# Kesaria Assembly constituency

Kesaria, sometimes spelt 'Kesariya', is an assembly constituency in East Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

## Overview

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 15. Kesaria Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kesaria community development block; Uttari Bariyaria, Paschhimi Madhubani, Uttari Madhubani, Dakshini Madhubani, Purbi Madhubani, Bhatwalia, Barwa, Bariyaria Tolarajpur, Uttari Bhawanipur, Dakshini Bhawanipur and Dumariya gram panchayats of Sangrampur CD Block; Dilawarpur, Rajpur, Darmaha, Raghunathpur, Medan Sirisiya and Pipra Khem gram panchayats of Kalyanpur CD Block.
Kesaria Assembly constituency is part of 3. Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency). It was earlier part of Motihari (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Name | Party |
| 1952 | Prabhawati Gupta | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Prabhawati Gupta | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Pitambar Singh | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | Pitambar Singh | Communist Party of India |
| 1969 | Ezaj Hussain Khan | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Pitambar Singh | Communist Party of India |
| 1977 | Pitambar Singh | Communist Party of India |
| 1980 | Rai Hari Shankar Sharma | Janata Party |
| 1985 | Rai Hari Shankar Sharma | Indian National Congress |
| 1990 | Yamuna Yadav | Communist Party of India |
| 1995 | Yamuna Yadav | Communist Party of India |
| 2000 | Obaidullah | Samata Party |
| 2005 | Obaidullah | Janata Dal (United) |
| 2005 | Rajesh Kumar Raushan | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 2010 | Sachindra Prasad Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2015 | Rajesh Kumar | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 2020 | Shalini Mishra | Janata Dal (United) |

## Election results
### 2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kesaria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | JD(U) | Shalini Mishra | 40,219 | 26.59% |
| | LJP | Ram Sharan Prasad Yadav | 18904 | 12.5% |
| | RJD | Santosh Kushawaha | 30992 | 20.49% |
| | RLSP | Maheshwar Singh | 18576 | 12.28% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 267733 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 151279 | 56.5 |
| | JD(U) gain from RJD | JD(U) gain from RJD | Swing | |

### 2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kesaria constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | RJD | Rajesh Kumar | 62,902 | 47.55 |
| | BJP | Rajendra Prasad Gupta | 46,955 | 35.49 |
| | CPI | Ram Saran Prasad Yadav | 11,767 | 8.89 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 132,290 | 54.93 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 240,820 | |

### 2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Kesaria constituency :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Sachindra Prasad Singh | 34,649 | 36.67 |
| | CPI | Ram Saran Prasad Yadav | 22,966 | 24.31 |
| | LJP | Maheshwar Singh | 12,010 | 12.71 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 94,480 | 50.77 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 186,077 | |

### 1977-2010

In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Sacchindra Prasad Singh of BJP won the 15 Kesaria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Ramsharan Prasad Yadav of CPI. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Rajesh Kumar Raushan of RJD defeated Razia Khatoon of JD(U) in October 2005. Obaidullah of JD(U) defeated Rajesh Kumar Raushan of RJD in February 2005. Obaidullah of SAP defeated Yamuna Yadav of KSP in 2000. Yamuna Yadav of CPI defeated Kiran Shukla of BPP in 1995 and Rai Hari Shankar Sharma of BJP in 1990. Rai Hari Shankar Sharma representing Congress defeated Yamuna Yadav of CPI in 1985. Rai Hari Shankar Sharma representing Janata Party (JP) defeated Laxman Singh of Congress in 1980. Pitambar Singh of CPI defeated Rai Hari Shankar Sharma of Janata Party in 1977.

### 1967

* P. Sinha (CPI): 15,933 votes
* M. Prasad (INC): 13544 votes