Baruraj Assembly constituency

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Baruraj
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Elected year	2020

Baruraj is an assembly constituency in Muzaffarpur district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is part of the North Bihar region.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 96 Baruraj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Motipur community development block; Chochahin Chhapra and Saraiya gram panchayats of Paroo CD Block.^[1]

Baruraj Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name[2]	Party
1952	Ramchandra Prasad Shahi		Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967	Sukhdeo Giri		Independent politician
1969	Ramchandra Prasad Shahi		Indian National Congress
1972	Jamuna Singh		Samyukta Socialist Party
1977	Balendra Prasad Singh		Communist Party of India
1980	Jamuna Singh		Indian National Congress
1985	Shashi Kumar Rai		Lokdal
1990			Janata Dal
1995
2000			Janata Dal
2005	Brij Kishore Singh		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Shashi Kumar Rai		Janata Dal
2010	Brij Kishore Singh		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2015	Nand Kumar Rai
2020	Arun Kumar Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

1977-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Brij Kishor Singh of RJD won the Baruraj assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Nand Kumar Rai of JD(U).^[3] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Shashi Kumar Rai of JD(U) defeated Brij Kishor Singh of RJD in October 2005. Brij Kishor Singh of RJD defeated Shashi Kumar Rai of JD(U) in February 2005. Shashi Kumar Rai of JD(U) defeated Brij Kishor Singh of RJD in 2000. Shashi Kumar Rai of JD defeated Brij Kumar Singh of BPP in 1995 and Balendra Prasad Singh, Independent, in 1990. Shashi Kumar Rai of LD defeated Jamuna Singh of Congress in 1985. Jamuna Singh of Congress defeated Shashi Kumar Rai of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) in 1980. Balendra Prasad Singh of CPI defeated Shashi Kumar Rai, Independent, in 1977.^[4]

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Valmiki Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Arun Kumar Singh	87,407	49.47
	PP	Dilip Kumar	344	0.19
	RJD	Nand Kumar Rai	43510	24.76
	NOTA	None of the above	5157	2.92
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

References

1. "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
2. "Baruraj Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
3. "Bihar - Baruraj". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
4. "55 - Baruraj Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2011.

External links

• "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.