| Baruraj | |
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| 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 | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Baruraj is an assembly constituency in Muzaffarpur district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is part of the North Bihar region.
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 96 Baruraj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Motipur community development block; Chochahin Chhapra and Saraiya gram panchayats of Paroo CD Block. [1]
Baruraj Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency). [1]
| Year | Name [2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Ramchandra Prasad Shahi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Sukhdeo Giri | Independent politician | |
| 1969 | Ramchandra Prasad Shahi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Jamuna Singh | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1977 | Balendra Prasad Singh | Communist Party of India | |
| 1980 | Jamuna Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Shashi Kumar Rai | Lokdal | |
| 1990 | Janata Dal | ||
| 1995 | |||
| 2000 | Janata Dal (United) | ||
| 2005 | Brij Kishore Singh | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2005 | Shashi Kumar Rai | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2010 | Brij Kishore Singh | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2015 | Nand Kumar Rai | ||
| 2020 | Arun Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Arun Kumar Singh | ||||
| VIP | Rakesh Kumar | ||||
| BSP | Nasima Khatoon | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Arun Kumar Singh | 87,407 | 49.47 | +9.0 | |
| RJD | Nand Kumar Rai | 43,753 | 24.76 | −18.86 | |
| BSP | Hiralal Khadia | 22,650 | 12.82 | +9.19 | |
| Independent | Rakesh Kumar | 7,304 | 4.13 | ||
| Independent | Sanjay Kumar Paswan | 3,877 | 2.19 | +0.84 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 5,160 | 2.92 | −1.06 | |
| Majority | 43,654 | 24.71 | +21.56 | ||
| Turnout | 176,676 | 61.12 | +0.79 | ||
| BJP gain from RJD | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Nand Kumar Rai | 68,011 | 43.62 | ||
| BJP | Arun Kumar Singh | 63,102 | 40.47 | ||
| BSP | Najmul Hoda | 5,658 | 3.63 | ||
| Independent | Vidhalal Sahni | 2,967 | 1.9 | ||
| CPI | Raghuwar Bhagat | 2,319 | 1.49 | ||
| Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party | Hiralal Khadia | 2,161 | 1.39 | ||
| Independent | Sanjay Kumar Paswan | 2,099 | 1.35 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 6,208 | 3.98 | ||
| Majority | 4,909 | 3.15 | |||
| Turnout | 155,924 | 60.33 | |||
In the 2010 state assembly elections, Brij Kishor Singh of RJD won the Baruraj assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Nand Kumar Rai of JD(U). [5] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Shashi Kumar Rai of JD(U) defeated Brij Kishor Singh of RJD in October 2005. Brij Kishor Singh of RJD defeated Shashi Kumar Rai of JD(U) in February 2005. Shashi Kumar Rai of JD(U) defeated Brij Kishor Singh of RJD in 2000. Shashi Kumar Rai of JD defeated Brij Kumar Singh of BPP in 1995 and Balendra Prasad Singh, Independent, in 1990. Shashi Kumar Rai of LD defeated Jamuna Singh of Congress in 1985. Jamuna Singh of Congress defeated Shashi Kumar Rai of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) in 1980. Balendra Prasad Singh of CPI defeated Shashi Kumar Rai, Independent, in 1977. [6]