Baikunthpur, Bihar Assembly constituency | |
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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 | |
Party | RJD |
Alliance | MGB |
Elected year | 2020 |
Preceded by | Mithlesh Tiwari, BJP |
Baikunthpur | |
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Assembly constituency | |
Coordinates: 26°17′09″N84°44′00″E / 26.28583°N 84.73333°E | |
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.
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]
Year | Name [2] | Party | |
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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 | |
2015 | Mithlesh Tiwari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2020 | Prem Shankar Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
^ denotes by-polls
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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]
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