Bhagalpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

156 Bhagalpur
Constituency
for the Vidhan Sabha
District Bhagalpur
State Bihar
Current constituency
Created 1952
Party INC
MLA Ajeet Kumar Sharma
Reservation None

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 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2015, 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 Legislative Assembly

Assembly Duration Name of the Member Political Party
First1951-1957Satendra Narain AgrawalIndian National Congress
Second1957-1962Satendra Narain AgrawalCommunist Party of India
Third1962-67Satendra Narain AgrawalIndian National Congress
Fourth1967-1969Vijoy Kumar MitraBharatiya Jana Sangh
Fifth1969-1972Vijoy Kumar MitraBharatiya Jana Sangh
Sixth1972-1977Vijoy Kumar MitraBharatiya Jana Sangh
Seventh1977-1980Vijoy Kumar MitraBharatiya Lok Dal
Eighth1980-1985Sheo Chandra JhaIndian National Congress (I)
Ninth1985-1990Sheo Chandra JhaIndian National Congress
Tenth1990-1995Vijoy Kumar MitraBharatiya Janata Party
Eleventh1995-2000Ashwini Kumar ChoubeyBharatiya Janata Party
Twelfth2000-2005Ashwini Kumar ChoubeyBharatiya Janata Party
Thirteenth2005-2010Ashwini Kumar ChoubeyBharatiya Janata Party
Fourteenth2010-2014Ashwini Kumar ChoubeyBharatiya Janata Party
Fourteenth2014-2015Ajeet SharmaIndian National Congress
Fifteenth2015- IncumbentAjeet SharmaIndian National Congress

Election results

Bihar Assembly Election, 2015: Bhagalpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±
INC Ajeet Sharma 70,514 46.24
BJP Arjit Shashwat Choubey 59,856 39.25
Independent Bijay Prasad Sah 15,212 9.97
BSP Mohammad Shahab Alam 954 0.63
PBI Ravishankar Singh 810 0.53
NOTA None of the Above 2,500 1.64
Majority 10,658 6.99
Turnout 1,52,511 48.17
INC hold Swing
Bihar Assembly 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
Independent Kamal Kishore 572 0.49
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
Bihar Assembly Election, 2010: 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

Sources

References

  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 2013-12-20.
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