Benipatti Assembly constituency

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Benipatti
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictMadhubani
Established1951
ReservationNone
Elected year2020

Benipatti is an assembly constituency in Madhubani district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

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As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 32. Benipatti Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kaluahi community development block; Bishunpur, Basaitha, Behata, Bankata, Pali, Parsauna, Dhagjara, Barhampura, Akaur, Nagwas, Naokarhi, Chatra, Parkhauli Tikuli, Anrer South, Anrer North, Paraul, Parjuar Dih, Dhanga, Mureth, Nagdah Balain, Kapasia, Barri, Shahpur, Meghben, Benipatti, Ganguli and Kataia gram panchayats of Benipatti CD Block.[1] There is a dominance of Brahmin voters in Benipatti assembly, that is why mostly MLAs from Brahmin community are elected here.

Benipatti Assembly constituency is part of No. 6. Madhubani (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Benipatti Assembly constituency known as Benipatti East and Benipatti West from 1952 to 1967.

  • In 1957 Benipatti East and Benipatti West elected as Subhchandra Mishra and Chhote Prasad Singh respectively.[3]
  • In 1962 Benipatti East and Benipatti West elected as Rajkumar Purbey and Tej Narayan Jha respectively.[4]
Year Name[5] Party
1952 Subodh Narayan Yadav Independent politician
1957 Chhote Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
1962 Rajkumar Purbey Communist Party of India
1967 Tej Narayan Jha
1969 Baidyanath Jha Samyukta Socialist Party
1972 Tej Narayan Jha Communist Party of India
1977
1980 Yogeshwar Jha Indian National Congress
1985
1990
1995 Shaligram Yadav Independent politician
2000 Ramashish Yadav Janata Dal (United)
2005 Yogeshwar Jha Indian National Congress
2005 Shaligram Yadav Janata Dal (United)
2010 Vinod Narayan Jha Bharatiya Janata Party
2015 Bhawana Jha Indian National Congress
2020 Vinod Narayan Jha Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

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2020

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2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Benipatti[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Vinod Narayan Jha 78,862 50.63 +12.62
INC Bhawana Jha 46,210 29.67 −11.85
Independent Rajesh Kumar Yadav 9,572 6.14
Independent Niraj Kumar Jha 3,878 2.49
Independent Vinod Shankar Jha 3,559 2.28
Independent Lalan Kishor Jha 2,299 1.48 −0.43
Independent Vinodanand Kamat 2,128 1.37
BSP Nagendra Prasad Yadav 1,857 1.19 −0.3
The Plurals Party Anuradha Singh 1,841 1.18
NOTA None of the above 1,648 1.06 −0.05
Majority 32,652 20.96 +17.45
Turnout 155,770 51.98 +2.35
BJP gain from INC Swing


2015

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2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Benipatti[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Bhawana Jha 55,978 41.52
BJP Vinod Narain Jha 51,244 38.01
CPI Kripanand Jha 9,758 7.24
Independent Vinodanad Kamat 2,825 2.1
Independent Lalan Kishor Jha 2,580 1.91
BSP Mishri Lal Yadav 2,011 1.49
Independent Rakesh Singh 1,878 1.39
SP Md. Akhtar Hussain 1,387 1.03
NOTA None of the above 1,492 1.11
Majority 4,734 3.51
Turnout 134,834 49.63


References

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  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. ^ "1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
  3. ^ "1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2012.
  4. ^ "1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Benipatti Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  6. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018.
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