About Amarpur Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
One of the 243 legislative assembly constituencies in Bihar is Amarpur, which is located in the Banka district of the state. Amarpur is a part of the Banka Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency and is represented by Janardan Manjhi of JD (U) in the state legislative assembly. Manjhi won the seat after getting 47,300 votes in the 2010 assembly elections. He defeated RJD's Surendra Prasad Singh by a margin of 18,007 votes.
The Amarpur assembly constituency is home to a total of 2,52,908 eligible voters, out of whom 1,35,007 are men and 1,17,894 are women. The Amarpur legislative assembly segment comprises Amarpur and Shambhuganj community development blocks as recommended by the Delimitation Commission of India in 2008.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Amarpur Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Amarpur assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2015 | 159 | Amarpur | GEN | Jayant Raj | M | JD(U) | 54308 | Jitendra Singh | M | INC | 51198 |
| 2015 | 159 | Amarpur | GEN | Janardan Manjhi | M | JD(U) | 73707 | Mrinal Shekhar | M | BJP | 61934 |
| 2010 | 159 | Amarpur | GEN | Janardan Manjhi | M | JD(U) | 47300 | Surendra Prasad Singh | M | RJD | 29293 |
| OCT 2005 | 154 | Amarpur | GEN | Surendra Prasad Singh | M | RJD | 33679 | Bedanand Singh | M | JD(U) | 31278 |
| FEB 2005 | 154 | Amarpur | GEN | Surendra Prasad Singh | M | RJD | 31428 | Veda Nand Singh | M | JD(U) | 25109 |
| 2000 | 172 | Amarpur | GEN | Surendra Prasad Singh | M | RJD | 49144 | Bedanand Singh | M | SAP | 39934 |
| 1995 | 172 | Amarpur | GEN | Surendra Prasad Singh | M | JD | 34287 | Binoy Bihari Singh | M | BPP | 19714 |
| 1990 | 172 | Amarpur | GEN | Madho Mandal | M | IND | 36466 | Kamdeo Prasad Yadav | M | INC | 29339 |
| 1985 | 172 | Amarpur | GEN | Neel Mohan Singh | M | INC | 58877 | Dhirendra Prasad Yadav | M | LKD | 13161 |
| 1980 | 172 | Amarpur | GEN | Nil Mohan Singh | M | INC(I) | 24912 | Dhirendra Prasad Yadav | M | JNP(SC) | 21912 |
| 1977 | 172 | Amarpur | GEN | Janardhan Yadav | M | JNP | 40647 | Makeshwar Prasad Singh | M | CPI | 16185 |
| 1972 | 164 | Amarpur | GEN | Janar Dan Yadav | M | BJS | 23680 | Balram Rai | M | INC | 20464 |
| 1969 | 164 | Amarpur | GEN | Sukhnarain Singh | M | SSP | 15734 | Janardan Prasad Yadav | M | BJS | 15575 |
| 1967 | 164 | Amarpur | GEN | S.N. Singh | M | SSP | 16868 | J.P. Yadav | M | BJS | 15623 |
| 1962 | 163 | Amarpur | GEN | Shital Prasad Bhagat | M | INC | 12823 | Maheshwari Prasad Kapri | M | JS | 6203 |
| 1957 | 138 | Amarpur | GEN | Shital Pd. Bhagat | M | INC | 11781 | Nitya Pd. Singh | M | IND | 3780 |
Last Updated on Aug 10, 2021