Hajipur Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Bihar
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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 | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Vaishali |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 335,905 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2025 |
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
| Year | Name[4] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Saryug Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Deep Narayan Singh | ||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | K. P. Singh | Communist Party of India | |
| 1969 | Motilal Sinha Kanan | Shoshit Dal | |
| 1972 | Samyukta Socialist Party | ||
| 1977 | Jagan Nath Prasad Rai | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Jagan Nath Prasad Rai | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Motilal Sinha Kanan | Lok Dal | |
| 1990 | Jagan Nath Prasad Rai | Indian National Congress | |
| 1995 | Rajendra Rai | Janata Dal | |
| 2000 | Nityanand Rai | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2014^ | Awadhesh Singh | ||
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | |||
| 2025 | |||
Election results
2025
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Awadhesh Singh | 113,221 | 50.27 | +5.72 | |
| RJD | Dev Kumar Chaurasia | 94,712 | 42.05 | −0.94 | |
| JSP | Pratibha Sinha | 4,701 | 2.09 | ||
| Independent | Sunil Roy | 2,226 | 0.99 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,381 | 1.06 | +0.15 | |
| Majority | 18,509 | 8.22 | +6.66 | ||
| Turnout | 225,242 | 67.06 | +9.86 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Awadhesh Singh | 85,552 | 44.55 | −4.07 | |
| RJD | Deo Kumar Chaurasia | 82,562 | 42.99 | ||
| Independent | Ajit Kumar | 5,242 | 2.73 | ||
| Independent | Dheeraj Kumar Roy | 3,180 | 1.66 | ||
| RLSP | Kamal Pd Singh | 3,089 | 1.61 | ||
| Independent | Kishor Kumar | 2,487 | 1.3 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,745 | 0.91 | −0.34 | |
| Majority | 2,990 | 1.56 | −5.27 | ||
| Turnout | 192,033 | 57.2 | −0.06 | ||
| BJP hold | |||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Awadhesh Singh | 86,773 | 48.62 | ||
| INC | Jagannath Prasad Rai | 74,578 | 41.79 | ||
| Independent | Santosh Kanan | 3,542 | 1.98 | ||
| Independent | Bijay Kumar Singh | 2,596 | 1.45 | ||
| BSP | Sunita Devi | 2,086 | 1.17 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,226 | 1.25 | ||
| Majority | 12,195 | 6.83 | |||
| Turnout | 178,454 | 57.26 | |||
1977
- Jagannath Pd. Yadav (JNP): 39,392 votes[6]
- Moti Lal Sinha Kanan (INC): 13,154 votes