Bhagalpur (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
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. In the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Bhagalpur will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.
Overview
Bhagalpur comprises Bhagalpur (Municipal Corporation) of Jagdishpur CD Block.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | 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
| 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
| 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
- ^ "Bhagalpur Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
- ^ "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility".
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Bhagalpur Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
External links
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.