Danapur
Constituency No. 186 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyRashtriya Janata Dal
Elected year2020

Danapur Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It comes under Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Masaurhi, Maner, Phulwari, Paliganj and Bikram.[1]

Overview

Danapur comprises CD Block Danapur-Cum-Khagaul.[2] The diara (riverine) area is also part of Danapur assembly constituency.[3][4]

Danapur in Patna district

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Year Name[5] Party
1957 Jagat Narayan Lal Indian National Congress
1962 Ram Sewak Singh Socialist Party
1967 Samyukta Socialist Party
1969 Budh Deo Singh Indian National Congress
1972
1977 Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav
1980 Budh Deo Singh
1985 Vijendra Rai Independent
1990 Janata Dal
1995 Lalu Prasad Yadav
1996^ Vijay Singh Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
2000 Lalu Prasad Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2002^ Rama Nand Yadav
2005 Asha Devi Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party
2005
2010
2015
2020 Ritlal Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

2020

Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2020: Danapur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Ritlal Yadav 89,895 48.44
BJP Asha Devi Yadav 73,971 39.86
RLSP Deepak Kumar 7,731 4.17
NOTA None of the Above 2,315 1.25
Independent Ganesh Ray 2,265 1.22
PP Amar Nath Ray 1,449 0.78
Rest of the candidates ~7,500 4.00
Majority 15,924
Turnout
RJD gain from BJP Swing

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Danapur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Asha Devi Yadav 72,192 43.23
RJD Raj Kishor Yadav 66,983 40.11
Independent Tinku Yadav 13,002 7.79
BSP Narsingh Kumar 3,246 1.94
BMF Akash Kumar 1,518 0.91
NOTA None of the Above 3,267 1.96
Majority 5,209 3.12
Turnout 1,66,986 51.95
BJP hold Swing

2010

Bihar Assembly election, 2010: Danapur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Asha Devi Yadav 59,425 47.52
Independent Ritlal Yadav 41,506 33.19
RJD Sachchidanand Rai 11,495 9.19
INC Vijay Singh Yadav 3,608 2.89
Independent Binod Singh 2,969 2.37
Majority 17,919 14.33
Turnout 1,25,050 40.96
BJP hold Swing

2000 Vidhan Sabha

2002 by-poll

1977 Vidhan Sabha

1972 Vidhan Sabha

1957 Vidhan Sabha

See also

References

  1. ^ Danapur Assembly Constituency December 20, 2013
  2. ^ "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 20 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Yearning for 'vikas' in Danapur diara".
  4. ^ "Diara residents vote for growth".
  5. ^ "Danapur Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  6. ^ "Bihar Election Results 2000". www.elections.in.
  7. ^ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977". Elections in India. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Danapur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

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