Shikarpur was an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

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 constituency in Paschim Champaran district in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 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....

. It was reserved for scheduled castes.

It was part of Bagaha (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bagaha (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bagaha Lok Sabha constituency was a Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar state in eastern India till 2008.-Assembly segments:Bagaha Lok Sabha constituency comprised six Vidhan Sabha segments, which were:# Dhanaha# Ramnagar...

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As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission of India

Delimitation Commission of India

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, Shikarpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) ceased to exist in 2010.

Results

In the October 2005 state assembly elections Bhagirathi Devi of BJP

Bharatiya Janata Party

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 won the Shikarpur (SC) assembly seat defeating her nearest rival Subodh Kumar of NCP

Nationalist Congress Party

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. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. In February 2005, Subodh Kumar of NCP defeated Bhagirathi Devi of BJP. In 2000, Bhagirathi Devi of BJP defeated Subodh Kumar of NCP. Bhola Ram Toofani of JD

Janata Dal

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 defeated Subodh Kumar representing BJP in 1995 and Narsingh Baitha of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 in 1990. Narsingh Baitha of Congress defeated Bhola Ram Toofani 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...

in 1985. Sitaram Prasad of Congres defeated Narsingh Baitha of Congress (U) in 1980 and Dinanath Chandra of Janata Party in 1977.