Baikunthpur, Bihar Assembly constituency

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Baikunthpur, Bihar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Established1951
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Incumbent
Party Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png   RJD
Alliance MGB
Elected year 2020
Preceded by Mithlesh Tiwari,   BJP

Baikunthpur
Assembly constituency
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Baikunthpur
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°17′09″N84°44′00″E / 26.28583°N 84.73333°E / 26.28583; 84.73333
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Constituency No. 99
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency 17. Gopalganj (SC)
Electoral system First past the post

Baikunthpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Dighwa Dubauli locality of Gopalganj district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Contents

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 99 Baikunthpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Baikunthpur and Sidhwalia community development blocks; Rampur, Salempur Purvi, Salempur Paschimi, Hasanpur, Sadaua, Pipra and Khajuriya gram panchayats of Barauli CD Block. [1]

Baikunthpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 Gopalganj (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC). [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearName [2] Party
1952 Shivbachan Trivedi Indian National Congress
1957 Trivikram Deo Narain Singh Independent politician
1962 Shivbachan Trivedi Indian National Congress
1967 Sabhapati Singh Samyukta Socialist Party
1969 Shivbachan Trivedi Indian National Congress
1972 Sabhapati Singh Samyukta Socialist Party
1977 Braj Kishor Narain Singh Janata Party
1980
1985 Indian National Congress
1990
1995 Lal Babu Yadav Janata Dal
1996^ Deo Dutt Prasad Yadav
2000 Manjeet Kumar Singh Samata Party
2005 Deo Dutt Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005
2010 Manjeet Kumar Singh Janata Dal (United)
2015 Mithlesh Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party
2020 Prem Shankar Prasad Rashtriya Janata Dal

^ denotes by-polls

Election results

In the 2020 state assembly election, Manjeet Kumar Singh In the 2015 state assembly elections, Mithlesh Tiwari of Bharatiya Janata Party won the Baikunthpur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Manjeet Kumar Singh of Janata Dal (United). [3] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. In 2010 Manjeet Kumar Singh defeated Devdatt Prasad of Rashtriya Janata Dal by a big margin. Going past election Devdatt Prasad of RJD defeated Manjeet Kumar Singh of JD(U) in October 2005 and February 2005. Manjeet Kumar Singh of JD(U) defeated Lal Babu Prasad Yadav of RJD in 2000. Lal Babu Prasad Yadav of JD defeated former Bihar Cabinet Minister Braj Kishor Narayan Singh of Congress in 1995. Shri Braj Kishor Narayan Singh of Congress defeated Devdatt Prasad of JD in 1990 and Deodat Rai of LD in 1985. Braj Kishor Narayan Singh representing Janata Party (JP) defeated Deodat Rai of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) in 1980. Braj Kishor Narayan Singh representing JP defeated Deonandan Singh of CPI in 1977. [4]

2025

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Baikunthpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Mithilesh Tiwari
RJD Prem Shankar Prasad
JSP Ajay Prasad
BSP Pradeep Kumar
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Baikunthpur [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJD Prem Shankar Prasad 67,807 37.01
BJP Mithilesh Tiwari 56,69430.95−4.16
Independent Manjeet Kumar Singh 43,35423.67
Independent Rajendra Prasad2,0101.1
NOTA None of the above 4,0972.24−0.77
Majority 11,1136.06−2.76
Turnout 183,19657.71+0.93
RJD gain from BJP Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Baikunthpur [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Mithilesh Tiwari 56,162 35.11
JD(U) Manjeet Kumar Singh 42,04726.29
Independent Manorma Devi36,73422.97
BSP Anup Kumar Tewari3,7352.34
Independent Gorakh Yadav3,4052.13
Independent Mohan Singh3,0551.91
JAP(L) Dinesh Singh2,2361.4
Bhartiya New Sanskar Krantikari Party Z. Rahman2,1031.31
CPI Krishna Vihari Prasad Yadav1,8661.17
SP Shaukat Ali1,5860.99
NOTA None of the above 4,8133.01
Majority 14,1158.82
Turnout 159,95656.78

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. 1 2 "Baikunthpur Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. 1 2 "Bihar - Baikunthpur". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2015 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  4. ↑ "26 - Baikunthpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
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