# Alinagar Assembly constituency

Alinagar is an assembly constituency in Darbhanga district in the Indian state of Bihar.

## Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 81 Alinagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Alinagar, Tardih, Motipur Panchayat "Earlier Antour Panchayat (Antour, Motipur, Andauli) and Ghanshyampur community development blocks. Alinagar assembly is dominated by Brahmin, Yadav and Muslim voters. They play vital role in elections.
Alinagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 14 Darbhanga (Lok Sabha constituency).

## History of Alinagar block

Earlier Alnagar was under Benipur block, since administrative block was far from public reach and due to limited availability of transportation for the people of the village in Alinagar, it was difficult for the public to access the administrative block easily. Then there was a formation of Alinagar block which is under Benipur division. Then have crafted new panchayat and dissolved some of the old panchayat and village under new block.
New panchayat and village are - Alinagar, Tardih, Motipur Panchayat "Earlier Antour Panchayat (Antour, Motipur, Andauli) and Ghanshyampur
While forming Alinagar block, they have dissolved Antour panchayat which was having [Antour], Motipur, Balha and Nandapati village in it. Now Antour is part of Motipur panchayat which is new and came into force after dissolving Antour panchayat. Balha and Nandapati is part of Benipur division.
After formation of new block Alinagar, it becomes difficult for people in the village Antour to access the Administrative block in Alinagar since it is in the neighbourhood of Benipur division. And the nearest railway station is Benipur which is .3 km from Antour village and administrative blocks of Benipur are 2 km from village Antour and new administrative block for Antour which is Alinagar is 10 km from village Antour in the opposite direction of the main market which is in Benipur.

## Members of Legislative Assembly

| Year | Name | Party |
| Until 2008: Constituency did not exist ||||
| 2010 | Abdul Bari Siddiqui | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 2015 | Abdul Bari Siddiqui | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 2020 | Mishri Lal Yadav | Vikassheel Insaan Party |
| 2020 | Mishri Lal Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Election results
### 2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Alinagar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | VIP | Mishri Lal Yadav | 61,082 | 38.62 |
| | RJD | Binod Mishra | 57,981 | 36.66 |
| | JAP(L) | Sanjay Kumar Singh | 9,737 | 6.16 |
| | LJP | Raj Kumar Jha | 8,850 | 5.60 |
| | Independent | Fakira Paswan | 4,468 | 2.83 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,941 | 1.86 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,101 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| | BJP gain from RJD | BJP gain from RJD | Swing | |

### 2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Alinagar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | RJD | Abdul Bari Siddiqui | 67,461 | 48.22 |
| | BJP | Mishri Lal Yadav | 54,001 | 38.60 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 139,898 | 55.62 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 251,508 | |