Begusarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Begusarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Begusarai district in the Indian state of Bihar. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Begusarai was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[1][2][3]

Begusarai
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Begusarai
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°25′05″N 86°07′44″E
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictBegusarai
Constituency No.146
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency24. Begusarai

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 146 Begusarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Begusarai municipality; Birpur community development block; Babhangama, Maida Babhangama, Sahuri, Neenga and Bathauli gram panchayats of Barauni CD Block; Mohanpur, Chandpura, Bandwar, Suja, Sankh, Lakho, Hebatpur, Parna, Kusmaut, Kaith, Jinedpur, Neema, Panhas, Ajhaur, Khamhar and Rajaura gram panchayats of Begusarai CD Block.[4]

Begusarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 24 Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Election Name[5] Party
1957 Medni Paswan Indian National Congress
Saryu Prasad Singh
1962 Ram Narain Choudhary
1967 Bhola Singh Independent
1969 Saryu Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
1972 Bhola Singh Communist Party of India
1977 Indian National Congress
1980
1985
1990 Basudeo Singh Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1995 Rajendra Prasad Singh
2000 Bhola Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
Feb 2005
Oct 2005
2009^ Srikrishna Prasad Singh
2010 Surendra Mehata
2015 Amita Bhushan Indian National Congress
2020 Kundan Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party

Election Results

2015
Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2015: Begusarai[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Amita Bhushan 83,521 49.17
BJP Surendra Mehta 66,990 39.44
Turnout 169,854 54.51
Registered electors 311,575

References
  1. "Bihar polls begin on high note, voting higher than in 2010".
  2. "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
  3. "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility".
  4. "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.
  5. "Begusarai Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  6. Bihar Assembly Election 2015
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