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]

Members of Vidhan Sabha
Year Member Political Party
1951Saryug PrasadIndian National Congress
1957Dip Narain SinhaIndian National Congress
1962Dip Narain SinhaIndian National Congress
1967K.P. SinghCommunist Party of India
1969Moti Lal Sinha KananSHD[4]
1972Motilal Sinha KananSamyukta Socialist Party[5]
1977Jagannath Prasad YadavJanata Party
1980Jagannath Prasad RaiIndian National Congress
1985Motilal Sinha KananLokdal
1990Jagannath Prasad RaiIndian National Congress
1995Rajendra RaiJanata Dal
2000Nityanand RaiBharatiya Janata Party
2005 (Feb)Nityanand RaiBharatiya Janata Party
2005 (Oct)Nityanand RaiBharatiya Janata Party
2010Nityanand RaiBharatiya Janata Party
2014 (by poll)Awadhesh SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2015Awadhesh SinghBharatiya Janata Party[6]
TBA 2020Awadhesh SinghBharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2020 Vidhan Sabha Elections
  • Awadhesh Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party) : 85,351 votes
  • Dev Kumar Chaurasia (RJD) : 82,103

1977 Vidhan Sabha Elections
  • Jagannath Pd. Yadav (JNP) : 39,392 votes [7]
  • Moti Lal Sinha Kanan (INC) : 13,154

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 10 January 2011.
  4. ECI. "Result 1969" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  5. ECI. "Result 1972" (PDF). Election Commission Of India. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  6. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Hajipur Assembly Constituency". www.elections.in.
  7. https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/1977-election-results.html
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