Hajipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Hajipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Hindi: हाजीपुर विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is an assembly constituency in Vaishali district in the Indian state of Bihar. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Hajipur will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[1][2]

Hajipur
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Hajipur
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°41′00″N 85°12′44″E
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictVaishali
Constituency No.123
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency21. Hajipur (SC)
Electoral systemFirst past the post
Area code(s)0

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 123 Hajipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Hajipur (community development block).[3]

Hajipur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 21 Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[3]

Election results

1977-2010

In the 2010, October 2005, February 2005 and 2000 state assembly elections, Nityanand Roy of BJP won the Hajipur seat defeating his nearest rival, Rajendra Rai representing LJP in 2010 and February 2005, and RJD in October 2005 and 2000. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Rajendra Rai of JD defeated Nityanand Rai of BJP in 1995. Jagannath Prasad Rai of Congress defeated Jagannath Prasad Yadav, Independent, in 1990. Motilal Sinha Kanan of LD defeated Jagannath Prasad Rai of Congress in 1985. Jagannath Prasad Rai of Congress defeated Baskit Rai of Congress(U) in 1980. Jagannath Prasad Yadav of JP defeated Moti Lal Sinha Kanan of Congress in 1977.[4][5]

1969-1972

Motilal Sinha Kanan of Samyukta Socialist Party/Socialist Party won in 1972.[6] Moti Lal Sinha Kanan of SHD defeated Rambabu Singh of INC in 1969.[7]

References
  1. "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs".
  2. "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).
  3. "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.
  4. "Bihar - Hajipur". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
  5. "45 - Hajipur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
  6. ECI. "Result 1972" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  7. ECI. "Result 1969" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
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