Bhore Assembly constituency

26°27′05″N 84°06′53″E

Bhore
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Gopalganj
Established	1957
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sunil Kumar
Party	Janata Dal (United)
Elected year	2020

Bhore Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Gopalganj district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

History

It is believed that Bhore is named on the name of a King Bhurishrava (Hindi: भूरिश्रवा) who reigned on this land in Dvapara Yuga (The Age of Krishna). He fought in the great Kurukshetr War in support of Kaurava. He got boon for a magical Elephant which could travel from Bhore to Kurukshetra within one day.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 103 Bhore Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Bhore, Kateya and vijaipur community development blocks.^[1]

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Name[2]	Party
1957	Chandrika Ram		Indian National Congress
	Rambali Pandey		Praja Socialist Party
1962	Raj Mangal Mishra		Indian National Congress
1967
1969
1972
1977	Jamuna Ram		Janata Party
1980	Alagu Ram		Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Anil Kumar		Indian National Congress
1990	Indradev Manjhi		Janata Dal
1995
2000	Acharya Vishwanath Baitha		Bharatiya Janata Party
2005	Anil Kumar		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005
2010	Indradev Manjhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
2015	Anil Kumar		Indian National Congress
2020	Sunil Kumar		Janata Dal (United)

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bhore^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Sunil Kumar	74,067	40.50
	CPI(M-L)	Jitendra Paswan	73,605	40.25
	NOTA	None of the Above	8,010	4.38
	LJP	Pushpa Devi	4,520	2.47%
		Rest of the candidates	~22,500	12.00
Majority			462
Turnout
	JD(U) gain from INC		Swing