Benipur
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyJanata Dal (United)
Elected year2020

26°02′44″N 86°06′33″E / 26.04556°N 86.10917°E / 26.04556; 86.10917

Benipur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Darbhanga district of Bihar, India. It is 30 km east from Darbhanga city. SH 56 connecting Benipur to Darbhanga City. Neighboring villages are Mahinam, Balha, Benipur, Karhari, Nandapatti, phohddi, Ashapur. There is a railway station name "Benipur Balha" which is in Balha Village. Benipur Block is heart of benipur because of its popularity for its market. This block is second most big market in 20 square km area. Bahera market is one of the big market area very adjacent to Benipur. Mayor: Surendra kumar jha Deputy mayor: Zafiruddn Khan

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 80 Benipur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Benipur community development block;Baheri CD Block;Biraul CD Block.[1]

Benipur (Nagar Parisad (Navtoliya Chairman Surendra Kumar Jha) & Deputy Chairman's Mohd Zafiruddin khan ward-9(Assembly constituency) is part of No. 14 Darbhanga (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name[2] Party
1967 Bhup Narayan Jha Indian National Congress
1969 Hari Nath Mishra Lok Tantrik Congress
1972 Indian National Congress
1977-2008 : Constituency did not exist
2010 Gopal Jee Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
2015 Sunil Choudhary Janata Dal
2020 Binay Kumar Choudhary

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Benipur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Binay Kumar Choudhary 61,416 37.58 (({change))}
INC Mithilesh Kumar Chaudhary 54,826 33.55
LJP Kamal Ram Vinod Jha 17,616 10.78
Independent Ram Kumar Jha 6,221 3.81
Majority 6,590
JD(U) hold Swing

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Benipur[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Sunil Chaudhary 69,511 46.86
BJP Gopal Jee Thakur 43,068 29.04
Turnout 148,328 55.64
Registered electors 266,586

2010

Bihar Assembly election, 2010: Benipur[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Gopal Jee Thakur 43,222 40.33
RJD Hare Krishna Yadav 29,265 27.31
Majority 13,957
Turnout 107,175 47.27
BJP hold Swing

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "Benipur Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs".
  3. ^ Bihar Assembly Election 2015
  4. ^ "Constituencywise Results Status". Archived from the original on 27 November 2010.

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