Kalyanpur, Samastipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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Kalyanpur 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
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

 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....

. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

Extent

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 131 Kalyanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Kalyanpur and Pusa community development blocks
Community Development Block in India
The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

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Kalyanpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 23 Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.-Assembly segments:Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha segments:...

.

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...

, Ramsewak Hazari 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 Kalyanpur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Bishwanathan Paswan of LJP. In the 2009 bye elections Ashok Prasad Verma of RJD won. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In October 2005, Ashwamedh Devi 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...

 defeated Ashok Prasad Verma 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 ...

. Ashok Prasad Verma of RJD defeated Ashwamedh Devi of JD(U) in February 2005. Ashwamedh Devi of Samajwadi Party defeated Alok Kumar Mehta of RJD in 2000. Sita Sinha 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 Dilip Kumer Rai of Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 in 1995. Dilip Kumar Rai of Congress defeated Bashisht Narain Singh of Janata Dal in 1990. Bashisht Narain Singh of Lok Dal defeated Ram Sukumari Devi of Congress in 1985. Ram Sukumari Devi of Congress (I) defeated Bashisht Narain Singh of Janata Party (SC) in 1980. Bashisht Narain Singh of Janata Party
Janata Party
The Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...

defeated Ram Naresh Trivedi (Congress) in 1977.
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