Bhagalpur Assembly constituency explained

Bhagalpur
Type:SLA
Loksabha Cons:Bhagalpur
State:Bihar
Constituency No:156
Established:1951
District:Bhagalpur
Reservation:None
Mla:Ajeet Sharma
Party:INC
Latest Election Year:2020

Bhagalpur is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is a part of Bhagalpur Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Gopalpur, Pirpainti, Kahalgaon, Bihpur and Nathnagar.[1] In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Bhagalpur will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[2] [3]

Overview

Bhagalpur comprises Bhagalpur (Municipal Corporation) of Jagdishpur CD Block.[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearName[5] Party
1952Satendra Narain Agrawal
1957
1962
1967Vijay Kumar Mitra
1969
1972
1977
1980Shiv Chandra Jha
1985
1990Vijay Kumar Mitra
1995Ashwini Kumar Choubey
2000
2005
2005
2010
2014^Ajeet Sharma
2015
2020

^by-election

Election results

2010

See also

Sources

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bhagalpur Parliamentary Constituencies . elections.in . 10 March 2014.
  2. Web site: 36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility.
  3. Web site: Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility.
  4. Web site: Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India. Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies . 2013-12-20 .
  5. Web site: Bhagalpur Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs. Elections in India.