Kusheshwar Asthan | |
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Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
Location in Bihar | |
Coordinates: 25°47′46″N 86°17′06″E / 25.79611°N 86.28500°ECoordinates: 25°47′46″N 86°17′06″E / 25.79611°N 86.28500°E | |
Country | India |
State | Bihar |
District | Darbhanga |
Constituency No. | 78 |
Type | Reserved for SC |
Lok Sabha constituency | 23. Samastipur (SC) |
Electoral system | First past the post |
Kusheshwar Asthan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Hindi: कुशेश्वरस्थान विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is an assembly constituency in Darbhanga district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 78 Kusheshwar Asthan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Kusheshwar Asthan and Kusheshwar Asthan Purbi community development blocks; Uchhti, Afzala, Akbarpur Baink, Sonpur Paghari, Ganaura Tarwara, Ladaho, Pokhram North and Pokhram South of Biraul CD Block.
Kusheshwar Asthan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 23 Samastipur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).
In the 2010 state assembly elections, Shashi Bhushan Hajari of JDU won the newly created Kusheshwar Asthan assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Ramchandra Paswan of LJP.