Bhagalpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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]

156 Bhagalpur
Constituency
DistrictBhagalpur
StateBihar
Current constituency
Created1952
PartyINC
MLAAjeet Sharma
ReservationNone

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
Eighth1980-1985Shiv Chandra JhaIndian National Congress (I)
Ninth1985-1990Shiv 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- 2020Ajeet SharmaIndian National Congress
Sixteenth2020- incumbentAjeet SharmaIndian National Congress

Election results

Bihar Assembly Election, 2020: Bhagalpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ajeet Sharma 65502 40.52
BJP Rohit Pandey 64389 39.83
LJP Rajesh Verma 20523 12.69
RLSP Syed Shah Ali Sajjad Alam 2743 1.7
NOTA None of the Above 1103 0.68
Majority 65500
Turnout 161673 48.17
INC hold Swing
Bihar Assembly Election, 2015: Bhagalpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Ajeet Sharma 70,514 47.00
BJP Arjit Shashwat Choubey 59,856 39.90
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

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