Begusarai Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Begusarai
Constituency No. 146 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Begusarai
LS constituency	Begusarai Lok Sabha
Established	1951
Total electors	3,36,598 (2020)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kundan Kumar
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2020

25°25′05″N 86°07′44″E / 25.41806°N 86.12889°E / 25.41806; 86.12889

Begusarai Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Begusarai district in the Indian state of Bihar. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Begusarai was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 146 Begusarai Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Begusarai municipality; Birpur community development block; Babhangama, Maida Babhangama, Sahuri, Neenga and Bathauli gram panchayats of Barauni CD Block; Mohanpur, Chandpura, Bandwar, Suja, Sankh, Lakho, Hebatpur, Parna, Kusmaut, Kaith, Jinedpur, Neema, Panhas, Ajhaur, Khamhar and Rajaura gram panchayats of Begusarai CD Block.^[4]

Begusarai Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency).^[4]

Most Successful parties from Begusarai Vidhan Sabha

INC (8 times), {including 2 MLAs in 1952 and 1957 election} (50%)

BJP (6 Times) (30%)

CPI (3 times) (15%)

Independent (1 time) (5%)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name^[5]
1952	Saryu Prasad Singh	Indian National Congress
1952	Md. Illiyas
1957	Medni Paswan
1957	Saryu Prasad Singh
1962	Ram Narain Choudhary
1967	Bhola Singh	Independent politician
1969	Saryu Prasad Singh	Indian National Congress
1972	Bhola Singh	Communist Party of India
1977		Indian National Congress
1980		Indian National Congress (I)
1985		Indian National Congress
1990	Basudeo Singh	Communist Party of India
1995	Rajendra Prasad Singh	Communist Party of India
2000	Bhola Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
2005
2005
2009^	Srikrishna Prasad Singh
2010	Surendra Mehata
2015	Amita Bhushan	Indian National Congress
2020	Kundan Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party

^by-election

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Begusarai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Kundan Kumar	74,217	39.66
	INC	Amita Bhushan	69663	37.23
	NOTA	None of the Above	930	0.50
Majority			4554	2.44
Turnout			163754	60.44
Registered electors			270,710	^[6]
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	2.44

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Begusarai^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Amita Bhushan	83,521	49.17
	BJP	Surendra Mehata	66,990	39.44
Turnout			169,854	54.51
Registered electors			311,575
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	9.8

References

^ "Bihar polls begin on high note, voting higher than in 2010".
^ "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
^ "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility".
^ ^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.
^ "Begusarai Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ Bihar Assembly Election 2015