Kalyanpur, Purvi Champaran (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Kalyanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Hindi: कल्यानपुर विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is an assembly constituency in Purvi Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Kalyanpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kalyanpur Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°30′51″N 84°50′54″E
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Purvi Champaran
Constituency No	16
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	3. Purvi Champaran
Electoral system	First past the post

Overview

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 16. Kalyanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Kotwa community development block; Parsauni Wazid, Bakhri, Kalyanpur, Barharwa Mahanand, Siswa Shobh, Brindaban, Pakari Dixit, Siswa Kharar, Patna, Gariba, Shambhu Chak, Sitalpur, Koela Belwa, Bhuwan Chhapra, Banshghat, North Gawandra, South Gawandra and Mani Chhapra gram panchayats of Kalyanpur CD Block.[1]

Kalyanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 3. Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Election results

In the November 08 2015 state assembly elections, Sachindra singh bhartiya janta party(BJP) won the newly created 16 Kalyanpur assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Raziya khatoon of janta dal united(JDU).[2]

Assembly Elections 2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kalyanpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sachindra Prasad Singh	71626	44.61
	RJD	Manoj Kumar Yadav	72819	45.35
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	Manoj Kumar Yadav gain from Sachindra Prasad Singh		Swing

References

1. "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.
2. "Razia Khatoon JD(U) won in Kalyanpur". TPR One. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2011.