Hasanpur is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 constituency in Samastipur district

Samastipur District

Samastipur is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar in India. The district headquarters are located at Samastipur. The district occupies an area of 2904 km² and has a population of 27,16,929 .- History :...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

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Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 140 Hasanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Hasanpur and Bithan community development blocks

Community Development Block in India

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; Kundal I, Kundal II,
Shalepur, Jahangirpur and Bishnupur Diha gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Singhia CD Block.
Hasanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 25 Khagaria (Lok Sabha constituency)

Khagaria (Lok Sabha constituency)

Khagaria Lok Sabha constitency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.-Assembly segments:From the 2009 Lok Sabha elections Khagaria Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following six Vidhan Sabha segments:# Simri Bakhtiarpur# Hasanpur# Alauli# Khagaria# Beldaur#...

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1977-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections

Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010

The Bihar legislative assembly election is being held in 6 phases over a period of one month starting from 21 October 2010 until 20 November 2010 in all 243 constituencies of Bihar, India. The election is conducted to elect the government in Bihar for a 5-year term...

, Raj Kumar Ray of JD(U)

Janata Dal (United)

Janata Dal is a political party in India with political presence mainly in Bihar and Jharkhand. Janta Dal party mentor and patron is "Veteran Socialist leader" George Fernandes; George Fernandes broke away from the erstwhile Janata Dal and formed the Samata Party in 1994. Presently it is led...

 won the Hasanpur seat defeating his nearest rival Sunil Kumar Puspam of RJD

Rashtriya Janata Dal

The Rashtriya Janata Dal is a political party in India, based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Laloo Prasad Yadav. The party came about as a result of Lalu Prasad Yadav, ex-president of Janata Dal, being evicted by Sharad Yadav, the then president, on corruption charges ...

. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sunil Kumar Pushpam of RJD defeated Ram Narayan Mandal of LJP in October 2005 and February 2005. Gajendra Prasad Himansu of JD(U) defeated Rajendra Yadav of RJD in 2000. Sunil Kumar Pushpam of JD

Janata Dal

Janata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Congress, and the Jan Morcha led by V. P...

 defeated Rajendra Prasad Yadav, Independent, in 1995. Gajendra Prasad Himansu of JD defeated Rajendra Prasad Yadav of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 in 1990. Rajendra Prasad Yadav of Congress defeated Gajendra Prasad Himansu, Independent, in 1985. Gajendra Prasad Himansu of Janata Party (SC) in 1980. Gajendra Prasad Himansu of Janata Dal

Janata Dal

Janata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Congress, and the Jan Morcha led by V. P...

defeated Satyanarain Yadav of Congress in 1977.