Baikunthpur, Bihar Assembly constituency

Baikunthpur, Bihar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Gopalganj
Established	1951
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Prem Shankar Prasad
Party	RJD
Alliance	MGB
Elected year	2020
Preceded by	Mithlesh Tiwari,   BJP

Baikunthpur
Assembly constituency
Baikunthpur Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°17′09″N84°44′00″E / 26.28583°N 84.73333°E / 26.28583; 84.73333
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Gopalganj
Constituency No.	99
Type	Open
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.

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

Year	Name [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 Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal

^ denotes by-polls

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Baikunthpur, Bihar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Prem Shankar Prasad	67,807	37.01
	BJP	Mithilesh Tiwari	56,694	30.95
	Independent	Manjit Kr Singh	43,354	23.67
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,097	2.24
		Rest of the candidates	~11,000	6.00
Majority			11,113
Turnout
Registered electors				[3]
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing

1977-2015

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). ^[4] 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. ^[5]

References

1. "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. "Baikunthpur Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
3. "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
4. "Bihar - Baikunthpur". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2015 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
5. "26 - Baikunthpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2011.

External links

• "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.