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{{for|other places with same/similar name|Forbesganj (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox settlement



|name = Forbesganj 
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|settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
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| pushpin_map = India Bihar
| map_caption = Location in Bihar
|coordinates = {{coord|26|17|N|87|17|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[Bihar]]}}|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{IND}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Bihar|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Araria district|Araria]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar|Constituency No]]
|subdivision_name3 = 48
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Araria (Lok Sabha constituency)|9. Araria (SC)]]
|subdivision_type6 = [[Voting system|Electoral system]]
|subdivision_name6 = [[First past the post system|First past the post]]

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'''Forbesganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Araria district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]]. [[Vidya Sagar Keshri|Vidyasagar Kesari]] is the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]] of Forbesganj assembly constituency elected in 2015 and 2020.

==History==
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 48 Forbesganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: [[Forbesganj]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]].<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref>

Forbesganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No 9 [[Araria (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (SC).<ref name=commission/>

In [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], Forbesganj was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/EC-move-to-allay-fears-about-errors-in-EVMs/articleshow/49199345.cms|title=EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2016-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/Current/ImpIns_24092015.pdf|title="General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg."}}</ref>

==Election results==
===1977-2010===
In the [[2010 Bihar legislative assembly election|2010 state assembly elections]], Padam Parag Roy Venu of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] won the Forbesganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Maya Nand Thakur of [[Lok Janshakti Party|LJP]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0448.htm |title = Bihar - Forbesganj |work =Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. [[Laxmi Narayan Mehta]] of BJP defeated Zakir Hussain Khan of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Oct 2005|October 2005]] and [[Bihar Assembly Election, Feb 2005|February 2005]]. Zakir Hussain Khan representing [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]] defeated Laxmi Narayan Mehta, Independent, in 2000. Mayanand Thakur representing BJP defeated Laxmi Narayan Mehta, Independent, in 1995, and Shital Prasad Gupta of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1990. Saryu Mishra of Congress defeated Rai Bahadur Keshri of BJP in 1985, Nakshtra Malakar of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] in 1980 and Lal Chand Sahni of [[Janata Party|JP]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp129.htm
|title = 129 - Forbesganj Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-01-15 }}</ref>

[[Vidya Sagar Keshri|Vidyasagar Kesari]] was first elected in [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], and re-elected in [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=bihar assembly election candidates list 2020|work=NDTV|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/bihar-assembly-election-candidates-list-2020/vidya-sagar-keshri-04048-1}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}
{{Purnia Division topics}}

{{Bihar elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Politics of Araria district]]

Forbesganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) - Revision history

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