Sakra Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Sakra
Constituency No. 92 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Muzaffarpur
Established	1957
Reservation	SC

Elected year	2020

25°55′N 85°32′E / 25.917°N 85.533°E / 25.917; 85.533

Sakra Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Muzaffarpur district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 92 Sakra Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Sakra and Dholi Muraul community development blocks.^[1]

Sakra Assembly constituency is part of No. 15 Muzaffarpur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Name^[2]
1957	Kapildeo Narain Singh	Indian National Congress
1957	Ramgulam Chaudhary
1962	Mahesh Prasad Singh
1967	Newa Lal Mahto	Samyukta Socialist Party
1969	Newa Lal Mahto
1972	Hiralal Paswan
1977	Shivnandan Paswan	Janata Party
1980	Fakirchand Ram	Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Shivnandan Paswan	Lokdal
1990	Kamal Paswan	Janata Dal
1995	Kamal Paswan	Janata Dal
2000	Sital Ram	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Bilat Paswan	Janata Dal (United)
2005	Bilat Paswan
2010	Suresh Chanchal
2015	Lal Babu Ram	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020	Ashok Kumar Choudhry	Janata Dal (United)

Election results

1977-2020

In 2020 assembly elections Ashok Kumar Choudhary of JDU became MLA by defeating Umesh Kumar Ram of INC.However, there was a difference of only 1537 in the total votes of these two.In the 2015 state assembly election, Lal Babu Ram of RJD defeated Arjun Ram of BJP. In the 2010 state assembly elections, Suresh Chanchal of JD(U) won the Sakra assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Lal Babu Ram of RJD.^[3] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Bilal Paswan of JD(U) defeated Lal Babu Ram of RJD in October 2005 and Dr. Shital Ram of RJD in February 2005. Dr. Sital Ram of RJD defeated Bilal Paswan of JD(U) in 2000. Kamal Paswan of JD defeated Bilal Paswan representing Congress in 1995 and 1990. Shivnandan Paswan of LD defeated Arun Kumar Ch. Of Congress in 1985. Fakir Chand Ram of Congress defeated Paltan Ram of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) in 1980. Shivnadan Paswan of JP defeated Fakir Chand Ram of Congress in 1977.^[4]

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Sakra
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Ashok Kumar Choudhary	67,265	40.25
	INC	Umesh Kumar Ram	65,728	39.33
	LJP	Sanjay Paswan	13,528	8.09
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,392	2.63
Majority			1,537
Turnout
	JD(U) gain from RJD		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
^ "Sakra Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ "Bihar - Sakra". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
^ "58 - Sakra (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 February 2011.