Bihpur Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Bihar legislative assembly in India
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Bihpur is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is a part of the Bhagalpur Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Gopalpur, Pirpainti, Kahalgaon, Bhagalpur and Nathnagar.[1]
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| Constituency No. 152 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
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name[3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Raghunandan Prasad Jha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Prabhu Narayan Roy | Communist Party of India | |
| 1962 | Sukdeo Choudhary | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Gyaneshwar Prasad Yadav | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1969 | Prabhu Narayan Roy | Communist Party of India | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Sitaram Singh Azad | ||
| 1980 | Rajendra Prasad Sharma | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Brahmadeo Mandal | Janata Party | |
| 1995 | Janata Dal | ||
| 2000 | Shailesh Mandal | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | Kumar Shailendra | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2015 | Varsha Rani | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2020 | Kumar Shailendra | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2025 | |||
Election results
2025
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kumar Shailendra | 91,458 | 52.39 | +3.86 | |
| VIP | Arpana Kumari Mandal | 61,433 | 35.19 | ||
| JSP | Pawan Choudhary | 8,821 | 5.05 | ||
| Independent | Mamta Kumari | 2,530 | 1.45 | ||
| Independent | Abnish Kumar | 2,043 | 1.17 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,269 | 1.87 | +0.06 | |
| Majority | 30,025 | 17.2 | +13.12 | ||
| Turnout | 174,555 | 65.51 | +7.46 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Kumar Shailendra | 72,938 | 48.53 | +9.07 | |
| RJD | Shailesh Kumar Mandal | 66,809 | 44.45 | −3.94 | |
| BSP | Md. Haidar Ali | 3,553 | 2.36 | ||
| Independent | Md. Sanovar | 1,364 | 0.91 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,716 | 1.81 | −0.69 | |
| Majority | 6,129 | 4.08 | −4.85 | ||
| Turnout | 150,289 | 58.05 | +0.07 | ||
| BJP gain from RJD | Swing | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Varsha Rani | 68,963 | 48.39 | ||
| BJP | Kumar Shailendra | 56,247 | 39.46 | ||
| Independent | Lal Bahadur Singh | 4,141 | 2.91 | ||
| Independent | Haidar Ali | 2,983 | 2.09 | ||
| JAP(L) | Ajmery Khatun | 1,874 | 1.31 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,565 | 2.5 | ||
| Majority | 12,716 | 8.93 | |||
| Turnout | 142,528 | 57.98 | |||