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Rupauli Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Rupauli Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 60 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Bihar
Member of Legislative Assembly
Elected year	2020

Rupauli
Assembly constituency
Rupauli Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°54′34″N 87°10′35″E
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Purnia
Constituency No	60
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	12. Purnia
Electoral system	First past the post

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]

Member of Legislative Assembly

Election		Winner	Party
	1951	Mohit Lal Pandit	Socialist Party
	1957	Braj Bihari Singh	Indian National Congress
	1962
	1967	C. N. Sharma	Communist Party of India
	1969	Anandi Prasad Singh	Indian National Congress
	1972
	1977	Shaligram Singh Tomar	Janata Party
	1980	Dinesh Kumar Singh	Indian National Congress (Indira)
	1985		Indian National Congress
	1990	Saryug Mandal	Independent politician
	1995	Bal Kishore Mandal	Communist Party of India
	2000	Bima Bharti	Independent politician
	Feb 2005	Shankar Singh	Lok Janshakti Party
	Oct 2005	Bima Bharti	Rashtriya Janata Dal
	2010		Janata Dal (United)
	2015
	2020

Election Results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Valmiki Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Bima Bharti
	LJP	Shankar Singh
	CPI	Vikas Chandra Mandal
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Rupauli constituency[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Bima Bharti	50,975	28.31	-18.32
	BJP	Prem Prakash Mandal	41,237	22.79	New
	Independent	Shankar Singh	34,783	19.21	-0.32
	CPI	Shavan Kumar	10,426	5.76	+0.66
Turnout			181,130	61.76	+3.31
Registered electors			293,303

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Rupauli constituency[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Bima Bharti	64,887	46.63
	LJP	Shankar Singh	27,171	19.53
	INC	Asif Anwar	17,745	12.75
	CPI	Bal Kishor Mandal	7,095	5.10
Turnout			139.155	58.45
Registered electors			238,076

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.[4] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners 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.[5]

References

External links

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

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