Kanti is an assembly constituency in

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in the

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. The current sitting MLA (member of legislative assembly) is Mohammad Israil Mansuri who won as a RJD candidate defeating his nearest rival Ajit Kumar by 10000 votes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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. Kanti Assembly constituency is part of No. 16

Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency) Vaishali is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. Assembly segments Vaishali Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: Members of Parliament ^ by- ...

. 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) Janata Dal (United) ("People's Party (United)"), abbreviated as JD(U), is a social-democratic and secular Indian political party, rooted mainly in eastern and north-eastern India, whose stated goals are promoting social justice and lifting ...

won the Kanti assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Md. Israil of

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. 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

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. 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

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defeated Ajit Kumar of

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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.

2015

In the

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The Legislative Assembly election was held over five phases in Bihar through October–November 2015 before the end of the tenure of the prior Legislative Assembly of Bihar on 29 November 2015. In April 2015, the Janata Parivar Alliance group ...

Ashok Kumar Choudhary won the seat by almost 10000 votes against Ajit Kumar.

2020

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kanti (Vidhan Sabha Constituency) Assembly constituencies of Bihar Politics of Muzaffarpur district Constituencies established in 1951 1951 establishments in Bihar