Jhanjharpur Assembly constituency

Jhanjharpur
Jhanjharpur
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Madhubani
Established	1951
Total electors	320,142
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	18th Bihar Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Nitish Mishra
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2025
Preceded by	Gulab Yadav, RJD

Jhanjharpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Madhubani district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 38 Jhajharpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Jhanjharpur and Lakhnaur community development blocks; Pachahi, Parsad, Banki, Bhit Bhagwanpur, Mahasingh Hasauli, Manmohan and Parwalpur gram panchayats of Madhepur CD block.^[1]

Jhanjharpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 Jhanjharpur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name^[2]
1952	Kapileshwar Shastri	Indian National Congress
1957	Deochandra Jha
1962	Harishchandra Jha
1967	Hari Nath Mishra
1969	Rampal Chaudhary	Samyukta Socialist Party
1972	Jagannath Mishra	Indian National Congress
1977		Indian National Congress
1980		Indian National Congress (I)
1985		Indian National Congress
1990		Indian National Congress
1995	Ramawtar Chaudhary	Janata Dal
2000	Jagdish Narayan Chaudhary	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Nitish Mishra	Janata Dal (United)
2005
2010
2015	Gulab Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020	Nitish Mishra	Bharatiya Janata Party
2025	Nitish Mishra	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2025

Bihar Assembly election, 2025: Jhanjharpur^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nitish Mishra	107,958	55.89	3.42
	CPI	Ram Narayan Yadav	53,109	27.5	1.86
	JSP	Keshavchandra Bhandari	11,563	5.99
	Independent	Krishna Kumar Sahu	4,513	2.34
	AAP	Deo Kant Jha	2,347	1.22
	Independent	Abdul Irfan	1,992	1.03
	NOTA	None of the above	3,112	1.61	0.78
Majority			54,849	28.39	5.28
Turnout			193,156	60.33	3.48
	BJP hold		Swing

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Jhanjharpur^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nitish Mishra	94,854	52.47	12.27
	CPI	Ram Narayan Yadav	53,066	29.36	26.49
	Independent	Ganga Prasad Gangotri	8,658	4.79
	Independent	Madan Kumar Mahto	5,683	3.14
	RLSP	Birendra Kumar Choudhary	3,262	1.8
	Independent	Rakesh Kumar Yadav	2,788	1.54
	Independent	Ganpati Jha	2,671	1.48
	NOTA	None of the above	1,496	0.83	0.17
Majority			41,788	23.11	22.58
Turnout			180,762	56.85	2.51
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Jhanjharpur^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RJD	Gulab Yadav	64,320	40.73
	BJP	Nitish Mishra	63,486	40.2
	Independent	Sunil Kumar Jha	7,022	4.45
	CPI	Ram Narayan Yadav	4,531	2.87
	Independent	Sada Nand Suman	4,237	2.68
	Independent	Om Prakash	3,309	2.1
	Independent	Ram Narayan Mahto	2,639	1.67
	Independent	Md. Hasnaian	1,593	1.01
	NOTA	None of the above	1,044	0.66
Majority			834	0.53
Turnout			157,914	54.34

References

1 2 "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.
↑ "Jhanjharpur Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
↑ "2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Jhanjharpur". Election Commission of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 28 December 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021.
↑ "Jhanjharpur Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025". The Times of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 28 December 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.

External links

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

26°16′N 86°17′E / 26.267°N 86.283°E / 26.267; 86.283

[commission-1] 1 2 "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.

[election2018-2] "Jhanjharpur Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.

[2025_Bihar_Legislative_Assembly_Election_Results:_Jhanjharpur-3] "2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Jhanjharpur". Election Commission of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 28 December 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.

[election2020-4] "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021.

[Jhanjharpur_Constituency_Election_Results_2015_-_2025-5] "Jhanjharpur Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025". The Times of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 28 December 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.

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