Amour Assembly constituency

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Amour Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 56 Amour Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Amour and Baisa community development blocks.[1]

Amour Assembly constituency is part of No 10 Kishanganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Name[7] Party
1952 Mohammad Tahir Template:Full party name with color
1957 Mohammad Ismail Template:Party name with color
1962 Mohammad Alijan Template:Full party name with color
1967 Hasibur Rahman Template:Full party name with color
1969
1972 Template:Party name with color
1977 Chandrashekhar Jha Template:Full party name with color
1980 Moijuddin Minshi Template:Full party name with color
1985 Abdul Zalil Mastan Template:Party name with color
1990 Template:Full party name with color
1995 Muzaffar Hussain Template:Full party name with color
1997 Saba Zafar Template:Party name with color
2000 Abdul Zalil Mastan Template:Full party name with color
2005
2005
2010 Saba Zafar Template:Full party name with color
2015 Abdul Zalil Mastan Template:Full party name with color
2020 Akhtarul Iman Template:Full party name with color
2025

Election results

2025

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2020

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2015

General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar was held in 5 phases. Amour Assembly constituency had its polling in the last phase on 5 November 2015 and the result was declared on 8 November 2015.[8]Candidates:

A total of 14 candidates filed their nominations, including one woman candidate. Out of those 14, one candidate withdraw his name from the candidature. 13 candidates contested the election, including the women candidate. Out of 13 candidates, 11 candidates' deposits were forfeited.[8]Electors and voters:

Total number of 2,80,910 electors (1,49,626 male and 1,31,274 female) were registered. Out of those, only 1,69,281 (60.26%) voters turned out to cast their votes in 275 polling stations.[8]Result:

Abdul Jalil Mastan of the Indian National Congress Party won the election by a margin of 51,997 votes (31.30% of total valid votes). The total votes cast in his favour was 1,00,135. Runner-up Saba Zafar of Bharatiya Janata Party received 48,138 votes.[8] Template:Election box begin Template:Election box winning candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box majority Template:Election box turnout Template:Election box end


2010

In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Saba Zafar of BJP won the Amour assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abdul Jalil Mastan of Congress.[9] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Abdul Jalil Mastan of Congress defeated Saba Jafar representing SP in October 2005, contesting as an Independent in February 2005 and representing RJD in 2000. Muzaffar Hussain of SP defeated Abdul Jalil Mastan of Congress in 1995. A. Jalil of Congress defeated Muzaffar Hussain of ICS (SCS). Jalil, Independent, defeated Chandra Sekhar Jha of JP in 1985. M. Moijuddin Munshi of Congress defeated Nazmuddin of Janata Party (Secular – Raj Narain). Chandra Sekhar Jha of JP defeated Md. Moijuddin Munshi of Congress.[10]


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
  2. ↑ Bihar Vidhan Sabha(2019-10-24). Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  3. ↑ Bihar Vidhan Sabha(2019-10-24). Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  4. ↑ Bihar Vidhan Sabha(2019-10-24). Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  5. ↑ Bihar Vidhan Sabha(2019-10-24). Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  6. ↑ Bihar Vidhan Sabha(2019-10-24). Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  7. ↑ Amour Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs. Elections in India.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Bihar General Legislative Election 2015. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  9. ↑ Bihar - Amour. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
  10. ↑ 136 - Amour Assembly Constituency. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-01-15.

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