Kanti Assembly constituency explained

Kanti
Type:SLA
State:Bihar
District:Muzaffarpur
Constituency No:-
Established:1951
Reservation:None

Kanti is an assembly constituency in Muzaffarpur district in the Indian state of Bihar. The current sitting MLA (member of legislative assembly) is Mohammad Israil Mansuri who won as an independent candidate defeating his nearest rival Ajit Kumar by 10000 votes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearName[1] Party
1952Jamuna Prasad Tripathi
1957
1962
1967M. P. Sinha
1969Harihar Prasad ShahiLok Tantrik Congress
1972Shambhu Sharan Thakur
1977Thakur Prasad Singh
1980Nalini Ranjan Singh
1985
1990
1995Mufti Mohammad Quasim
2000Gulam Jilani Warsi
2005Ajit Singh
2005
2010
2015Ashok Kumar Choudhary
2020Mohammad Israil Mansuri

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 95 Kanti Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kanti and Marwan community development blocks.[2]

Kanti Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency).[2] and it's a Bhumihar dominated constituency.

Election results

1951-1972

In the 1951 state assembly elections, Jamuna Prasad Tripathy (Yamuna Prasad Tripathy) of INC defeated Nagendra Prasad Singh (IND) by 3049 votes. In 1957 state assembly elections, Jamuna Prasad Tripathy (Yamuna Prasad Tripathy) of INC again won the Kanti assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Yogendra Prasad Sharma by a close margin of 445 votes. In 1962 Jamuna Prasad Tripathy (Yamuna Prasad Tripathy) defeated Harihar Prasad Shahi by a margin of 2714 votes. M.P. Sinha was the congress candidate in 1967 election which he won by a huge margin of 31034 votes. In 1969 state assembly elections Harihar Prasad Shahi of LTC defeated 3 times INC MLA Jamuna Prasad Tripathy (Yamuna Prasad Tripathy). Shambhu Sharan Thakur of INC won the 1972 election by 1462 votes.

1977-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Ajit Kumar of JD(U) won the Kanti assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Md. Israil of RJD.[3] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Ajit Kumar of JD(U) defeated Muhmad Haidar Azad of RJD in October 2005. Ajit Kumar representing LJP defeated Md. Jamal of RJD in February 2005. Gulam Jilani Warsi of RJD defeated Ajit Kumar of AJBP in 2000. Mufti Mohammad Quasim of Janata Dal defeated Ajit Kumar of Congress in 1995. Nalini Ranjan Singh of JD defeated Shambhu Sharan Thakur of Congress in 1990. Nalini Ranjan Singh representing SUC defeated Tarakeshari Sinha of LD in 1985 and Shambhu Sharan Thakur of Congress in 1980. Thakur Prasad Singh of JP defeated Nalini Ranjan Singh of SUC in 1977.[4]

2015

In the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election Ashok Kumar Choudhary won the seat by almost 10000 votes against Ajit Kumar.

2020

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kanti Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs . Elections in India.
  2. Web site: Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India. Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies . 2011-01-10 .
  3. Web site: Bihar - Kanti . Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results . Election Commission of India. 2011-02-07 .
  4. Web site: 56 - Kanti Assembly Constituency . Partywise Comparison Since 1977 . Election Commission of India. 2011-02-07 .