Mohiuddinnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Mohiuddinnagar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Mohiuddinnagar
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°36′06″N 85°42′30″E / 25.60167°N 85.70833°E / 25.60167; 85.70833Coordinates: 25°36′06″N 85°42′30″E / 25.60167°N 85.70833°E / 25.60167; 85.70833
Country  India
State Bihar
District Samastipur
Constituency No. 137
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 22. Ujiarpur

Mohiuddinnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 137 Mohiuddinnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Mohiuddinnagar and Mohanpur community development blocks; Tara Dhamaun, Uttri Dhamaun, Dakshini Dhamaun, Inayatpur, Hettanpur, Rupauli, Chaksaho, Harpur Saidabad and Seora gram panchayats of Patori CD Block.[1]

Mohiuddinnagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 22 Ujiarpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Election results

1977-2010

Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Premlata Rai of Janata Party defeated Ram Anugrah Narain Singh of Congress in 1977. Ram Chandra Rai of Congress (U) defeated Anugrah Narain Singh of Congress (I) in 1980. Anugrah Narain Singh of Congress defeated Ram Chandra Rai, Independent, in 1985.Ram Chandra Rai of Janata Dal defeated Anugrah Narain Singh of Congress in 1995 and Chandrakant Choudhary of BJP in 1990. Ajay Kumar Bulganin of LJP defeated Rana Gangeswar Prasad Singh of Janata Dal (U) (JD(U)) in February 2005. Ram Chandra Rai of RJD defeated Ajay Kumar Bulganin of JD(U) in 2000. Ajay Kumar Bulganin of RJD defeated Rana Gangeswar Prasad Singh of Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP) in October 2005. In the 2010 state assembly elections, Rana Gangeswar Singh of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the Mohiuddinnagar seat defeating his nearest rival Ajay Kumar Bulganin of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).[2][3]

Ajay Kumar Bulganin regained the seat in a bye-election in 2014.[4]

During the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Ejya Yadav was selected as the Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate for the seat ahead of Ajay Kumar Bulganin, who had represented the area twice before. Bulganin ran as the candidate of the Jan Adhikar Party.[5] Yadav won the race, defeating her nearest competitor, independent Rajesh Singh by over 23,000 votes.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "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 2011-01-10.
  2. ↑ "Mohiuddinnagar Election Results since 1977". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  3. ↑ "97 - Mohiuddin Nagar Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
  4. ↑ "Bye-election results Bihar - 2014" (PDF). Election Commission of India.
  5. ↑ "In Yadav hub, a Bulganin fights for his seat". Daily Telegraph. October 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Bihar election results: Only 3 of 10 varsity teachers emerge winners". Times of India. 11 November 2015.
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