16,303
|percentage=51.17
|change=
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2010===
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Kusheshwar Asthan]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate =Shashi Bhushan Hajari
|votes = 28,576
|percentage = 31.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Ramchandra Paswan
|votes = 23,064
|percentage = 25.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Ashok Kumar
|votes = 17,142
|percentage = 18.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate = Ramottar Paswan
|votes = 7,549
|percentage = 8.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate |
|party = [[Independent politician|IND]]
|candidate = Ram Bahadur Bharti
|votes = 3,084
|percentage = 3.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=5,512
|percentage=6.09
|change=
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=90,475
|percentage=45.59
|change=
}}
{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==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}}

{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}
{{Darbhanga Division topics}}

{{Bihar elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Politics of Darbhanga district]]

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