Bochahan Assembly constituency

Bochahan
Bochahan
Assembly constituency
	Bochahan Location in Bihar
	Coordinates: 26°07′N 85°31′E / 26.117°N 85.517°ECoordinates: 26°07′N 85°31′E / 26.117°N 85.517°E
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Muzaffarpur
Constituency No.	91
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	15. Muzaffarpur
Electoral system	First past the post
Government
• MLA	Amar Kumar Paswan (Rashtriya Janata Dal)

Bochahan Assembly constituency
Bochahan Assembly constituency
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency Details
Country	India
State	Bihar
Member of Legislative Assembly
Elected year	2020

Bochahan Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Muzaffarpur district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes. Bochahan Assembly constituency is part of No. 15 Muzaffarpur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Overview[edit]

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 91 Bochahan Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Adi Gopalpur, Balthi Rasulpur,^[2] Bhootane, Deogan, Karanpur North, Karanpur South, Lohsari, Maidapur, Majhauli, Sahila Rampur, Sarfuddinpur, Unsar and Vishunpur Jagdish gram panchayats of Bochahan community development block; Abdul Nagar Urf Madhopur, Baikatpur, Barajagannath, Bhikhanpur, Chhapra Megh, Dumri, Jamalabad, Jhapahan, Kanauli Vishundutta, Khabra, Manika Harikesh, Manika Vishunpur Chand, Mushahri Alias Radha Nagar, Narauli, Prahladpur, Rajwara Bhagwan, Rohua, Sahbazpur, Shekhpur, Sherpur, Susta and Taraura Gopalpur gram panchayats of Mushahri CD Block.^[1]

Members of Vidhan Sabha[edit]

1977 : Kamal Paswan, Janata Party
1980 : Ramai Ram, Janata Party
1985 : Ramai Ram, Lok Dal
2005 : Ramai Ram, RJD
2010 : Ramai Ram, JD(U)
2015 : Baby Kumari (Independent)
2020 : Musafir Paswan, VIP
2022^ : Amar Kumar Paswan, Rashtriya Janata Dal

^ representes By-poll

Election results[edit]

from 1957 to 1962 this constituency was known as muzzafarnagar muffasil (constituency number 63). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ramai Ram representing RJD defeated Shiv Nath Chaudhary of JD(U) in October 2005 and February 2005, and Musafir Paswan representing JD(U) in 2000. Ramai Ram of JD defeated Musafir Paswan representing SAP in 1995 and Ram Pratap Niraj of Congress in 1990. Ramai Ram of LD defeated Hari Lal Ram of Congress in 1985. Ramai Ram of Janata Party (JP) defeated Righan Ram of CPI in 1980. Kamal Paswan of JP defeated Hari Lal Ram of Congress in 1977.^[3]

1967 Assembly Elections[edit]

1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bochahan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	[[Samyukta Socialist Party\|Template:Samyukta Socialist Party/meta/shortname]]	Sitaram Rajak	18,049	43.85%
	INC	Chandramani Lal Chowdhury	11,927	28.97%
Majority			6,122	14.88%
Turnout			41,157	50.33%
	Samyukta Socialist Party gain from INC		Swing

1969 Assembly Elections[edit]

1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bochahan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	[[Samyukta Socialist Party\|Template:Samyukta Socialist Party/meta/shortname]]	Sitaram Rajak	19,042	48.76%	+4.89%
	INC	Chandramani Lal Chowdhury	11,374	29.12%	+0.15%
Majority			7,668	19.64%
Turnout			39,049	46.10%
	Samyukta Socialist Party gain from INC		Swing

1972 Assembly Elections[edit]

1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bochahan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
style="background-color: Template:Hindustani Shoshit Dal/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Hindustani Shoshit Dal\|Template:Hindustani Shoshit Dal/meta/shortname]]	Ramai Ram	13,531	31.86%	+31.86%
	Independent	Hari Lal Ram	12,798	30.13%	+30.13%
	INC	Sitaram Rajak	7,442	17.52%	-12.06%
style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Bharatiya Jana Sangh\|Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/shortname]]	Sai Jangi Paswan	5,869	13.82%
Majority			733	0.73%
Turnout			42,476	43.28%
	Hindustani Shoshit Dal gain from INC		Swing

1977 Assembly Elections[edit]

1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bochahan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Kamal Paswan	32,030	64.85%	+64.85%
	INC	Hari Lal Ram	10,810	21.89%	+4.47%
	Independent	Ramai Ram	4,006	8.11%	+8.11%
Majority			21,220	6.75%
Turnout			49,392	42.96%
	JP gain from INC		Swing	+64.85%

1980 Assembly Elections[edit]

1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bochahan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Ramai Ram	17,663	30.48%	-34.37%
	INC	Raghubir Prasad	10,898	18.81%	-3.08%
	CPI	Rijhan Ram	13,752	23.73%	+23.73%
	[[Janata Party (Secular)\|Template:Janata Party (Secular)/meta/shortname]]	Kamal Paswan	13,514	23.32%	+23.32%
Majority			3,911	6.75%
Turnout			57,950	48.38%
	JP gain from CPI		Swing	-34.37%

