About Kalyanpur (SC) Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Kalyanpur is a legislative assembly in Bihar. It is located in the Samastipur district and a part of the Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency named Samastipur (not to be confused as Kalyanpur assembly constituency in the Purvi Champaran district). Manju Kumari of JD (U) represents Kalyanpur (Samastipur) in the state legislative assembly at present. She won the seat with 59,325 votes in the 2013 by-elections. Manju Kumari beat LJP's Rekha Devi by a margin of 16,432 votes.
The Kalyanpur (SC) legislative assembly segment accommodates a total of 2,74,278 eligible voters, out of whom 1,47,007 are men and 1,27,268 are women. According to the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India – 2008, the Kalyanpur assembly constituency comprises the Pusa and Kalyanpur community development blocks. Only candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) can contest the elections for the Kalyanpur assembly seat.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Kalyanpur (SC) Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Kalyanpur 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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| 2020 | 131 | Kalyanpur | (SC) | Maheshwar Hazari | M | JD(U) | 72279 | RanjeetKumar Rao | M | CPI(ML)(L) | 62028 |
| 2015 | 131 | Kalyanpur | (SC) | Maheshwar Hazari | M | JD(U) | 84904 | Prince Raj | M | LJP | 47218 |
| By-elections 2013 | 131 | Kalyanpur | SC | Maju Kumari | F | JD (U) | 59325 | Rekha Devi | F | LJP | 42893 |
| 2010 | 131 | Kalyanpur | SC | Ram Sewak Hazari | M | JD (U) | 62124 | Bishwanath Paswan | M | LJP | 31927 |
Last Updated on Aug 12, 2021