Begusarai Assembly constituency

Begusarai
Constituency No. 146 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictBegusarai
LS constituencyBegusarai Lok Sabha
Established1951
Total electors3,36,598 (2020)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBJP
AllianceNDA
Elected year2020

25°25′05″N 86°07′44″E / 25.41806°N 86.12889°E / 25.41806; 86.12889

Begusarai Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Begusarai district in the Indian state of Bihar. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Begusarai was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[1][2][3]

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 146 Begusarai Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Begusarai municipality; Birpur community development block; Babhangama, Maida Babhangama, Sahuri, Neenga and Bathauli gram panchayats of Barauni CD Block; Mohanpur, Chandpura, Bandwar, Suja, Sankh, Lakho, Hebatpur, Parna, Kusmaut, Kaith, Jinedpur, Neema, Panhas, Ajhaur, Khamhar and Rajaura gram panchayats of Begusarai CD Block.[4]

Begusarai Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]

Most Successful parties from Begusarai Vidhan Sabha

  INC (8 times), {including 2 MLAs in 1952 and 1957 election} (50%)
  BJP (6 Times) (30%)
  CPI (3 times) (15%)
  Independent (1 time) (5%)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name[5] Party
1952 Saryu Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
Md. Illiyas
1957 Medni Paswan
Saryu Prasad Singh
1962 Ram Narain Choudhary
1967 Bhola Singh Independent politician
1969 Saryu Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
1972 Bhola Singh Communist Party of India
1977 Indian National Congress
1980 Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Indian National Congress
1990 Basudeo Singh Communist Party of India
1995 Rajendra Prasad Singh
2000 Bhola Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2005
2005
2009^ Srikrishna Prasad Singh
2010 Surendra Mehata
2015 Amita Bhushan Indian National Congress
2020 Kundan Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party

^by-election

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Begusarai
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kundan Kumar 74,217 39.66
INC Amita Bhushan 69663 37.23
NOTA None of the Above 930 0.50
Majority 4554 2.44
Turnout 163754 60.44
Registered electors 270,710 [6]
BJP gain from INC Swing 2.44

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Begusarai[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Amita Bhushan 83,521 49.17
BJP Surendra Mehata 66,990 39.44
Turnout 169,854 54.51
Registered electors 311,575
INC gain from BJP Swing 9.8

References

  1. ^ "Bihar polls begin on high note, voting higher than in 2010".
  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. ^ a b "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.
  5. ^ "Begusarai Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  6. ^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  7. ^ Bihar Assembly Election 2015