About Kasba Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
In Purnia district of Bihar, Kasba is one of the 243 legislative assembly constituencies of the state. The Jalalgarh, Srinagar and Kasba CD blocks, Bela Rikabganj, Jhunni Istambrar and Kohbara gram panchayats of Krityanand Nagar Community development block are covered by Kasba assembly segment, as per the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India, 2008.
The Kasba assembly segment is a part of the Purnia Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency of Bihar. It has a total of 2,36,588 eligible voters, amongst them are 1,23,163 are men while 1,13,416 are female. The assembly seat of Kasba is presently occupied by INC's Md. Afaque Alam, who won the seat in 2010 assembly elections by accounting for 63,025 votes. He beat Pradip Kumar Das of BJP by a margin of 4,455 votes. Das won 58,570 votes.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Kasba Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Kasba assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2020 | 58 | Kasba | GEN | Md. Afaque Alam | M | INC | 77410 | Pradip Kumar Das | M | LJNSP | 60132 |
| 2015 | 58 | Kasba | GEN | Md. Afaque Alam | M | INC | 81633 | Pradip Kumar Das | M | BJP | 79839 |
| 2010 | 58 | Kasba | GEN | Md.Afaque Alam | M | INC | 63025 | Pradip Kumar Das | M | BJP | 58570 |
| 2005-10-01 | 138 | Kasba | GEN | Pradip Kumar Das | M | BJP | 49113 | Md. Afak Alam | M | RJD | 43104 |
| 2005-02-01 | 138 | Kasba | GEN | Md. Afaque Alam | M | SP | 33749 | Pradip Kumar Das | M | BJP | 29721 |
| 2000 | 138 | Kasba | GEN | Pradip Kr. Das | M | BJP | 32222 | Md. Afaque Alam | M | IND | 26553 |
| 1995 | 138 | Kasba | GEN | Pradip Ku. Das | M | BJP | 31344 | Shiv Charan Mehta | M | JD | 26473 |
| 1990 | 138 | Kasba | GEN | Shiv Charan Mehrta | M | JD | 62556 | Md. Yasin | M | INC | 15687 |
| 1985 | 138 | Kasba | GEN | Syed Gulam Hussain | M | INC | 24083 | Sheocharan Mehta | M | LKD | 21718 |
| 1980 | 138 | Kasba | GEN | Md. Yasin | M | INC(I) | 23493 | Shiv Charan Mehta | M | JNP(SC) | 20167 |
| 1977 | 138 | Kasba | GEN | Jai Narayan Mehta | M | INC | 15949 | Bhubneshwar Arya | M | JNP | 15694 |
| 1972 | 121 | Kasba | GEN | Ram Naraian Mandal | M | INC | 19679 | Khalilur Rehaman | M | SOP | 14049 |
| 1969 | 121 | Kasba | GEN | Ram Narayan Nandal | M | INC | 10087 | Girja Nand Choudhry | M | BJS | 9057 |
| 1967 | 121 | Kasba | GEN | R. N. Mandal | M | INC | 10788 | H. C. Mukherjee | M | BJS | 6879 |
Last Updated on Aug 12, 2021