Kadwa Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Bihar legislative assembly in India

Kadwa
Constituency No. 64 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
LS constituency	Katihar
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shakeel Ahmad Khan
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2020

Kadwa Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 64. Kadwa Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kadwa and Dandkhora community development blocks.^[1]

Kadwa Assembly constituency is part of No 11 Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name^[2]
1952	Jiwats Himansu Sharma	Indian National Congress
1957	Mohiuddin Mokhtar
1962	Kamal Nath Jha
1977	Khwaja Shahid Hussain	Independent politician
1980	Mangan Insan	Independent politician
1985	Usman Ghani	Indian National Congress
1990	Abdul Jalil	Independent politician
1995	Bhola Ray	Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Himraj Singh	Independent politician
2005	Abdul Jalil	Nationalist Congress Party
2005	Abdul Jalil	Nationalist Congress Party
2010	Bhola Ray	Bharatiya Janata Party
2015	Shakeel Ahmad Khan	Indian National Congress
2020	Shakeel Ahmad Khan	Indian National Congress

Election results

1977-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Bhola Ray of BJP won the Kadwa assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Himraj Singh of NCP.^[3] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Abdul Jalil of NCP defeated Himraj Singh representing BJP in October 2005 and Bhola Ray of BJP in February 2005. Himraj Singh, Independent, defeated Abdul Jalil representing RJD in 2000. Bhola Ray of BJP defeated Gulam Asraf of JD in 1995. Abdul Jalil, Independent, defeated Bhola Ray of BJP in 1990. Usman Ghani of Congress defeated Khaja Shahid, Independent, in 1985. Mangan Insan, Independent, defeated Usman Ghani of Congress in 1980. Khaja Shahid Hussain, Independent, defeated Mangan Insan, Independent, in 1977.^[4]

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Kadwa
Party		Candidate	Votes
	JD(U)	Suraj Prasad Rai
	LJP	Chandra Bhushan Thakur
	INC	Shakeel Ahmad Khan
	PP	Er. Manish Kumar Mandal
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

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.
^ "Kadwa Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ "Bihar - Kadwa". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
^ "143 - Kadwa Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 January 2011.