Asthawan Assembly constituency

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
Constituency No. 171 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Elected year	2020

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

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Asthawan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Jitendra Kumar (Bihar politician)	51,525	35.75
	RJD	Anil kumar	39,925	27.70
	LJP	Ramesh kumar	21,844	15.16
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors				[3]
	gain from		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Asthawan^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Jitendra Kumar (Bihar politician)	58,908	46.16
	LJP	Chhote Lal Yadav	48,464	37.98

2010

Bihar assembly elections, 2010: Asthawan^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Jitendra Kumar (Bihar politician)	54176	50.64
	LJP	Kapildev Singh	34606	32.35