Bhagalpur Assembly constituency
Assembly constituency in Bihar
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Bhagalpur is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is a part of Bhagalpur Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Gopalpur, Pirpainti, Kahalgaon, Bihpur and Nathnagar.[1] In the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Bhagalpur will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[2][3]
| Bhagalpur | |
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| Constituency No. 156 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Bhagalpur |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bhagalpur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2025 |
Overview
Bhagalpur comprises Bhagalpur (Municipal Corporation) of Jagdishpur CD Block.[4]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Satendra Narain Agrawal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Vijay Kumar Mitra | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Janata Party | ||
| 1980 | Shiv Chandra Jha | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Vijay Kumar Mitra | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1995 | Ashwini Kumar Choubey | ||
| 2000 | |||
| 2005 | |||
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2014^ | Ajit Sharma | Indian National Congress | |
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | |||
| 2025 | Rohit Pandey | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
^by-election
Election results
2025
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Rohit Pandey | 100,770 | 51.11 |  11.28 | |
| INC | Ajit Sharma | 87,296 | 44.28 | 3.76 | |
| JSP | Abhay Kant Jha | 3,251 | 1.65 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,974 | 1.0 | 0.32 | |
| Majority | 13,474 | 6.83 | 6.14 | ||
| Turnout | 197,146 | 57.21 | 8.78 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ajit Sharma | 65,502 | 40.52 |  5.72 | |
| BJP | Rohit Pandey | 64,389 | 39.83 | 0.58 | |
| LJP | Rajesh Verma | 20,523 | 12.69 | ||
| Independent | Bijay Prasad Sah | 3,292 | 2.04 | ||
| RLSP | Syed Shah Ali Sajjad Alam | 2,743 | 1.7 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,103 | 0.68 | 0.96 | |
| Majority | 1,113 | 0.69 | 6.3 | ||
| Turnout | 161,673 | 48.43 | 0.26 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ajit Sharma | 70,514 | 46.24 | ||
| BJP | Arjit Shashwat Choubey | 59,856 | 39.25 | ||
| Independent | Bijay Pd. Sah | 15,212 | 9.97 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,500 | 1.64 | ||
| Majority | 10,658 | 6.99 | |||
| Turnout | 152,511 | 48.17 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2014 bypoll
2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ashwini Kumar Choubey | 49,164 | 42.03 | ||
| INC | Ajit Sharma | 38,104 | 32.57 | ||
| LJP | Dr. N. K. Yadav | 19,479 | 16.65 | ||
| BSP | Shekhar Mehtar | 2,535 | 2.17 | ||
| Independent | Jajweer Quasmi | 2,007 | 1.72 | ||
| Majority | 11,060 | 9.46 | |||
| Turnout | 1,16,987 | 42.97 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||