Hajipur Assembly constituency

Hajipur is an assembly constituency in Vaishali district in the Indian state of Bihar. In the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, it will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT-enabled electronic voting machines.[1][2]

Hajipur
Constituency No. 123 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictVaishali
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBJP
AllianceNDA
Elected year2020

Overview

As per the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 123 Hajipur Assembly constituency is composed of the Hajipur (community development block),[3] while Hajipur Assembly constituency is part of No. 21 Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearName[4]Party
1952Saryug PrasadIndian National Congress
1957Deep Narayan Singh
1962
1967K. P. SinghCommunist Party of India
1969Motilal Sinha KananShoshit Dal
1972Samyukta Socialist Party
1977Jagan Nath Prasad RaiJanata Party
1980Jagan Nath Prasad RaiIndian National Congress
1985Motilal Sinha KananLok Dal
1990Jagan Nath Prasad RaiIndian National Congress
1995Rajendra RaiJanata Dal
2000Nityanand RaiBharatiya Janata Party
2005
2005
2010
2014^Awadhesh Singh
2015
2020

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Hajipur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPAwadhesh Singh 85,552 44.55
RJDDeo Kumar Chaurasia8256242.99
NOTANone of the Above17450.91
Majority29901.56
Turnout19203357.20
Registered electors335,706[5]
BJP hold

1977 Vidhan Sabha elections

  • Jagannath Pd. Yadav (JNP): 39,392 votes[6]
  • Moti Lal Sinha Kanan (INC): 13,154 votes

References

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