Kasba 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 Purnia district

Purnia District

Purnia district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state, India. The town of Purnia is the administrative headquarters of this district.Purnia district is a part of Purnia Division...

 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....

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Extent

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 58 Kasba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Kasba

Kasba (Purnia)

Kasba is a town and a notified area in Purnia district in the Indian state of Bihar.-Demographics: India census, Kasba had a population of 25,522. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kasba has an average literacy rate of 49%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male...

, Srinagar and Jalalgarh 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...

; Kohbara, Bela Rikabganj and Jhunni Istambrar gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Krityanand Nagar CD Block.

Kasba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No 12 Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency).

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...

, Md. Afaque Alam 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...

 won the Kasba, Purnia, seat defeating his nearest rival Pradip Kumar Das of BJP

Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...

. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Pradip Kumar Das of BJP defeated Md. Afaque Alam representing 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 ...

 in October 2005. Md. Afaque Alam representing SP

Samajwadi Party

Samajwadi Party is a political party in India. It is based in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It describes itself as a democratic socialist party...

 defeated Pradip Kumar Das of BJP in February 2005. Pradip Kumar Das of BJP defeated Md. Afaque Alam, Independent, in 2000 and Shiv Charan Mehta of JD

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...

 in 1995. Shiv Charan Mehta of JD defeated Md. Yasin of Congress in 1990. Syed Gulam Hussein of Congress defeated Sheo Charan Mehta of Lok Dal in 1985. Md. Yasin of Congress defeated Shiv Charan Mehta of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) in 1980. Jai Narayan Mehta of Congress defeated Bhubneshwar Arya of JP

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...

in 1977.