Baniapur Assembly constituency

Baniapur
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Elected year	2020

Baniapur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

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]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Baniapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD
	JD(U)
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors				[3]
	gain from		Swing

In the 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election once again Kedar Nath Singh won the election from RJD ticket.

in the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election Kedar Nath Singh won this seat the second time.

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Kedar Nath Singh of RJD won the Baniapur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Virendra Kumar Ojha of JD(U). ^[4] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Manoranjan Singh of representing JD(U) defeated Uma Pandey of Congress in October 2005. Manoranjan Singh of representing Lok Janshakti Party/ Independent defeated Ram Bahadur Rai of RJD in February 2005 and 2000. Ram Bahadur Rai of JD/ Janata Party (JP) defeated Uma Pandey of Congress in 1995 and 1990. Uma Pandey of Congress defeated Ram Bahadur Rai, Independent, in 1985 and Rama Kant Pandey of BJP in 1980. Rama Kant Pandey of JP defeated Uma Pandey of Congress 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. "Manjhi 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 - Baniapur". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
5. "36 - Baniapur 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.

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