| Kesaria | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No.15 for theBihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | East Champaran |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 260,633 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | JD(U) |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2025 |
Kesaria, sometimes spelt 'Kesariya', is anassembly constituency inEast Champaran district in theIndianstate ofBihar.
As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 15. Kesaria Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kesariacommunity development block; Uttari Bariyaria, Paschhimi Madhubani, Uttari Madhubani, Dakshini Madhubani, Purbi Madhubani, Bhatwalia, Barwa, Bariyaria Tolarajpur, Uttari Bhawanipur, Dakshini Bhawanipur and Dumariyagram panchayats of Sangrampur CD Block; Dilawarpur, Rajpur, Darmaha, Raghunathpur, Medan Sirisiya and PipraKhem gram panchayats of Kalyanpur CD Block.[1]
Kesaria Assembly constituency is part of 3.Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part ofMotihari (Lok Sabha constituency).
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Prabhawati Gupta | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | Pitambar Singh | Communist Party of India | |
| 1967 | |||
| 1969 | Ezaj Hussain Khan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Pitambar Singh | Communist Party of India | |
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | Rai Hari Shankar Sharma | Janata Party (Secular) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Yamuna Yadav | Communist Party of India | |
| 1995 | |||
| 2000 | Obaidullah | Samata Party | |
| 2005 | Janata Dal (United) | ||
| 2005 | Rajesh Kumar Raushan | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2010 | Sachindra Prasad Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2015 | Rajesh Kushwaha | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2020 | Shalini Mishra | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2025 | |||
Detailed Results at:https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/ConstituencywiseS0415.htm
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Shalini Mishra | 78,192 | 44.26 | +17.67 | |
| VIP | Varun Vijay | 61,852 | 35.01 | ||
| JSP | Naj Ahamad Khan | 11,206 | 6.34 | ||
| Independent | Sunil Kumar | 4,567 | 2.58 | ||
| Independent | Chandreshwar Mishra | 4,342 | 2.46 | ||
| Janshakti Janta Dal | Vinod Kumar | 3,313 | 1.88 | ||
| Independent | Ram Sharan Prasad Yadav | 2,782 | 1.57 | ||
| AAP | Ram Adhar Rai | 2,663 | 1.51 | ||
| Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party | Chutun Kumar | 2,253 | 1.28 | ||
| Independent | Punam Devi | 2,131 | 1.21 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,382 | 1.91 | +0.93 | |
| Majority | 16,340 | 9.25 | +3.15 | ||
| Turnout | 176,683 | 67.7 | +11.2 | ||
| JD(U)hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Shalini Mishra | 40,219 | 26.59 | ||
| RJD | sanstosh kushwaha | 30,992 | 20.49 | −27.06 | |
| LJP | Ram Sharan Prasad Yadav | 18,904 | 12.5 | ||
| RLSP | Maheshwar Singh | 18,576 | 12.28 | ||
| Independent | Dr. Rajesh Kumar | 17,729 | 11.72 | ||
| JAP(L) | Rajanish Kumar Pathak | 7,217 | 4.77 | +3.31 | |
| Independent | Ravindra Kumar Berwar | 3,635 | 2.4 | ||
| Independent | Amrendra Kumar Verma | 2,555 | 1.69 | ||
| BSP | Abhay Kumar Singh | 2,131 | 1.41 | +0.05 | |
| Bahujan Nyay Dal | Ram Adhar Rai | 2,020 | 1.34 | ||
| Independent | Rajesh Yadav | 1,877 | 1.24 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,483 | 0.98 | −0.89 | |
| Majority | 9,227 | 6.1 | −5.96 | ||
| Turnout | 151,279 | 56.5 | +1.57 | ||
| JD(U)gain fromRJD | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Rajesh Kumar | 62,902 | 47.55 | ||
| BJP | Rajendra Prasad Gupta | 46,955 | 35.49 | ||
| CPI | Ram Saran Prasad Yadav | 11,767 | 8.89 | ||
| Independent | Neeta Sharma | 2,617 | 1.98 | ||
| JAP(L) | Umesh Kumar Singh | 1,938 | 1.46 | ||
| SP | Atique Ahmad Khan | 1,838 | 1.39 | ||
| BSP | Awdhesh Kuwar | 1,794 | 1.36 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,479 | 1.87 | ||
| Majority | 15,947 | 12.06 | |||
| Turnout | 132,290 | 54.93 | |||
In theNovember 2010 state assembly elections, Sacchindra Prasad Singh ofBJP won the 15 Kesaria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Ramsharan Prasad Yadav ofCPI.[5] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Rajesh Kumar Raushan ofRJD defeated Razia Khatoon ofJD(U) inOctober 2005. Obaidullah of JD(U) defeated Rajesh Kumar Raushan of RJD inFebruary 2005. Obaidullah ofSAP defeated Yamuna Yadav of KSP in 2000. Yamuna Yadav of CPI defeated Kiran Shukla ofBPP in 1995 and Rai Hari Shankar Sharma of BJP in 1990. Rai Hari Shankar Sharma representingCongress defeated Yamuna Yadav of CPI in 1985. Rai Hari Shankar Sharma representing Janata Party (JP) defeated Laxman Singh of Congress in 1980. Pitambar Singh of CPI defeated Rai Hari Shankar Sharma ofJanata Party in 1977.[6]
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