{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Bihar, India}} {{Infobox Indian constituency |name = Karakat Assembly constituency<!-- The name of the constituency --> |type= SLA | map_image = 213-Karakat constituency.svg | map_caption = | map_alt = |mla = Arun Singh Kushwaha |party = {{Party index link|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}} |alliance = {{Party index link|Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)}} |latest_election_year = 2025 <!--Year of the last election. Leave blank for former constituencies--> |region = |state = Bihar |district = Rohtas |division = | loksabha_cons = Karakat |constituency_no = 213 |established = 1967 | electors = 333,262 |abolished = <!-- year abolished --> }} {{Use dmy dates|date = March 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date = March 2017}} '''Karakat Assembly constituency''' is an assembly constituency for Bihar Legislative Assembly in Rohtas district of Bihar, India. It comes under Karakat.<ref name="election2015">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/karakat.html|title=Karakat Assembly Election Results 2015, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs|website=www.elections.in}}</ref> In the 2020 assembly elections, Arun Kumar Singh of CPI(ML) defeated Rajeswar Raj of Bharatiya Janata Party to emerge victorious.<ref name="election2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/bihar-assembly-elections-2020/karakat-election-results-live-s04a213/|title=Karakat Vidhan Sabha 2020|website=News18|access-date=2020-11-30}}</ref>
== Members of the Legislative Assembly == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !Year !Member<ref name="election2018">{{Cite web |title=Karakat Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/karakat.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref> ! colspan="2" |Party |- | 1967 | rowspan="2" | Tulsi Yadav | {{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party|rowspan=2}} |- | 1969 |- | 1972 | Manorma Pandey |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | 1977 | Tribhuwan Singh |{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |- | 1980 | Tulsi Yadav |{{Full party name with color|Janata Party (Secular)|dab=yes}} |- | 1985 | Shashi Rani Mishra |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- | 1990 | rowspan="2" | Tulsi Yadav | {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal|rowspan=2}} |- | 1995 |- | 2000 | rowspan="3" |Arun Singh | rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation}}" | | rowspan="3" |Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation |- | 2005 |- | 2005 |- | 2010 | Rajeshwar Raj |{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y}} |- | 2015 | Sanjay Yadav |{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} |- |2020 |Rowspan=2|Arun Singh Kushwaha<ref name="election2020-1">{{cite web|url= https://www.sasaramkigaliyan.com/sasaram/news-sasaram/rohtas-won-mla-election-2020/|title= रोहतास से NDA साफ 7 विधानसभाओं में कौन कितने वोट से जीता हारा}}</ref> |{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|rowspan=2}} |- |2025 |}
==Election results== === 2025 === {{Election box begin |title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Karakat<ref name="2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Karakat">{{cite news |title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Karakat |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04213.htm |access-date=1 December 2025 |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=14 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251201093000/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04213.htm |archive-date=1 December 2025}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Arun Singh (Vil- Ajnap Tola) |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation |votes = {{formatnum:74157}} |percentage = 37.51 |change = -10.68 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Mahabali Singh |party = Janata Dal (United) |votes = {{formatnum:71321}} |percentage = 36.07 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Jyoti Pawan Singh |votes = {{formatnum:23469}} |percentage = 11.87 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Jan Suraaj Party |candidate = Yogendra Singh |votes = {{formatnum:7503}} |percentage = 3.79 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Bandana Raj |votes = {{formatnum:7377}} |percentage = 3.73 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Bansidhar Singh |votes = {{formatnum:3019}} |percentage = 1.53 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:5765}} |percentage = 2.92 |change = +1.17 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:2836}} |percentage = 1.44 |change = -9.16 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:197715}} |percentage = 59.33 |change = +7.11 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation |loser = |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2020 === {{Election box begin |title=2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Karakat<ref name="election2020"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Arun Singh |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation |votes = {{formatnum:82700}} |percentage = 48.19 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Rajeshwar Raj |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:64511}} |percentage = 37.59 |change = +6.51 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Rashtrawadi Janlok Party (Satya) |candidate = Amit Kumar Singh |votes = {{formatnum:5645}} |percentage = 3.29 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party |candidate = Malti Singh |votes = {{formatnum:4901}} |percentage = 2.86 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Hare Ram Singh |votes = {{formatnum:2528}} |percentage = 1.47 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Bansidhar Singh |votes = {{formatnum:2162}} |percentage = 1.26 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Ashok Kumar Singh |votes = {{formatnum:2000}} |percentage = 1.17 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:3010}} |percentage = 1.75 |change = -0.53 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:18189}} |percentage = 10.6 |change = +2.69 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:171627}} |percentage = 52.22 |change = +0.33 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation |loser = Rashtriya Janata Dal |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2015 === {{Election box begin |title = 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Karakat<ref name="election2015"/> }} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |party = Rashtriya Janata Dal |candidate = Sanjay Kumar Singh |votes = {{formatnum:59720}} |percentage = 38.99 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |candidate = Rajeshwar Raj |votes = {{formatnum:47601}} |percentage = 31.08 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation |candidate = Arun Singh |votes = {{formatnum:23534}} |percentage = 15.37 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Madan Prasad Vaishya |votes = {{formatnum:3905}} |percentage = 2.55 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) |candidate = Akhlaque Ahmad |votes = {{formatnum:3815}} |percentage = 2.49 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |candidate = Kashi Nath Singh |votes = {{formatnum:3195}} |percentage = 2.09 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Sampoorna Kranti Dal |candidate = Vinay Kumar Singh |votes = {{formatnum:2381}} |percentage = 1.55 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Rahul Kumar Singh |votes = {{formatnum:1906}} |percentage = 1.24 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:3493}} |percentage = 2.28 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:12119}} |percentage = 7.91 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:153150}} |percentage = 51.89 |change = }} {{Election box end}}
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==External links== * {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}
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