The Election Commission on November 10 declared the winner of Kusheshwar Asthan Assembly Constituency (AC No 78) in Darbhanga district which went to polls on November 03, 2020. Shashibhushan Hajari of the Janata Dal (United) won the Kusheshwar Asthan seat beating Indian National Congress candidate Dr. Ashok Kumar by a margin of 7222 votes.
In Bihar Assembly Election 2015, JD(U) candidate Shashi Bhusan Hazari won Kusheshwar Asthan constituency seat with a margin of 17.1% securing 50062 votes against LJSP candidate Dhananjay Kumar Alias Mrinal Paswan.