About Nokha Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Nokha is a legislative assembly constituency in Bihar. It is located in the Rohtas district and belongs to the Karakat Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency of the state. A total of 2,52,369 people of the Nokha constituency were identified in 2014 by the Election Commission of India as eligible voters as per the universal adult suffrage. Amongst all the voters of the constituency, 1,35,804 are men and 1,16,559 are women.
According to the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India in 2008, the Nokha legislative assembly segment comprises Nokha, Rajpur and Nasriganj community development blocks. Nokha is represented in the state legislative assembly by BJP's Rameshwar Prasad, who won the seat in the 2010 assembly elections with 39,020 votes. He defeated Kanti Singh of RJD by a margin of 11,723 votes.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Nokha Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Nokha 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 | 211 | Nokha | GEN | Anita Devi | M | RJD | 65690 | Nagendra Chandrawanshi | M | JD(U) | 48018 |
| 2015 | 211 | Nokha | GEN | Anita Devi | M | RJD | 72780 | Rameshwar Prasad | M | BJP | 49782 |
| 2010 | 211 | Nokha | GEN | Rameshwar Prasad | M | BJP | 39020 | Kanti Singh | F | RJD | 27297 |
| 2005-10-01 | 216 | Nokha | GEN | Rameshwar Prasad | M | BJP | 45653 | Anand Mohan Singh | M | RJD | 34264 |
| 2005-02-01 | 216 | Nokha | GEN | Rameshwar Prasad | M | BJP | 36183 | Ramji Choudhary | M | RJD | 29248 |
| 2000 | 234 | Nokha | GEN | Rameshwar Prasad | M | BJP | 43959 | Anand Mohan Singh | M | RJD | 30665 |
| 1995 | 234 | Nokha | GEN | Anand Mohan Singh | M | JD | 37602 | Gopal Narayan Singh | M | BJP | 16521 |
| 1990 | 234 | Nokha | GEN | Jangi Singh Chaudhari | M | JD | 33039 | Gopal Narain Singh | M | BJP | 24987 |
| 1985 | 234 | Nokha | GEN | Sumitra Devi | F | INC | 28730 | Chaudhary Jangi Singh | M | LKD | 28308 |
| 1980 | 234 | Nokha | GEN | Jangi Singh Choudhary | M | JNP(SC) | 38709 | Jagdish Ojha | M | INC(I) | 14907 |
| 1977 | 234 | Nokha | GEN | Gopal Narain Singh | M | JNP | 15917 | Jagi Choudhary | M | IND | 13853 |
| 1972 | 227 | Nokha | GEN | Jagdish Ojha | M | NCO | 29801 | Guthi Singh | M | INC | 27943 |
| 1969 | 227 | Nokha | GEN | Jagdish Ojha | M | JAP | 15311 | Guthli Singh | M | INC | 14941 |
| 1967 | 227 | Nokha | GEN | G. Singh | M | INC | 22035 | J. Ojha | M | IND | 15892 |
| 1962 | 227 | Nokha | GEN | Guthuli Singh | M | INC | 17986 | Awadh Nath Prasad | M | SWA | 7060 |
| 1957 | 191 | Nokha | GEN | Jagdish Prasad | M | INC | 13508 | Jadubans Singh | M | PSP | 8543 |
| 1951 | 53 | Nokha | GEN | Raghunath Prasad Sah | M | INC | 10952 | Ram Lal Singh Verma | M | IND | 8026 |
Last Updated on Aug 13, 2021