Template:Infobox Indian constituency Chapra (pronounced Chhapra) is an assembly constituency in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Chapra was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[1][2]
Overview
Chhapra assembly seat has a unique distinction of electing either a Rajput or Yadav since 1967 belonging to various parties. The dominating caste, after delimitation is Vaishya which accounts for 65,000 of the 2.89 lakh voters. The vaishya community has 10-12% population in Chhapra.
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 118 Chapra Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chhapra municipality and Naini, Fakuli, Karinga, Sadha, Mouna, Tenua and Barhara Mahaji gram panchayats of Chapra community development block; Rivilganj CD Block.[3]
Chapra Assembly constituency is part of No. 20 Saran (Lok Sabha constituency).[3] It was earlier part of Chapra (Lok Sabha constituency). Chhapra assembly seat had a unique distinction of electing either a Rajput or Yadav since 1965 till 2014 belonging to various parties.[4] Randhir Kumar Singh (RJD) won the by-poll from Chhapra in 2014.[5][6] First time, a non-Yadav non-Rajput Dr. C. N. Gupta (BJP) won from assembly seat in 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.[7][8][9]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name[10] | Party | |
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| 1957 | Prabhunath Singh | Template:Full party name with color | |
| Jaglal Chaudhary | |||
| 1962 | Sundri Devi | ||
| 1967 | Uday Pratap N. Singh | Template:Full party name with color | |
| 1969 | Janak Yadav | Template:Full party name with color | |
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| 1977 | Mithlesh Kumar Singh | Template:Full party name with color | |
| 1980 | Janak Yadav | ||
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| 1990 | Udit Rai | ||
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| 2005 | Ram Pravesh Rai | Template:Full party name with color | |
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| 2010 | Janardan Singh Sigriwal | Template:Full party name with color | |
| 2014^ | Randhir Kumar Singh | Template:Full party name with color | |
| 2015 | C. N. Gupta | Template:Full party name with color | |
| 2020 | |||
| 2025 | Chhoti Kumari | ||
Election results
2025
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2020
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2015
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2014 bypoll
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2010
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2005
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2000
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1995
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1990
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1985
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1980
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1977
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1972
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1957
In the 1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Janak Yadav of the Praja Socialist Party won the Chapra constituency. In the 1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Uday Pratap N Singh of Bharatiya Jana Sangh won the Chapra assembly seat. In the 1962, Bihar Vidhan Sabha elections, Sundri Devi of the Indian National Congress (INC) won the Chapra assembly seat.1957, Bihar Vidhan Sabha elections, Prabhunath Singh and Jaglal Chaudhary of the Indian National Congress (INC) won the Chapra assembly seat.
References
- ↑ EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs. The Times of India.
- ↑ General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg..
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
- ↑ RSS activist joins fray against BJP in Chhapra. The Times of India.
- ↑ Saffron party struggles to keep flock together.
- ↑ The RJD's Randhir Singh took advantage of the split and won the seat.
- ↑ Chhapra seat 2015
- ↑ BJP legislator being probed over Bihar communal tension | Business Standard News. Business-standard.com.
- ↑ Caste stands in way of development in Chhapra | Patna News - Times of India. Timesofindia.indiatimes.com(2015-10-20).
- ↑ Chapra Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs. Elections in India.
External links
- Results of all Bihar Assembly elections. eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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