1985 Assembly Elections[edit]

1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bochahan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	[[Lok Dal\|Template:Lok Dal/meta/shortname]]	Ramai Ram	20,303	31.96%	+31.96%
	INC	Hari Lal Ram	17,996	28.33%	+9.52%
	CPI	Rijhan Ram	16,589	26.11%	+2.38%
Majority			38,426	37.67%
Turnout			63,528	49.0%
	Lok Dal gain from JP		Swing	+31.96%

1990 Assembly Elections[edit]

1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bochahan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Ramai Ram	66,280	64.97%	+64.97%
	INC	Ram Pratap Niraj	27,854	27.3%	-0.97%
Majority			38,426	37.67%
Turnout			1,02,014	66.23%
	JD gain from Lok Dal		Swing	+64.97%

1995 Assembly Elections[edit]

1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bochahan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Ramai Ram	74,273	65.19%	+0.23%
	[[Samata Party\|Template:Samata Party/meta/shortname]]	Musafir Paswan	28,147	24.7%	+24.7%
Majority			46,126	40.49%
Turnout			1,13,938	66.89%
	JD gain from Samata Party		Swing	+0.23%

2000 Assembly Elections[edit]

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bochahan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Ramai Ram	77,031	62.93%	+62.93%
	JD(U)	Musafir Paswan	22,863	18.68%	+18.68%
	[[Samata Party\|Template:Samata Party/meta/shortname]]	Reejhan Ram Paswan	14,589	11.92%	-12.78%
	CPI(ML)L	Ram Nandan Paswan	3,989	3.26%	+3.26%
Majority			54,168	44.25%
Turnout			1,22,416	67.57%
	RJD gain from JD		Swing	+62.93%

February 2005 Assembly Elections[edit]

February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bochahan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Ramai Ram	50,956	45.40%	-17.53%
	JD(U)	Shiv Nath	33,432	29.78%	+11.10%
	LJP	Awdhesh Paswan	10,706	9.53%	+9.53%
Majority			17,524	15.62%
Turnout			1,12,254
	RJD gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing	-22.17%

October 2005 Assembly Elections[edit]

October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bochahan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Ramai Ram	46,861	42.08%	-3.32%
	JD(U)	Shiv Nath	41,081	36.89%	+7.11%
	LJP	Awdhesh Paswan	8,340	7.49%	-2.04%
Majority			5780	5.19%
Turnout			1,11,357
	RJD gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing	-3.32%

2010 Assembly Elections[edit]

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bochahan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Ramai Ram	61,885	50.58%	+13.69%
	RJD	Musafir Paswan	37,758	30.86%	-11.22%
	INC	Baby Kumari	5,289	4.32%	+4.32%
Majority			24,127	19.72%
Turnout			1,22,340	61.08%
	JD(U) gain from RJD		Swing	+13.69%

2015 Assembly Elections[edit]

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bochahan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Baby Kumari	67,720	40.67%	+40.67%
	RJD	Ramai Ram	43,590	26.18%	-4.68%
	SHS	Lal Babu Paswan	11877	7.13%	+7.13%
	LJP	Anil Kumar	7383	4.43%	+4.43%
	SP	Musafir Paswan	5130	3.08%	+2.16%
Majority			24,130	14.49%
Turnout			1,66,492	65.48
	Independent gain from JD(U)		Swing	+40.67%

2020 Assembly Elections[edit]

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Bochahan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	[[Vikassheel Insaan Party\|Template:Vikassheel Insaan Party/meta/shortname]]	Musafir Paswan	77,837	42.62%	42.62
	LJP	Amar Azad	8,232	4.51%	0.08
	RJD	Ramai Ram	66,569	36.45%	10.27
Majority			11,268	6.29%
Turnout			1,82,689	65.19%
	Vikassheel Insaan Party gain from Independent		Swing	42.62

2022[edit]

2022 Bye-election: Bochahan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Amar Kumar Paswan	82,562	48.52	12.07
	BJP	Baby Kumari	45,909	26.98	new
	[[Vikassheel Insaan Party\|Template:Vikassheel Insaan Party/meta/shortname]]	Geeta Kumari	29,279	17.21	24.51
	INC	Tarun Chaudhary	1,336	0.79	new
Majority			36,653	21.54	15.25
Turnout			1,82,689	65.19
	RJD gain from Vikassheel Insaan Party		Swing

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "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.
↑ Balthi Rasulpur is a village in Balthi Rasulpur panchayat of Bochahan block. Bochahan block is in Muzaffarpur district . Balthi Rasulpur village was initially served by RamNiranjan Mishra , who remained unopposed representative of this panchayat until his death .
↑ "60 - Bochaha (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2011.

External links[edit]

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

[commission-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "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.

[:0-2] Balthi Rasulpur is a village in Balthi Rasulpur panchayat of Bochahan block. Bochahan block is in Muzaffarpur district . Balthi Rasulpur village was initially served by RamNiranjan Mishra , who remained unopposed representative of this panchayat until his death .

[3] "60 - Bochaha (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2011.

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