Benipur Assembly constituency
Benipur | |
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Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | Bihar |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Janata Dal (United) |
Elected year | 2020 |
Benipur | |
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Assembly constituency | |
Benipur Location in Bihar
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Coordinates: 26°02′44″N 86°06′33″E | |
Country | India |
State | Bihar |
District | Darbhanga |
Constituency No. | 80 |
Type | Open |
Lok Sabha constituency | 14. Darbhanga |
Electoral system | First past the post |
Benipur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Darbhanga district of Bihar, India. It is 30 km east from Darbhanga city. SH 56 connecting Benipur to Darbhanga City. Neighboring villages are Mahinam, Balha, Benipur, Karhari, Nandapatti, phohddi, Ashapur. There is a railway station name "Benipur Balha" which is in Balha Village. Benipur Block is heart of benipur because of its popularity for its market. This block is second most big market in 20 square km area. Bahera market is one of the big market area very adjacent to Benipur. Mayor: Surendra kumar jha Deputy mayor: Zafiruddn Khan
Overview
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 80 Benipur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Benipur community development block;Baheri CD Block;Biraul CD Block.
Benipur (Nagar Parisad (Navtoliya Chairman Surendra Kumar Jha) & Deputy Chairman's Mohd Zafiruddin khan ward-9(Assembly constituency) is part of No. 14 Darbhanga (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Year | Name | Party | |
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1967 | Bhup Narayan Jha | Indian National Congress | |
1969 | Hari Nath Mishra | Lok Tantrik Congress | |
1972 | Indian National Congress | ||
1977-2008 : Constituency did not exist
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2010 | Gopal Jee Thakur | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2015 | Sunil Choudhary | Janata Dal | |
2020 | Binay Kumar Choudhary |
Election results
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Janata Dal (United) | Binay Kumar Choudhary | 61,416 | 37.58 | {{{change}}} | |
INC | Mithilesh Kumar Chaudhary | 54,826 | 33.55 | ||
LJP | Kamal Ram Vinod Jha | 17,616 | 10.78 | ||
Independent | Ram Kumar Jha | 6,221 | 3.81 | ||
Majority | 6,590 | ||||
Janata Dal (United) hold | Swing |
2015
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Janata Dal (United) | Sunil Chaudhary | 69,511 | 46.86 | ||
BJP | Gopal Jee Thakur | 43,068 | 29.04 | ||
Turnout | 148,328 | 55.64 | |||
Registered electors | 266,586 |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Gopal Jee Thakur | 43,222 | 40.33 | ||
RJD | Hare Krishna Yadav | 29,265 | 27.31 | ||
Majority | 13,957 | ||||
Turnout | 107,175 | 47.27 | |||
BJP hold | Swing |