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
First	1951-1957	Satendra Narain Agrawal	Indian National Congress
Second	1957-1962	Satendra Narain Agrawal	Communist Party of India
Third	1962-67	Satendra Narain Agrawal	Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967-1969	Vijoy Kumar Mitra	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Fifth	1969-1972	Vijoy Kumar Mitra	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Sixth	1972-1977	Vijoy Kumar Mitra	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Seventh	1977-1980	Vijoy Kumar Mitra	Bharatiya Lok Dal
Eighth	1980-1985	Sheo Chandra Jha	Indian National Congress (I)
Ninth	1985-1990	Sheo Chandra Jha	Indian National Congress
Tenth	1990-1995	Vijoy Kumar Mitra	Bharatiya Janata Party
Eleventh	1995-2000	Ashwini Kumar Choubey	Bharatiya Janata Party
Twelfth	2000-2005	Ashwini Kumar Choubey	Bharatiya Janata Party
Thirteenth	2005-2010	Ashwini Kumar Choubey	Bharatiya Janata Party
Fourteenth	2010-2014	Ashwini Kumar Choubey	Bharatiya Janata Party
Fourteenth	2014-2015	Ajeet Sharma	Indian National Congress
Fifteenth	2015- Incumbent	Ajeet Sharma	Indian 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

• List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar

Sources

• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1951
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1957
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1962
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1967
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1969
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1972
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1980
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1985
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1990
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1995
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2000
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2005
• Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2010

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.