Jhanjharpur Assembly constituency

Jhanjharpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Madhubani district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Jhanjharpur
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Madhubani
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nitish Mishra S/O: Jagannath Mishra Tourism & Industries Minister of Bihar
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2020
Preceded by	Gulab Yadav,   RJD

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 38 Jhajharpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Jhanjharpur and Lakhnaur community development blocks; Pachahi, Parsad, Banki, Bhit Bhagwanpur, Mahasingh Hasauli, Manmohan and Parwalpur gram panchayats of Madhepur CD block.^[1]

Jhanjharpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 Jhanjharpur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name[2]	Party
1952	Kapileshwar Shastri		Indian National Congress
1957	Deochandra Jha
1962	Harishchandra Jha
1967	Hari Nath Mishra
1969	Rampal Chaudhary		Samyukta Socialist Party
1972	Jagannath Mishra		Indian National Congress
1977
1980			Indian National Congress
1985			Indian National Congress
1990
1995	Ramawtar Chaudhary		Janata Dal
2000	Jagdish Narayan Chaudhary		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Nitish Mishra		Janata Dal (United)
2005
2010
2015	Gulab Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020	Nitish Mishra		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Jhanjharpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Nitish Mishra	94,854	52.47	+12.27
	CPI	Ram Narayan Yadav	53,066	29.36	+26.49
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,496	0.83	+0.17
Majority			41,788	23.11	+11.74
Turnout			1,80,762	56.85	+2.51
Registered electors			3,17,948	[3]
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing