Asthawan Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Bihar legislative assembly in India
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Asthawan is one of 243 constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly, in India. It is a part of Nalanda lok sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz Islampur, Harnaut, Hilsa, Nalanda, Biharsharif and Rajgir.[1]
| Asthawan | |
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| Constituency No. 171 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Nalanda |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 304,992 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | JD(U) |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2025 |
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Tajuddin | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Nand Kishore Prasad Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1962 | Kaushlendra Prasad Narayan Singh | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1967 | B. P. Jawahar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Nand Kishore Prasad Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1972 | Ayodhya Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Indradeo Chaudhary | Independent | |
| 1980 | Ayodhya Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Raghunath Prasad Sharma | Independent | |
| 1990 | |||
| 1995 | Satish Kumar | ||
| 2000 | Raghunath Prasad Sharma | ||
| 2001^ | Satish Kumar | Samata Party | |
| 2005 | Jitendra Kumar | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | |||
Election results
2025
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Jitendra Kumar | 90,542 | 52.13 | +16.38 | |
| RJD | Ravi Ranjan Kumar | 49,834 | 28.69 | +0.99 | |
| JSP | Lata Singh | 15,962 | 9.19 | ||
| ASP(KR) | Himanshu Kumar Paswan | 4,755 | 2.74 | ||
| Independent | Shabnam Lata | 2,316 | 1.33 | ||
| BSP | Banvari Kumar | 1,946 | 1.12 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Deepak Kumar Vidyarthi | 1,794 | 1.03 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 6,550 | 3.77 | +3.01 | |
| Majority | 40,708 | 23.44 | +15.39 | ||
| Turnout | 173,699 | 56.95 | +7.47 | ||
| JD(U) hold | Swing | ||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Jitendra Kumar (Bihar politician) | 51,525 | 35.75 | −8.54 | |
| RJD | Anil kumar | 39,925 | 27.7 | ||
| LJP | Ramesh kumar | 21,844 | 15.16 | −21.28 | |
| Independent | Bipin Kumar | 9,134 | 6.34 | ||
| Independent | Gauri Kumar | 3,608 | 2.5 | ||
| Independent | Ajeet Kumar | 2,446 | 1.7 | ||
| Independent | Uday Shankar Kumar | 2,391 | 1.66 | ||
| JD(S) | Sushil Prasad | 1,758 | 1.22 | ||
| Independent | Chandra Mauli Prasad | 1,432 | 0.99 | ||
| The Plurals Party | Punam Kumari | 1,311 | 0.91 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,102 | 0.76 | −3.29 | |
| Majority | 11,600 | 8.05 | +0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 144,108 | 49.48 | +0.28 | ||
| JD(U) hold | Swing | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Jitendra Kumar (Bihar politician) | 58,908 | 44.29 | ||
| LJP | Chhote Lal Yadav | 48,464 | 36.44 | ||
| Independent | Yugeshwar Manjhi | 4,259 | 3.2 | ||
| Independent | Sanjay Paswan | 3,494 | 2.63 | ||
| NCP | Kumar Jayakant | 2,280 | 1.71 | ||
| JAP(L) | Pramod Narayan Sinha | 2,104 | 1.58 | ||
| CPI | Satyendra Krishnam | 2,005 | 1.51 | ||
| Independent | Deoki Paswan | 1,956 | 1.47 | ||
| BSP | Rajkumar | 1,854 | 1.39 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 5,390 | 4.05 | ||
| Majority | 10,444 | 7.85 | |||
| Turnout | 132,999 | 49.2 | |||
2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Jitendra Kumar (Bihar politician) | 54176 | 50.64 | ||
| LJP | Kapildev Singh | 34606 | 32.35 | ||