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Jokihat Assembly constituency - Wikipedia

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Jokihat
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Established	1967
Reservation	None

Elected year	2020

Jokihat Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Araria district in the Indian state of Bihar. In 2017 Bihar Flood affected area.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 50 Jokihat Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Jokihat community development block; Barahkumba, Bhikha, Nakta Khurd, Pakri, Pechaili, Ramnagar, Sohandar, Suksaina, Majlispur, Kujri and Miyanpur gram panchayats of Palasi CD Block.^[1]

Jokihat Assembly constituency is part of No 9 Araria (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name^[2]
1967	Nazamuddin	Praja Socialist Party
1969	Taslimuddin	Indian National Congress
1972		Independent politician
1977		Janata Party
1980	Moidur Rehman	Indian National Congress
1985	Taslimuddin	Janata Party
1990	Moidur Rahman	Independent politician
1995	Taslimuddin	Samajwadi Party
1996^	Sarfaraz Alam	Janata Dal
2000	Sarfaraz Alam	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Manzar Alam	Janata Dal
2005	Manzar Alam
2010	Sarfaraz Alam
2015	Sarfaraz Alam
2018^	Shahnawaz Alam	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020	Shahnawaz Alam	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

^by-election

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Jokihat^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIMIM	Mohammed Shahnawaz Alam	59,596	34.22
	RJD	Sarfaraz Alam	52213	29.98
	BJP	Ranjit Yadav	48933	28.1
	NOTA	None of the above	2844	1.63
	NCP	Mohd Mobinul Haque	1243	0.71
Majority			7383
Turnout			174138
	AIMIM gain from JD(U)		Swing

2015

Janata Dal (United) had won the seat in 2015.^[4]

2010

In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Sarfaraz Alam of JD(U) won the Jokihat assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Kaushar Ziya, Independent. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned.

2005

Manzar Alam of JD(U) defeated Alam representing RJD in October 2005 and February 2005.

2000

Sarfraz Alam of RJD defeated Manzar Alam of JD(U) in 2000. Taslimuddin of SP defeated Bhoop Narayan Yadav, Independent, in 1995. Moidur Rahman of Congress defeated Bhoop Narayan Yadav, Independent, in 1990. Taslimuddin of JP defeated Moidur Rahman of Congress in 1985. Moidur Rahman of Congress defeated Jahoruddin, Independent, in 1980. Taslimuddin of JP defeated Moidur Rahman of Congress in 1977.^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b "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 10 January 2011.
^ "Jokihat Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ "ECI results 2020". Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b Live, A. B. P. "Jokihat Assembly Election Results 2020 Live Updates, Jokihat Assembly Election Latest News & Updates". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
^ "Jokihat election results". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
^ "Bihar - Jokihat". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
^ "132 - Jokihat Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 January 2011.

External links

"Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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