Bhagalpur Assembly constituency
Assembly constituency in Bihar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bhagalpur is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is a part of Bhagalpur Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Gopalpur, Pirpainti, Kahalgaon, Bihpur and Nathnagar.[1] In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Bhagalpur will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[2][3]
Bhagalpur | |
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Constituency No. 156 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | Bihar |
District | Bhagalpur |
LS constituency | Bhagalpur |
Established | 1951 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | INC |
Elected year | 2020 |
Overview
Bhagalpur comprises Bhagalpur (Municipal Corporation) of Jagdishpur CD Block.[4]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Year | Name[5] | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1952 | Satendra Narain Agrawal | Indian National Congress | |
1957 | |||
1962 | |||
1967 | Vijay Kumar Mitra | Jana Sangh | |
1969 | |||
1972 | |||
1977 | Janata Party | ||
1980 | Shiv Chandra Jha | Indian National Congress | |
1985 | |||
1990 | Vijay Kumar Mitra | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
1995 | Ashwini Kumar Choubey | ||
2000 | |||
2005 | |||
2005 | |||
2010 | |||
2014^ | Ajeet Sharma | Indian National Congress | |
2015 | |||
2020 |
^by-election
Election results
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Ajeet Sharma | 65,502 | 40.52 | ||
BJP | Rohit Pandey | 64,389 | 39.83 | ||
LJP | Rajesh Verma | 20,523 | 12.69 | ||
IND | Bijay Prasad Sah | 3,292 | 2.04 | ||
RLSP | Syed Shah Ali Sajjad Alam | 2,743 | 1.70 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 1,103 | 0.68 | ||
Majority | 1,113 | ||||
Turnout | 1,61,673 | 48.17 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
2015
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Ajeet Sharma | 70,514 | 47.00 | ||
BJP | Arjit Shashwat Choubey | 59,856 | 39.25 | ||
IND | Bijay Prasad Sah | 15,212 | 9.97 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 2,500 | 1.64 | ||
Majority | 10,658 | 6.99 | |||
Turnout | 1,52,511 | 48.17 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
2014 by-election
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Ashwini Kumar Choubey | 49,164 | 42.03 | ||
INC | Ajeet Sharma | 38,104 | 32.57 | ||
LJP | Dr. N. K. Yadav | 19,479 | 16.65 | ||
BSP | Shekhar Mehtar | 2,535 | 2.17 | ||
Independent | Jajweer Quasmi | 2,007 | 1.72 | ||
Majority | 11,060 | 9.46 | |||
Turnout | 1,16,987 | 42.97 | |||
BJP hold | Swing |
See also
Sources
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1951
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1957
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1962
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1967
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1969
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1972
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1980
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1985
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1990
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1995
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2000
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2005
- Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2010
References
External links
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