Sheohar Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Sheohar Assembly constituency (Hindi pronunciation: Shivahar Vidhan Sabha Nirvachan Kshetra) is an assembly constituency in Sheohar district in the Indian state of Bihar.
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| Constituency No. 22 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| Division | Tirhut |
| District | Sheohar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Sheohar |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 304,871 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | JD(U) |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2025 |
| Preceded by | Chetan Anand Singh |
Overview
As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 22. Sheohar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Sheohar, Piprarhi, Dumri Katsari and Purnahiya community development blocks.[1]
Sheohar Assembly constituency is part of 4. Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Ram Swaroop Ram | Independent | |
| 1957 | Thakur Girijanandan Singh | ||
| 1962 | Chitaranjan Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Thakur Girijanandan Singh | Independent | |
| 1969 | Bharatiya Kranti Dal | ||
| 1972 | Raghunath Jha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
| 1985 | Janata Party | ||
| 1990 | Janata Dal | ||
| 1995 | |||
| 1998^ | Thakur Ratnakar | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2000 | Satyanarayan Prasad | ||
| 2005 | Ajit Kumar Jha | ||
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | Sharfuddin | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | Chetan Anand Singh | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2025 | Shweta Gupta | Janata Dal (United) | |
Election results
2025
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Shweta Gupta | 97,269 | 46.29 |  25.01 | |
| RJD | Navneet Kumar (Jha) | 65,871 | 31.35 |  11.34 | |
| BSP | Md Sharfuddin | 16,469 | 7.84 | 5.48 | |
| JSP | Niraj Singh | 13,952 | 6.64 | ||
| Independent | Vijay Chandra Jha | 4,466 | 2.13 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,842 | 2.3 | 0.13 | |
| Majority | 31,398 | 14.94 | 6.47 | ||
| Turnout | 210,111 | 68.92 | 12.4 | ||
| JD(U) gain from RJD | Swing | ||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Chetan Anand | 73,143 | 42.69 | ||
| JD(U) | Mohammad Sharfuddin | 36,457 | 21.28 | 8.43 | |
| LJP | Vijay Kumar Pandey | 18,748 | 10.94 | ||
| Independent | Radha Kant Gupta | 14,178 | 8.28 | ||
| BSP | Sanjeev Kumar Gupta | 4,049 | 2.36 | 0.42 | |
| Independent | Virendra Pra. Yadav | 4,030 | 2.35 | ||
| Janta Dal Rashtravadi | Shrinarayan Singh | 3,952 | 2.31 | ||
| JAP(L) | Mohammed Wamique | 3,415 | 1.99 | ||
| Independent | Sanjay Sangharsh Singh | 2,934 | 1.71 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,711 | 2.17 | 0.75 | |
| Majority | 36,686 | 21.41 | 21.1 | ||
| Turnout | 171,326 | 56.52 | 1.7 | ||
| RJD gain from JDU | Swing | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Mohammad Sharfuddin | 44,576 | 29.71 | ||
| HAM(S) | Lovely Anand | 44,115 | 29.4 | ||
| Independent | Thakur Ratnakar | 22,309 | 14.87 | ||
| SP | Ajit Kumar Jha | 15,891 | 10.59 | ||
| Socialist Party (India) | Manoj Kumar | 3,684 | 2.46 | ||
| Independent | Manoj Upadhyay | 3,418 | 2.28 | ||
| BSP | Mohammad Imamudin | 2,906 | 1.94 | ||
| Independent | Sanjay Kumar | 2,834 | 1.89 | ||
| Garib Janta Dal (Secular) | Quamruzzama | 2,370 | 1.58 | ||
| Independent | Manisha Devi | 2,028 | 1.35 | ||
| AIFB | Akhilesh Kumar Singh | 1,535 | 1.02 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,383 | 2.92 | ||
| Majority | 461 | 0.31 | |||
| Turnout | 150,049 | 54.82 | |||