Chapra, Saran (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (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]

Chapra
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Chapra
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°47′05″N 84°43′39″E
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictSaran
Constituency No.118
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency20. Saran
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 118 Chapra (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha 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] First time, a non-Yadav non-Rajput Dr. C.N. Gupta (BJP) won from assembly seat in 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.[6][7][8]

Member of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Political Party
1951--
1957Prabhunath SinghIndian National Congress
1957 By PollsJaglal ChaudharyIndian National Congress
1962Sundri DeviIndian National Congress
1967U.P. N. SingBharatiya Jan Sangh
1969Janak YadavPraja Socialist Party
1972Janak YadavIndian National Congress
1977Mithlesh Kumar SinghJanata Party
1980Janak YadavJanata Party
1985Janak YadavIndependent
1990Udit RaiIndependent
1995Udit RaiJanata Dal
2000Udit RaiRashtriya Janata Dal
2005(Feb)Ram Parvash RaiJanata Dal (United)
2005(Oct)Ram Parvash RaiJanata Dal (United)
2010Janardan Singh SigriwalBharatiya Janata Party
2014 By PollsRandhir Kumar SinghRashtriya Janata Dal
2015Dr. C.N. GuptaBharatiya Janata Party
TBA 2020TBATBA

References
  1. "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs".
  2. "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).
  3. "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
  4. "RSS activist joins fray against BJP in Chhapra".
  5. The RJD's Randhir Singh took advantage of the split and won the seat.
  6. Chhapra seat 2015
  7. http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/bjp-legislator-being-probed-over-bihar-communal-tension-116081100449_1.html
  8. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Caste-stands-in-way-of-development-in-Chhapra/articleshow/49458065.cms
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