Singheshwar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Madhepura district in the Indian state of Bihar. It has been reserved for scheduled castes since 2010. Earlier, it was an open seat.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 72 Singheshwar Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Singheshwar, Shankarpur and Kumarkhand community development blocks.

Singheshwar Assembly constituency is part of No. 8 Supaul (Lok Sabha constituency) from 2010. It was earlier part of Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMemberParty
1977Dinbandhu Prasad YadavJanata Party
1980Jai Kumar SinghIndian National Congress
1981^Ramendra Kumar Yadav
1985Lok Dal
1990Pappu YadavIndependent politician
1995Upendra Narayan YadavJanata Dal
2000Vijay Kumar SinghRashtriya Janata Dal
2005Ramendra Kumar YadavJanata Dal (United)
2005
2010Ramesh Rishidev
2015
2020Chandrahas ChaupalRashtriya Janata Dal
2025Ramesh RishidevJanata Dal

Election results

2025

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Singheshwar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U)Ramesh Rishidev106,41646.434.22
RJDChandrahas Chaupal103,43445.130.0
IndependentVirendra Kumar Sharma3,9781.74
JSPPramod Kumar Ram3,5161.53
NOTANone of the above5,8952.570.48
Majority2,9821.31.62
Turnout229,17469.487.99
JD(U) gain fromSwing

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Singheshwar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJDChandrahas Chaupal86,18145.13
JD(U)Ramesh Rishidev80,60842.217.24
LJPAmit Kumar Bharti5,6072.94
JAP(L)Anil Kumar Bandhu3,8302.016.98
Aam Janmat PartyShivjee Ram2,3541.23
Bhartiya Lokmat Rashtrwadi PartySurendra Sharma2,2921.2
Jai Maha Bharath PartyTriful Devi2,1331.12
NOTANone of the above3,9982.092.03
Majority5,5732.9226.96
Turnout190,95061.492.75
RJD gain from JD(U)Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Singheshwar
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U)Ramesh Rishidev83,07349.45
HAM(S)Manju Devi32,87319.57
JAP(L)Amit Kumar Bharti15,1068.99
CPI(M)Rajkishor Sardar6,9244.12
BSPIndo Devi4,0982.44
IndependentJagdev Ram3,4982.08
Janta Dal RashtravadiLalan Paswan3,2201.92
IndependentAchhe Lal Sharma3,0481.81
BJKD (D)Sanjay Paswan2,7671.65
IndependentAgamlal Rishidev2,5831.54
The National Road Map Party of IndiaDinesh Rishi Dev2,0801.24
Garib Janta Dal (Secular)Upendra Ram1,7841.06
NOTANone of the above6,9284.12
Majority50,20029.88
Turnout167,98258.74

External links

  • . eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India.

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