About Sandesh Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Sandesh is a legislative assembly constituency in Bihar and belongs to the Arrah Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency of the state. Sandesh is located in the Bhojpur district of Bihar. The Sandesh assembly segment is home to 2,40,141 people who are eligible to vote. Amongst the voters in the constituency, there are 1,30,172 men and 1,09,871 women. BJP's Sanjay Singh represents the Sandesh constituency in the state legislative assembly of Bihar. He accounted for 29,988 votes in the assembly elections that were held in the state in November 2010. He defeated an independent candidate Arun Kumar by a margin of 6,822 votes.
As per the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India in 2008, the Sandesh assembly segment comprises Koilwar (Nagar Panchayat), Sakaddi, Jokta, Kulharia, Jalpura, Dhandiha, Gopalpur, Bhadwar, Khangaon and Narbirpur gram panchayats of Koilwar community development block; Udwant Nagar community development block; and Sandesh community development block.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Sandesh Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Sandesh assembly elections conducted so far.
Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
2020 | 192 | Sandesh | GEN | Kiran Devi | F | RJD | 79599 | Vijayendra Yadav | M | JD(U) | 28992 |
2015 | 192 | Sandesh | GEN | Arun Kumar | M | RJD | 74306 | Sanjay Singh (Tiger) | M | BJP | 48879 |
2010 | 192 | Sandesh | GEN | Sanjay Singh (Tiger) | M | BJP | 29988 | Arun Kumar | M | IND | 23166 |
2005-10-01 | 196 | Sandesh | GEN | Vijendra Kumar Yadav | M | RJD | 40387 | Sanjay Singh | M | BJP | 28894 |
2005-02-01 | 196 | Sandesh | GEN | Rameshwar Prasad | M | CPI(ML)(L) | 33834 | Vijendra Kumar Yadav | M | RJD | 31071 |
2000 | 214 | Sandesh | GEN | Vijayendra Kumar Singh Yadav | M | RJD | 47393 | Sonadhari Singh | M | SAP | 32356 |
1995 | 214 | Sandesh | GEN | Rameshwar Prasad | M | CPI(ML)(L) | 36760 | Sidhnath Roy | M | IND | 21023 |
1990 | 214 | Sandesh | GEN | Sonadhair Singh | M | JD | 32861 | Krishan Dev Yadav | M | IPF | 26879 |
1985 | 214 | Sandesh | GEN | Sonadhari | M | LKD | 31684 | Sidhnath Roy | M | INC | 27406 |
1980 | 214 | Sandesh | GEN | Sidh Nath Rai | M | INC(I) | 22573 | Sonadhari Singh | M | INC(U) | 17954 |
1978 | By Polls | Sandesh | GEN | S.Singh | M | INC | 27908 | T.Singh | M | INC(I) | 22896 |
1977 | 214 | Sandesh | GEN | Ram Dayal Singh | M | JNP | 30793 | Sondhari Singh | M | INC | 21271 |
1972 | 211 | Sandesh | GEN | Ramjee Prasad Singh | M | BJS | 31641 | Jhaman Prasad | M | INC | 13288 |
1969 | 211 | Sandesh | GEN | Ramji Prasad Singh | M | BJS | 16151 | Kailash Prasad Singh | M | INC | 14800 |
1967 | 211 | Sandesh | GEN | R. S. Singh | M | SSP | 23145 | J. Prasad | M | INC | 19242 |
1962 | 212 | Sandesh | GEN | Jhaman Prasad | M | INC | 17581 | Indradeo Singh | M | SWA | 7824 |
1957 | 178 | Sandesh | GEN | Jhaman Prasad | M | INC | 12790 | Ganpat Chawdhary | M | PSP | 4604 |
Last Updated on Aug 14, 2021