Bakhri Assembly constituency

Bakhri Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Begusarai district in the Indian state of Bihar. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

Bakhri Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 147 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictBegusarai
LS ConstituencyBegusarai Lok Sabha
Established1951
Total electors2,70,948 (2020)
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Suryakant Paswan
PartyCPI
AllianceMahagathbandhan
Elected year2020

Bakhri
Assembly constituency
Bakhri is located in Bihar
Bakhri
Bakhri
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°35′25″N 86°15′54″E
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictBegusarai
Constituency No.147
TypeReserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency24. Begusarai

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 147 Bakhri Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bakhri, Dandari and Garhpura community development blocks; Pahsara(East), Nawkothi, Hasanpur Bagar, Rajakpur, Bishnupur, Samsa & Dafarpur gram panchayats of Naokothi CD Block.[1]

Bakhri Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Election results

2020
Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Bakhri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Suryakant Paswan 72,177 44.14% +24.35
BJP Ramshankar Paswan 71,400 43.67% +21.71
NOTA None of the Above 2313 1.41% -1.25
Majority 777 0.47%
Turnout 1,63,507 60.34% +0.63%
Registered electors 2,70,948 [2]
CPI gain from RJD Swing 0.47%

Election results
2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bakhri constituency[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Upendra Paswan 72,632 49.26
BJP Ramadan Ram 32,376 21.96
CPI Suryakant Paswan 29,185 19.79
NOTA N/A 3,299 2.66
Turnout 136,755 59.71
Registered electors 247,074
RJD gain from BJP Swing {{{swing}}}

1977-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Ramanand Ram of BJP won the Bakhri seat defeating his nearest rival Ram Binod Paswan of LJP. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Ram Binod Paswan of CPI defeated Ramanand Ram of RJD in October 2005 and February 2005. Ramanand Ram of RJD defeated Ram Binod Paswan of CPI in 2000. Ram Binod Paswan of CPI defeated Kameshwar Choupal of BJP in 1995, and Deo Narayan Chaudhary of Congress, in 1990, and Yugal Kishore Sharma of Congress in 1985. Ram Chandra Paswan of CPI defeated Yugal Kishore Sharma of Congress (I) in 1980 and Medni Paswan of Janata Party in 1977.[4][5]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member Party
1951 Shivbrat Narain Sinha Indian National Congress INC
1957 Indian National Congress
1962 Medni Paswan Indian National Congress
1967 Yugal Kishore Sharma Communist Party of India CPI
1969 Communist Party of India
1972 Ram Chandra Paswan Communist Party of India
1977 Communist Party of India
1980 Communist Party of India
1985 Ram Binod Paswan Communist Party of India
1990 Communist Party of India
1995 Communist Party of India
2000 Ramanand Ram Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD
2005 (feb and oct) Ram Binod Paswan Communist Party of India CPI
2010 Ramanand Ram Bharatiya Janata Party BJP
2015 Upendra Paswan Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD
2020 Suryakant Paswan Communist Party of India CPI

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. "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  3. "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
  4. "Bakhri Election Results since 1977". Travel India Guide. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  5. "109 - Bakhri (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
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