| Baniapur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India | 
| Region | East India | 
| State | Bihar | 
| Established | 1951 | 
| Reservation | None | 
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Kedar Nath Singh  | |
| Elected year | 2020 | 
Baniapur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar.
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 115 Baniapur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Baniapur (except Karhi, Manikpura and Lauwa Kala gram panchayats) and Mashrakh community development blocks. [1]
Baniapur Assembly constituency is part of No. 19 Maharajganj (Lok Sabha constituency). [1]
| Year | Name [2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Vishwanath Mishra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Uma Pandey | ||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | |||
| 1969 | Ramanand Mishra | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1972 | Uma Pandey | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Ramakant Pandey | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Uma Pandey | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Ram Bahadur Rai | Janata Party | |
| 1995 | Janata Dal | ||
| 2000 | Manoranjan Singh | Independent politician | |
| 2005 | Lok Janshakti Party | ||
| 2005 | Janata Dal (United) | ||
| 2010 | Kedar Nath Singh | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Kedar Nath Singh | 65,194 | 38.74 | −7.13 | |
| VIP | Virendra Kumar Ojha | 37,405 | 22.23 | ||
| LJP | Tarkeshwar Singh | 33,082 | 34.90 | ||
| Independent | Sumit Kumar Gupta | 12,485 | 7.42 | ||
| Independent | Pushpa Kumari | 2,395 | 1.42 | ||
| Independent | Sudhir Kumar | 2,157 | 1.28 | ||
| Independent | Dablu Kumar | 2,124 | 1.26 | ||
| Independent | Narayan Pd. Yadaw | 2,039 | 1.21 | ||
| Janta Dal Rashtravadi | Anil Kumar Ram | 1,882 | 1.12 | ||
| BSP | Nawal Kishor Kushwaha | 1,726 | 1.03 | +0.06 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,657 | 2.77 | −1.58 | |
| Majority | 27,789 | 16.51 | +6.04 | ||
| Turnout | 168,297 | 52.84 | +2.27 | ||
| RJD hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Kedar Nath Singh | 69,851 | 45.87 | ||
| BJP | Tarkeshwar Singh | 53,900 | 35.4 | ||
| Independent | Virendra Kumar Ojha | 13,545 | 8.9 | ||
| BSP | Bikrma Ram | 1,481 | 0.97 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 6,628 | 4.35 | ||
| Majority | 15,951 | 10.47 | |||
| Turnout | 152,266 | 50.57 | |||
| Bhartiya New Sanskar Krantikari Party | Dr. Gopal Prasad | 564 | 0.37 | ||