Bhagalpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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156 Bhagalpur
Constituency
for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
DistrictBhagalpur
StateBihar
Current constituency
Created2020
Party INC
MLAAjeet Sharma
ReservationNone

Bhagalpur Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of 243 legislative assembly 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 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Bhagalpur will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[2][3]


Overview[edit]

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

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Assembly Duration Name of the Member Political Party
First 1951-1957 Satendra Narain Agrawal Indian National Congress
Second 1957-1962 Satendra Narain Agrawal Communist Party of India
Third 1962-67 Satendra Narain Agrawal Indian National Congress
Fourth 1967-1969 Vijoy Kumar Mitra Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Fifth 1969-1972 Vijoy Kumar Mitra Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Sixth 1972-1977 Vijoy Kumar Mitra Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Seventh 1977-1980 Vijoy Kumar Mitra Bharatiya Lok Dal
Eighth 1980-1985 Shiv Chandra Jha Indian National Congress (I)
Ninth 1985-1990 Shiv Chandra Jha Indian National Congress
Tenth 1990-1995 Vijoy Kumar Mitra Bharatiya Janata Party
Eleventh 1995-2000 Ashwini Kumar Choubey Bharatiya Janata Party
Twelfth 2000-2005 Ashwini Kumar Choubey Bharatiya Janata Party
Thirteenth 2005-2010 Ashwini Kumar Choubey Bharatiya Janata Party
Fourteenth 2010-2014 Ashwini Kumar Choubey Bharatiya Janata Party
Fourteenth 2014-2015 Ajeet Sharma Indian National Congress
Fifteenth 2015- 2020 Ajeet Sharma Indian National Congress
Sixteenth 2020- incumbent Ajeet Sharma Indian National Congress

Election results[edit]

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bhagalpur
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
style="background-color: Template:Rashtriya Lok Samata Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Rashtriya Lok Samata Party|Template:Rashtriya Lok Samata Party/meta/shortname]] 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 Bihar legislative assembly election: Bhagalpur
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
Bye-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 Bihar legislative assembly election: Bhagalpur
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[edit]

Sources[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Bhagalpur Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  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.
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