Bahadurganj Assembly constituency

Bahadurganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Kishanganj district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Bahadurganj Assembly constituency
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Kishanganj
Established	1951
Elected year	2020

For disambiguation, see Bahadurganj (disambiguation).

52 Bahadurganj
Assembly constituency
Bahadurganj
52 Bahadurganj Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°15′19″N 87°48′49″E
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Kishanganj
Constituency No	52
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	10 Kishanganj
Electoral system	First past the post
Government
• current MLA	Mohammad Anzar Nayeemi (AIMIM)

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 52 Bahadurganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bahadurganj and Terhagachh community development blocks; Patharghatti, Ghangra and Lachhmipur gram panchayats of Dighalbank CD Block.^[1]

Bahadurganj Assembly constituency is part of No 10 Kishanganj (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1][2][3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

List of Members of Legislative Assembly from Bahadurganj Assembly Constituency.^[4]

Year	Name[5]	Party
1952	Mohammad Ahsan		Indian National Congress
1957	Lakhan Lal Kapoor		Praja Socialist Party
1962	Rafique Alam		Indian National Congress
1967	Dilip Narayan Jha		Praja Socialist Party
1969	Najmuddin		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Islamuddin Bagi		Janata Party
1980	Najmuddin		Indian National Congress
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Islamuddin Bagi		Janata Dal
1995	Avadh Bihari Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Jahidur Rahman		Indian National Congress
2005	Md Tauseef Alam		Independent politician
2005			Indian National Congress
2010
2015
2020	Mohammad Anzar Nayeemi		All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
			Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Bahadurganj^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIMIM	Mohammad Anzar Nayeemi	85,855	49.77
	VIP	Lakhan Lal Pandit	40,640	23.56
	INC	Md. Tauseef Alam	30,204	17.51	−16.05
	SS	Chandan Kumar Yadav	2,647	1.53	+1.27
	JAP(L)	Mohammad Mansoor Alam	2,194	1.27	−19.82
	Bahujan Maha Party	Mohammad Musfik Ala	1,825	1.06
	Independent	Hari Mohan Singh	1,691	0.98	−0.16
	NOTA	None of the above	4,729	2.74	+2.09
Majority			45,215	26.21	+17.47
Turnout			172,490	58.96	−3.41
	AIMIM gain from INC		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bahadurganj^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M.D. Tauseef Alam	53,533	33.56
	BJP	Awadh Bihari Singh	39,591	24.82
	JAP(L)	Md. Maswar Alam	33,638	21.09
	SP	Hasnain Mirza	8,230	5.16
	Independent	Barun Kumar Singh	4,901	3.07
	JMM	Hasan Javed	2,435	1.53
	BSP	Parmeshwar Prasad Sinha	2,428	1.52
	NCP	Md Mansoor Alam	2,422	1.52
	Independent	Hari Mohan Singh	1,816	1.14
	Independent	Suresh Prasad Mandal	1,684	1.06
	Independent	Raj Kumar Sah	1,674	1.05
	NOTA	None of the above	1,033	0.65
Majority			13,942	8.74
Turnout			159,520	62.37

2010

In November 2010 and October 2005 state assembly elections, Md. Tousif Alam of Congress won the Bahadurganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Mohammad Maswar Alam of JD(U) and Sikandar Singh, Independent, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Md. Tousif Alam contesting as an independent candidate defeated Zahidur Rahman of Congress in February 2005. Zahidur Rahman of Congress defeated Awadh Bihari Singh of BJP in 2000. Awadh Bihari Singh of BJP defeated Zahidur Rahman, Independent, in 1995. Islamuddin Bagi of JD defeated Najmuddin of Congress in 1990. Najmuddin of Congress defeated Shital Prasad Sinha, Independent, in 1985 and Kalimuddin, Independent, in 1980. Islamuddin Bagi of JP defeated Md. Nazmuddin in 1977.^[7][8][9]