Jokihat Assembly constituency is an

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constituency in

Araria district Araria district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar States and territories of India, state, India. Araria district is a part of Purnia division. The district occupies an area of . Araria town is the administrative headquarters of this d ...

in the

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n state of

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

. In 2017 Bihar Flood affected area.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 50 Jokihat Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Jokihat

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; Barahkumba, Bhikha, Nakta Khurd, Pakri, Pechaili, Ramnagar, Sohandar, Suksaina, Majlispur, Kujri and Miyanpur

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s of Palasi CD Block. Jokihat Assembly constituency is part of No 9

Araria (Lok Sabha constituency) Araria Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. It is unreserved. Assembly segments Araria Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six assembly segments: Membe ...

(SC).

Members of Legislative Assembly

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Election results

2020

2015

Janata Dal (United) had won the seat in 2015.

2010

In the November 2010 state assembly elections,

Sarfaraz Alam Sarfraz Alam is an Indian politician who represented the Araria seat of Bihar in the Indian Parliament as a candidate of Rashtriya Janata Dal from 2018 to 2019. Personal life Alam is the son of Mohammed Taslimuddin, who was a member of Rashtriy ...

JD(U) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pr ...

won the Jokihat assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Kaushar Ziya, Independent. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned.

2005

Manzar Alam of JD(U) defeated Alam representing

RJD The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has tradit ...

in October 2005 and February 2005.

2000

Sarfraz Alam of RJD defeated Manzar Alam of JD(U) in 2000. Taslimuddin of SP defeated Bhoop Narayan Yadav, Independent, in 1995. Moidur Rahman of

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defeated Bhoop Narayan Yadav, Independent, in 1990. Taslimuddin of JP defeated Moidur Rahman of Congress in 1985. Moidur Rahman of Congress defeated Jahoruddin, Independent, in 1980. Taslimuddin of JP defeated Moidur Rahman of Congress in 1977.

References

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* {{Bihar elections Assembly constituencies of Bihar Politics of Araria district