Baikunthpur, Bihar Assembly constituency

Baikunthpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Dighwa Dubauli locality of Gopalganj district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Baikunthpur, Bihar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Gopalganj
Established	1951
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Prem Shankar Prasad
Party	RJD
Alliance	MGB
Elected year	2020
Preceded by	Mithlesh Tiwari,   BJP

Baikunthpur
Assembly constituency
Baikunthpur Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°17′09″N 84°44′00″E
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Gopalganj
Constituency No.	99
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	17. Gopalganj (SC)
Electoral system	First past the post

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 99 Baikunthpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Baikunthpur and Sidhwalia community development blocks; Rampur, Salempur Purvi, Salempur Paschimi, Hasanpur, Sadaua, Pipra and Khajuriya gram panchayats of Barauli CD Block.^[1]

Baikunthpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 17 Gopalganj (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name[2]	Party
1952	Shivbachan Trivedi		Indian National Congress
1957	Trivikram Deo Narain Singh		Independent politician
1962	Shivbachan Trivedi		Indian National Congress
1967	Sabhapati Singh		Samyukta Socialist Party
1969	Shivbachan Trivedi		Indian National Congress
1972	Sabhapati Singh		Samyukta Socialist Party
1977	Braj Kishor Narain Singh		Janata Party
1980
1985			Indian National Congress
1990
1995	Lal Babu Yadav		Janata Dal
1996^	Deo Dutt Prasad Yadav
2000	Manjeet Kumar Singh		Samata Party
2005	Deo Dutt Prasad Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005
2010	Manjeet Kumar Singh		Janata Dal (United)
2015	Mithlesh Tiwari		Bharatiya Janata Party
2020	Prem Shankar Prasad		Rashtriya Janata Dal

^ denotes by-polls

Election results

In the 2020 state assembly election, Manjeet Kumar Singh In the 2015 state assembly elections, Mithlesh Tiwari of Bharatiya Janata Party won the Baikunthpur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Manjeet Kumar Singh of Janata Dal (United).^[3] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. In 2010 Manjeet Kumar Singh defeated Devdatt Prasad of Rashtriya Janata Dal by a big margin. Going past election Devdatt Prasad of RJD defeated Manjeet Kumar Singh of JD(U) in October 2005 and February 2005. Manjeet Kumar Singh of JD(U) defeated Lal Babu Prasad Yadav of RJD in 2000. Lal Babu Prasad Yadav of JD defeated former Bihar Cabinet Minister Braj Kishor Narayan Singh of Congress in 1995. Shri Braj Kishor Narayan Singh of Congress defeated Devdatt Prasad of JD in 1990 and Deodat Rai of LD in 1985. Braj Kishor Narayan Singh representing Janata Party (JP) defeated Deodat Rai of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) in 1980. Braj Kishor Narayan Singh representing JP defeated Deonandan Singh of CPI in 1977.^[4]

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Baikunthpur^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Prem Shankar Prasad	67,807	37.01
	BJP	Mithilesh Tiwari	56,694	30.95	−4.16
	Independent	Manjeet Kumar Singh	43,354	23.67
	Independent	Rajendra Prasad	2,010	1.1
	NOTA	None of the above	4,097	2.24	−0.77
Majority			11,113	6.06	−2.76
Turnout			183,196	57.71	+0.93
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Baikunthpur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Mithilesh Tiwari	56,162	35.11
	JD(U)	Manjeet Kumar Singh	42,047	26.29
	Independent	Manorma Devi	36,734	22.97
	BSP	Anup Kumar Tewari	3,735	2.34
	Independent	Gorakh Yadav	3,405	2.13
	Independent	Mohan Singh	3,055	1.91
	JAP(L)	Dinesh Singh	2,236	1.4
	Bhartiya New Sanskar Krantikari Party	Z. Rahman	2,103	1.31
	CPI	Krishna Vihari Prasad Yadav	1,866	1.17
	SP	Shaukat Ali	1,586	0.99
	NOTA	None of the above	4,813	3.01
Majority			14,115	8.82
Turnout			159,956	56.78