Bhagalpur Assembly constituency

Bhagalpur
Constituency No. 156 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictBhagalpur
Lok Sabha constituencyBhagalpur
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyINC
Elected year2020

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 the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Bhagalpur will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[2][3]

Overview

Bhagalpur comprises Bhagalpur (Municipal Corporation) of Jagdishpur CD Block.[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Name Party
1952[5] Satendra Narain Agrawal Indian National Congress
1957[6]
1962[7]
1967[8] Vijay Kumar Mitra Jana Sangh
1969[9]
1972[10]
1977[11] Janata Party
1980[12] Shiv Chandra Jha Indian National Congress
1985[13]
1990 Vijay Kumar Mitra[14] Bharatiya Janata Party
1995[15] Ashwini Kumar Choubey
2000[16]
2005 (Feb)[17]
2005 (Oct)[17]
2010[18]
2014^ Ajeet Sharma Indian National Congress
2015[19]
2020[20]

^by-election

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bhagalpur[20][20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ajeet Sharma 65,502 40.52 −5.72
BJP Rohit Pandey 64,389 39.83 +0.58
LJP Rajesh Verma 20,523 12.69
Independent Bijay Prasad Sah 3,292 2.04
RLSP Syed Shah Ali Sajjad Alam 2,743 1.7
NOTA None of the above 1,103 0.68 −0.96
Majority 1,113 0.69 −6.3
Turnout 161,673 48.43 +0.26
INC hold Swing


2015

2015 Bihar legislative assembly election: Bhagalpur[19][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ajeet Sharma 70,514 46.24
BJP Arjit Shashwat Choubey 59,856 39.25
Independent Bijay Pd. Sah 15,212 9.97
NOTA None of the above 2,500 1.64
Majority 10,658 6.99
Turnout 152,511 48.17
INC hold Swing


2014 bypoll

By-Election, 2014: Bhagalpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ajeet Sharma 63,753 55.50
BJP Nabhay Kumar Chaudhary 46,524 40.50
CPI Mukesh Kumar Das 1,026 0.89
SP Khursheed 970 0.84
NOTA None of the Above 1,187 1.03
Majority 17,229 15.00
Turnout 1,14,859 36.81
INC gain from BJP Swing


2010

2010 Bihar legislative assembly election: Bhagalpur[18][18]
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

References

  1. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
  3. ^ "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility".
  4. ^ "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 20 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 1951". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 1957". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 1962". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 1967". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 1969". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 1972". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 1977". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 1980". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 1985". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 1990". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  15. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 1995". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  16. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2000". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  17. ^ a b "Bihar General Legislative Election 2005 - Feb and Oct". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  18. ^ a b c "Bihar General Legislative Election 2010". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  19. ^ a b c "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  20. ^ a b c "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.

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