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Rupauli Assembly constituency - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 25°54′34″N 87°10′35″E / 25.90944°N 87.17639°E

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Rupauli
Constituency No. 60 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Purnia
LS constituency	Purnia Lok Sabha constituency
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shankar Singh
Party	Independent
Alliance	None
Elected year	By-election 2024
Preceded by	Bima Bharti Won as : JD(U) Current : RJD

Rupauli 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 60. Rupauli Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Rupauli and Bhawanipur community development blocks; Aurlaha, Bhatsara, Laxmipur, Nathpur, Patraha, Arbanna Chakla, Thari and Basudeopur of Barhara Kothi CD Block.^[1]

Rupauli Assembly constituency is part of No 12 Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name^[2]
1952	Mohit Lal Pandit	Socialist Party
1957	Brij Bihari Singh	Indian National Congress
1962	Brij Bihari Singh	Indian National Congress
1967	Chhavi Nath Sharma	Communist Party of India
1969	Anandi Prasad Singh	Indian National Congress
1972	Anandi Prasad Singh	Indian National Congress
1977	Shaligram Singh Tomar	Janata Party
1980	Dinesh Kumar Singh	Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Dinesh Kumar Singh	Indian National Congress
1990	Saryug Mandal	Independent
1995	Bal Kishore Mandal	Communist Party of India
2000	Bima Bharti	Independent
2005	Shankar Singh	Lok Janshakti Party
2005	Bima Bharti	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2010		Janata Dal (United)
2015
2020
2024^	Shankar Singh	Independent

^By-Poll

Election results

2024 By Election

Bye-election, 2024: Rupauli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Shankar Singh	68,070	39.97
	JD(U)	Kaladhar Mandal	59,824	35.13
	RJD	Bima Bharti	30,619	17.98
	NOTA	None of the above	5,717	3.36	+0.84
Majority			8,246	4.84
Turnout			1,70,311	52.75
	Independent gain from JD(U)		Swing

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Rupauli
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Bima Bharti	64,324	34.52
	LJP	Shankar Singh	44,994	24.15
	CPI	Vikas Chandra Mandal	41,963	22.52
	Independent	Kaladhar Prasad Mandal	6,197	3.33
	NOTA	None of the above	4,686	2.51
Majority			19,330	10.64
Turnout			1,86,349	60.69
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Rupauli ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Bima Bharti	50,975	28.31	−18.32
	BJP	Prem Prakash Mandal	41,237	22.79	New
	Independent	Shankar Singh	34,783	19.21	−0.32
	CPI	Shavan Kumar	10,426	5.76	+0.66
Majority
Turnout			1,81,130	61.76	+3.31
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Rupauli ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Bima Bharti	64,887	46.63
	LJP	Shankar Singh	27,171	19.53
	INC	Asif Anwar	17,745	12.75
	CPI	Bal Kishor Mandal	7,095	5.10
Majority
Turnout			1,39,155	58.45
	JD(U) hold		Swing

1957-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Bima Bharti of JD(U) won the Rupauli assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Shankar Singh of LJP.^[5] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Bima Bharti representing RJD defeated Shanakar Singh of LJP in October 2005. Shankar Singh of LJP defeated Bima Bharti of RJD in February 2005. Bima Bharti, contesting as an Independent candidate defeated Md. Alimuddin of SP in 2000. Bal Kishor Mandal of CPI defeated Ram Chandra Das of SP in 1995. Saryug Mandal, Independent, defeated Jai Krishna Singh of BJP in 1990. Dinesh Kumar Singh of Congress defeated Saryug Mandal of CPI in 1985 and 1980. Shaligram Singh Tomar of JP defeated Saryug Mandal of CPI in 1977.^[6]

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.
^ "Rupauli Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
^ "Bihar 2010". Election Commission of India.
^ "Bihar - Rupauli". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
^ "124 - Rupauli 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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