Danapur Assembly constituency

Danapur is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It comes under Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Masaurhi, Maner, Phulwari, Paliganj and Bikram.^[1]

Danapur
Constituency No. 186 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ritlal Ray Yadav
Party	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Elected year	2020

Danapur in Patna district

Overview

Danapur comprises CD Block Danapur-Cum-Khagaul.^[2] The diara (riverine) area is also part of Danapur assembly constituency.^[3][4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name[5]	Party
1957	Jagat Narayan Lal		Indian National Congress
1962	Ram Sewak Singh		Socialist Party
1967			Samyukta Socialist Party
1969	Budh Deo Singh		Indian National Congress
1972
1977	Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav
1980	Budh Deo Singh
1985	Vijendra Rai		Independent politician
1990			Janata Dal
1995	Lalu Prasad Yadav
1996^	Vijay Singh Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Lalu Prasad Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2002^	Rama Nand Yadav
2005	Asha Devi Sinha		Bharatiya Janata Party
2005
2010
2015
2020	Ritlal Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

2020

Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2020: Danapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Ritlal Yadav	89,895	48.44
	BJP	Asha Devi Sinha	73,971	39.86
	RLSP	Deepak Kumar	7,731	4.17
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,315	1.25
	Independent	Ganesh Ray	2,265	1.22
	PP	Amar Nath Ray	1,449	0.78
		Rest of the candidates	~7,500	4.00
Majority			15,924
Turnout
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Danapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Asha Devi Sinha	72,192	43.23
	RJD	Raj Kishor Yadav	66,983	40.11
	Independent	Tinku Yadav	13,002	7.79
	BSP	Narsingh Kumar	3,246	1.94
	BMF	Akash Kumar	1,518	0.91
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,267	1.96
Majority			5,209	3.12
Turnout			1,66,986	51.95
	BJP hold		Swing

2010

Bihar Assembly election, 2010: Danapur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Asha Devi Sinha	59,425	47.52
	Independent	Ritlal Yadav	41,506	33.19
	RJD	Sachchidanand Rai	11,495	9.19
	INC	Vijay Singh Yadav	3,608	2.89
	Independent	Binod Singh	2,969	2.37
Majority			17,919	14.33
Turnout			1,25,050	40.96
	BJP hold		Swing

2000 Vidhan Sabha

• Lalu Prasad Yadav (RJD) : 64,085 votes^[6]
• Rama Nand Yadav (BJP): 46,530 votes

2002 by-election

• Rama Nand Yadav (RJD): 75,935 votes ^{[citation needed]}
• SatyanaranSinha (BJP): 17,928 votes

1977 Vidhan Sabha

• Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav (INC): 33,989 votes^[7]
• Chhabila Singh (JNP): 29,292 votes

1972 Vidhan Sabha

• Budh Deo Singh (INC): 23,150 votes^[8]
• Keshav Prasad (SOP): 15,843 votes
• Ram Swarath Singh (NCO): 9,550 votes
• Tej Narain Prasad (Bharatiya Jana Sangh): 5,456 votes

1957 Vidhan Sabha

• Jagat Narayan Lal (INC): 7,042 votes^{[citation needed]}
• Radhey Shyam Singh (IND): 6,074 votes

See also

• List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar
• Danapur