Baniapur Assembly constituency

Baniapur
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Established1951
Total electors317,424
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
AllianceNDA
Elected year2025

Baniapur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 115 Baniapur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Baniapur (except Karhi, Manikpura and Lauwa Kala gram panchayats) and Mashrakh community development blocks.[1]

Baniapur Assembly constituency is part of No. 19 Maharajganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name[2] Party
1952 Vishwanath Mishra Indian National Congress
1957 Uma Pandey
1962
1967
1969 Ramanand Mishra Samyukta Socialist Party
1972 Uma Pandey Indian National Congress
1977 Ramakant Pandey Janata Party
1980 Uma Pandey Indian National Congress
1985 Indian National Congress
1990 Ram Bahadur Rai Janata Party
1995 Janata Dal
2000 Manoranjan Singh Independent politician
2005 Lok Janshakti Party
2005 Janata Dal (United)
2010 Kedar Nath Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal
2015
2020
2025 Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2025

Bihar Assembly election, 2025: Baniapur[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kedar Nath Singh 95,606 47.7
RJD Chandani Devi 80,170 40.0 +1.26
JSP Shravan Kumar 8,638 4.31
Independent Shyam Singh 3,831 1.91
Independent Ravi Prakash 2,850 1.42
NOTA None of the above 4,876 2.43 −0.34
Majority 15,436 7.7 −8.81
Turnout 200,418 63.14 +10.3
BJP gain from RJD Swing


2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Baniapur[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Kedar Nath Singh 65,194 38.74 Decrease7.13
VIP Virendra Kumar Ojha 37,405 22.23
LJP Tarkeshwar Singh 33,082 19.66
Independent Sumit Kumar Gupta 12,485 7.42
Independent Pushpa Kumari 2,395 1.42
Independent Sudhir Kumar 2,157 1.28
Independent Dablu Kumar 2,124 1.26
Independent Narayan Pd. Yadaw 2,039 1.21
Janta Dal Rashtravadi Anil Kumar Ram 1,882 1.12
BSP Nawal Kishor Kushwaha 1,726 1.03 Increase0.06
NOTA None of the above 4,657 2.77 Decrease1.58
Majority 27,789 16.51 Increase6.04
Turnout 168,297 52.84 Increase2.27
RJD hold Swing


2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Baniapur[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Kedar Nath Singh 69,851 45.87
BJP Tarkeshwar Singh 53,900 35.4
Independent Virendra Kumar Ojha 13,545 8.9
BSP Bikrma Ram 1,481 0.97
NOTA None of the above 6,628 4.35
Majority 15,951 10.47
Turnout 152,266 50.57


References

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