Rupauli Assembly constituency explained

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]	Party
1952	Mohit Lal Pandit
1957	Brij Bihari Singh
1962
1967	Chhavi Nath Sharma
1969	Anandi Prasad Singh
1972
1977	Shaligram Singh Tomar
1980	Dinesh Kumar Singh
1985
1990	Saryug Mandal
1995	Bal Kishore Mandal
2000	Bima Bharti
2005	Shankar Singh
2005	Bima Bharti
2010
2015
2020
2024^	Shankar Singh

^By-Poll

Election results

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

External links

• Web site: Results of all Bihar Assembly elections . eci.gov.in . Election Commission of India . 15 March 2022.

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Notes and References

1. 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 .
2. Web site: Rupauli Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs . Elections in India.
3. Web site: Bihar - Rupauli . Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results . Election Commission of India. 2011-01-10 .
4. Web site: 124 - Rupauli Assembly Constituency . Partywise Comparison Since 1977 . Election Commission of India. 2011-01-15 .