Bisfi Assembly constituency

Bisfi
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictMadhubani
Established1967
ReservationNone
Elected year2020

Bisfi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Madhubani district in the Indian state of Bihar. As of 2020, Haribhushan Thakur of BJP is the MLA.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 35 Bisfi Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bisfi community development blocks; Satlakha, Rahika, Saurath, Najirpur, Jagatpur, Kakraul North, Kakraul South, Malangia, Basauli, Sapta, Ijra and Hasanpur gram panchayats of Rahika, Madhubani, Bihar[1] CD Block.[2]

Bisfi Assembly constituency is part of No. 6 Madhubani (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]

Election results

1977-2015

In the Bihar legislative assembly election, 2015, Dr. Faiyaz Ahmad of RJD defeated Manoj Kumar Yadav Bhojpandaul of RLSP by a margin of 35,325 votes & became 2nd Term MLA. In November 2010 state assembly elections, Dr. Faiyaz Ahmad of RJD defeated his nearest rival Hari Bhusan Thakur of JD(U). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Hari Bhusan Thakur, contesting as an Independent, defeated Md. Ahmar Hussain of Congress in October 2005 and February 2005. Dr. Shakil Ahmad of Congress defeated Abdul Hai of RJD in 2000. Ram Chandra Yadav of CPI defeated Dr. Shakil Ahmad of Congress in 1995. Dr. Shakeel Ahmed of Congress defeated Ram Chandra Yadav of CPI in 1990 and Raj Kumar Purbe of CPI in 1985. Raj Kumar Purbe of CPI defeated Aziz Nooruddin of Congress in 1980 and Siazul Islam of JP in 1977.[3][4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name[5] Party
1967 Raj Kumar Purbey Communist Party of India
1969
1972 Aziz Nuruddin Indian National Congress
1977 Raj Kumar Purbey Communist Party of India
1980
1985 Shakeel Ahmed Indian National Congress
1990
1995 Ramchandra Yadav Communist Party of India
2000 Shakeel Ahmed Indian National Congress
2005 Haribhushan Thakur Independent politician
2005
2010 Faiyaz Ahmad Rashtriya Janata Dal
2015
2020 Haribhushan Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Bisfi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Haribhushan Thakur 86,787 48.43
RJD Faiyaz Ahmad 76,505 42.7
Green Democratic Party (GDP) Arvind Mishra 4,975 2.89
NOTA None of the above 2,935 1.64
PP Pushpam Priya Choudhary 1,523 0.85
NCP Taukir 1,520 0.85
Majority 10,241
Turnout 179,189
BJP gain from RJD Swing

References

  1. ^ "Village & Panchayats | District Madhubani, Government of Bihar | India".
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Bisfi election results from 1977". Travel India Guide. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  4. ^ "74 - Bisfi Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Bisfi Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.

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