Kusheshwar Asthan Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Bihar legislative assembly in India

Kusheshwar Asthan
Constituency No. 78 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Darbhanga
LS constituency	Samastipur
Established	2008
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Aman Bhushan Hajari
Party	Janata Dal (United)
Elected year	2021

Kusheshwar Asthan is an assembly constituency in Darbhanga district in the Indian state of Bihar, headquartered in the town of Kusheshwar Asthan. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 78 Kusheshwar Asthan Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Kusheshwar Asthan and Kusheshwar Asthan Purbi community development blocks; Uchhti, Afzala, Akbarpur Baink, Sonpur Paghari, Ganaura Tarwara, Ladaho, Pokhram North and Pokhram South of Biraul CD Block.^[1]

Kusheshwar Asthan Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 23 Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).^[1]

Year	Name
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2010	Shashi Bhushan Hazari	Bharatiya Janata Party
2015		Janata Dal
2020
2021^^[2]	Aman Bhushan Hajari

^by-election

Election results

2021 by-election

By-election, 2021: Kusheshwar Asthan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Aman Bhushan Hajari	59,887	45.72	+6.17
	RJD	Ganesh Bharti	47,192	36.02	New
	LJP	Anju Devi	5,623	4.29	-5.50
	INC	Atirek Kumar	5,603	4.28	-29.98
Margin of victory			12,695	9.70
Turnout			1,31,007	50.92
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Kusheshwar Asthan^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Shashi Bhushan Hazari	53,980	39.55
	INC	Ashok Kumar	46,758	34.26
	LJP	Poonam Kumari	13,362	9.79
	IND	Kameshwar Ram	3,864	2.83
	IND	Yogi Chaupal	3,864	2.56
Majority			7,222	5.42
Turnout			1,36,481	54.32
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kusheshwar Asthan^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Shashi Bhushan Hazari	50,062	43.04
	LJP	Dhananjay Kumar (A) Mrinal Paswan	30,212	25.98
	NOTA	None of the above	7,183	6.18
	CPI	Rajendra Prasad	5,706	4.91
	IND	Vinay Kumar	4,678	4.02
Majority			19,850	18.20
Turnout			1,16,303	51.17
	JD(U) gain from BJP		Swing

2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kusheshwar Asthan^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Shashi Bhushan Hajari	28,576	31.58
	LJP	Ramchandra Paswan	23,064	25.49
	INC	Ashok Kumar	17,142	18.95
	IND	Ramottar Paswan	7,549	8.34
	IND	Ram Bahadur Bharti	3,084	3.41
Majority			5,512	6.09
Turnout			90,475	45.59
	BJP win (new seat)

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.
^ The Wire (2 November 2021). "Bihar By-Poll: JD(U) Wins Both Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur Seats". Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^ Bihar Assembly Election 2015
^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2010". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.