Vaishali
Constituency No. 125 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Elected year2020

Vaishali Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Vaishali district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 125 Vaishali Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Vaishali, Paterhi Belsar and Goraul community development blocks.[1]

Vaishali Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name[2] Party
1967 Laliteshwar Prasad Shahi Indian National Congress
1969 Lok Tantrik Congress
1972 Indian National Congress
1977 Nagendra Prasad Singh Janata Party
1980 Brishin Patel Janata Party
1985 Lokdal
1990 Janata Dal
1991^ Hemant Kumar Shahi Indian National Congress
1995 Raj Kishore Singh Janata Dal
2000 Veena Shahi Indian National Congress
2005 Brishin Patel Janata Dal
2005
2010
2015 Raj Kishore Singh
2020 Siddharth Patel

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Vaishali
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Siddharth Patel 69,780 35.96
INC Sanjeev Singh 62,367 32.14
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors [3]
gain from Swing

1977-2015

In the 2015 state assembly elections, Raj Kishore Singh of JD(U) won the Vaishali seat defeating his nearest rival Brishin Patel of HAM.[4] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. in past, Brishin Patel of JD(U) defeated Veena Shahi of Congress in October 2005 and February 2005. Veena Shahi of Congress defeated Brishin Patel of RJD in 2000. Raj Kishore Sinha of JD defeated Veena Shahi of Congress in 1995. Brishin Patel of JD defeated Hemant Kumar Shahi of Congress in 1990. Brishin Patel of LD defeated Rajendra Prasad Singh of Congress in 1985. Brishin Patel of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) defeated Yogendra Prasad Singh, Independent, in 1980. Nagendra Prasad Singh of Janata Party defeated Laliteshwar Prasad Shahi of Congress in 1977.[5]

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. ^ "Lalganj Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Bihar - Vaishali". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2015 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  5. ^ "52 - Vaishali Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 February 2011.

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