Benipur Assembly constituency
| Benipur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 80 - for the State Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Bihar[1] |
| District | Darbhanga |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 300,497 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | JD(U) |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2025 |
Benipur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Darbhanga district of Bihar, India.
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.[2]
Benipur (Nagar Parisad (Navtoliya Chairman Mateen Mustafa) & Deputy Chairman's Md Nazim Amin (Assembly constituency) is part of No. 14 Darbhanga (Lok Sabha constituency).[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name[3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Bhup Narayan Jha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Hari Nath Mishra | Lok Tantrik Congress | |
| 1972 | Indian National Congress | ||
1977-2008: Constituency did not exist
| |||
| 2010 | Gopal Jee Thakur | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2015 | Sunil Choudhary | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2020 | Binay Kumar Choudhary | ||
| 2025 | |||
Election results
2025
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Binay Kumar Choudhary | 84,207 | 44.7 | +7.12 | |
| INC | Mithilesh Kumar Chaudhary | 70,604 | 37.48 | +3.93 | |
| JSP | Amresh Kumar Amar | 6,558 | 3.48 | ||
| Independent | Chun Chun Jha | 6,532 | 3.47 | ||
| Independent | Avadhesh Kumar Jha | 5,428 | 2.88 | ||
| Independent | Mahendra Narayan Mahto | 4,457 | 2.37 | ||
| BSP | Pramod Paswan | 2,001 | 1.06 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,108 | 1.65 | −1.18 | |
| Majority | 13,603 | 7.22 | +3.19 | ||
| Turnout | 188,366 | 62.68 | +6.17 | ||
| JD(U) hold | Swing | ||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Binay Kumar Choudhary | 61,416 | 37.58 | −9.3 | |
| 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 | ||
| RLSP | Rajeev Kumar | 4,641 | 2.84 | ||
| Independent | Sanjeet Kumar | 3,741 | 2.29 | ||
| Independent | Saguni Ray | 3,082 | 1.89 | ||
| Wazib Adhikar Party | Nathuni Ram | 1,929 | 1.18 | ||
| JAP(L) | Rajesh Kumar Mishra | 1,576 | 0.96 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,621 | 2.83 | −0.28 | |
| Majority | 6,590 | 4.03 | −13.81 | ||
| Turnout | 163,428 | 56.51 | +0.89 | ||
| JD(U) hold | Swing | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Sunil Chaudhary | 69,511 | 46.88 | ||
| BJP | Gopal Jee Thakur | 43,068 | 29.04 | ||
| Independent | Kamalramvinod Jha "Kamal Seth" | 10,154 | 6.85 | ||
| Independent | Vinod Kumar Jha | 6,061 | 4.09 | ||
| Independent | Siyalakhan Yadav | 2,459 | 1.66 | ||
| Independent | Sunil Kumar Jha "Moti Babu" | 2,340 | 1.58 | ||
| CPI | Ram Naresh Roy | 2,299 | 1.55 | ||
| BSP | Laxman Ram | 1,685 | 1.14 | ||
| Independent | Vinoda Nand Jha | 1,385 | 0.93 | ||
| Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party | Krishna Kant Jha | 1,350 | 0.91 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,614 | 3.11 | ||
| Majority | 26,443 | 17.84 | |||
| Turnout | 148,283 | 55.62 | |||
2010
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
References
- ^ Thakur, Ripunjay Kumar (1 March 2022). "Historical Geography of Early Medieval Mithila: From Videha to Tirhut". New Archaeological & Genological Society, Kanpur, India. ISSN 2348-8301. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ a b "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ "Benipur Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs".
- ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 15 December 2025.
- ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021.
- ^ Bihar Assembly Election 2015
- ^ "Constituencywise Results Status". Archived from the original on 27 November 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
External links
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.