Vaishali Assembly constituency

Vaishali Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Vaishali district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Vaishali
Constituency No. 125 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Vaishali
Established	1967
Elected year	2020

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 125 Vaishali Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Vaishali, Paterhi Belsar and Goraul community development blocks.^[1]

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name[2]	Party
1967	Laliteshwar Prasad Shahi		Indian National Congress
1969			Lok Tantrik Congress
1972			Indian National Congress
1977	Nagendra Prasad Singh		Janata Party
1980	Brishin Patel		Janata Party
1985			Lokdal
1990			Janata Dal
1991^	Hemant Kumar Shahi		Indian National Congress
1995	Raj Kishore Singh		Janata Dal
2000	Veena Shahi		Indian National Congress
2005	Brishin Patel		Janata Dal
2005
2010
2015	Raj Kishore Singh
2020	Siddhartha Patel

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Vaishali

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Siddharth Patel	69,780	35.96
	INC	Sanjeev Singh	62,367	32.14
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors				[3]
	gain from		Swing

1977-2015

In the 2015 state assembly elections, Raj Kishore Singh of JD(U) won the Vaishali seat defeating his nearest rival Brishin Patel of HAM.^[4] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. in past, Brishin Patel of JD(U) defeated Veena Shahi of Congress in October 2005 and February 2005. Veena Shahi of Congress defeated Brishin Patel of RJD in 2000. Raj Kishore Sinha of JD defeated Veena Shahi of Congress in 1995. Brishin Patel of JD defeated Hemant Kumar Shahi of Congress in 1990. Brishin Patel of LD defeated Rajendra Prasad Singh of Congress in 1985. Brishin Patel of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) defeated Yogendra Prasad Singh, Independent, in 1980. Nagendra Prasad Singh of Janata Party defeated Laliteshwar Prasad Shahi of Congress in 1977.^[5]

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. "Lalganj Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
3. "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
4. "Bihar - Vaishali". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2015 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
5. "52 - Vaishali Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 February 2011.

External links

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

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