Kadwa Assembly constituency
| Kadwa | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 64 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| File:64-Kadwa constituency.svg | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Katihar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Katihar |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 280,637 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Dulal Chandra Goswami | |
| Party | JD(U) |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2025 |
| Preceded by | Shakeel Ahmad Khan, INC |
Kadwa Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Overview
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]| Year | Name[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Jiwats Himansu Sharma | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Mohiuddin Mokhtar | ||
| 1962 | Kamal Nath Jha | ||
| 1977 | Khwaja Shahid Hussain | Independent politician | |
| 1980 | Mangan Insan | ||
| 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 | |||
| 2010 | Bhola Ray | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2015 | Shakeel Ahmad Khan | Indian National Congress | |
| 2020 | |||
| 2025 | Dulal Chandra Goswami | Janata Dal (United) | |
Election results
[edit | edit source]2025
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Dulal Chandra Goswami | 99,274 | 46.57 | ||
| INC | Shakeel Ahmad Khan | 80,906 | 37.96 | ||
| AIMIM | MD Shakir Reza | 11,557 | 5.42 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,818 | 1.79 | ||
| Majority | 18,368 | ||||
| Turnout | 213,155 | ||||
2020
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shakeel Ahmad Khan | 71,267 | 42.0 | +6.55 | |
| LJP | Chandra Bhushan Thakur | 38,865 | 22.9 | ||
| JD(U) | Suraj Prasad Rai | 31,779 | 18.73 | ||
| Independent | Himraj Singh | 5,164 | 3.04 | ||
| Independent | Minu Kumari | 3,713 | 2.19 | ||
| Independent | Ranjeet Prasad Das | 2,284 | 1.35 | ||
| RLSP | Uma Kant Anand | 1,900 | 1.12 | ||
| Independent | Manoranjan Prasad Das | 1,721 | 1.01 | ||
| Independent | Sajan Kumar | 1,694 | 1.0 | ||
| NCP | Nizam | 1,638 | 0.97 | −13.97 | |
| Independent | Md Anwar Alam | 1,601 | 0.94 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,405 | 0.83 | −0.39 | |
| Majority | 32,402 | 19.1 | +15.44 | ||
| Turnout | 169,680 | 60.31 | −4.47 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2015
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Shakeel Ahmad Khan | 56,141 | 35.45 | ||
| BJP | Chander Bhushan Thakur | 50,342 | 31.79 | ||
| NCP | Himraj Singh | 23,665 | 14.94 | ||
| Independent | Ashok Kumar Mehta | 8,670 | 5.47 | ||
| Independent | Firoz Alam | 2,672 | 1.69 | ||
| Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party | Dinesh Insan | 2,439 | 1.54 | ||
| Independent | Ram Prasad Mahli | 2,056 | 1.3 | ||
| Independent | Ashish Kumar Singh | 1,700 | 1.07 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,925 | 1.22 | ||
| Majority | 5,799 | 3.66 | |||
| Turnout | 158,361 | 64.78 | |||
2010
[edit | edit source]In the 2010 state assembly elections, Bhola Ray of BJP won the Kadwa assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Himraj Singh of NCP.[4] 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.[5]
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