Sahebganj Assembly constituency

For other uses, see Sahebganj (disambiguation).

Sahebganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Muzaffarpur district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Sahebganj
Constituency No. 98 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Muzaffarpur
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Elected year	2020

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 98 Sahebganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Sahebganj community development block; Anadpur Kharauni, Bahdinpur, Baijalpur, Chakki Suhagpur, Chandkewari, Dewariya East, Dewariya West, Dharfari, Fatehabad, Gyaspur, Jafarpur, Jaimal Dumri, Kataru, Khutahin, Mohabbatpur, Mohjamma, Neknampur, Pandeh, Usti and Jalandhar Baitha tola, Bishunpur Saraiya gram panchayats of Paroo CD Block.^[1]

Sahebganj Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name[2]	Party
1952	Brajnandan Prasad Singh		Indian National Congress
1962	Nawal Kishore Singh
1967
1969	Yadunandan Singh		Independent politician
1972	Shiv Narain Singh		Indian National Congress
1977	Bhagya Narain Rai		Communist Party of India
1980	Nawal Kishore Singh		Indian National Congress
1982^	Shiv Sharan Singh		Indian National Congress
1985
1990	Ram Vichar Ray		Janata Dal
1995
2000			Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Raju Kumar Singh		Lok Janshakti Party
2005			Janata Dal (United)
2010
2015	Ram Vichar Ray		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020	Raju Kumar Singh		Bhartiya Janata Party

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sahebganj^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	VIP	Raju Kumar Singh	81,203	44.25
	RJD	Ram Vichar Ray	65,870	35.9	−7.75
	LJP	Krishan Kumar Singh	5,382	2.93
	AIMIM	Md. Moqeem	4,055	2.21
	Rashtra Sewa Dal	Sudhir Kumar	3,886	2.12
	Rashtriya Jan Jan Party	Pramod Kumar	2,851	1.55
	Rashtriya Jan Vikas Party	Umesh Kumar	2,659	1.45
	Independent	Bharat Prasad	2,419	1.32
	Hindu Samaj Party	Rajesh Kumar	2,031	1.11
	Independent	Shiv Kumar Rai	1,789	0.97
	SUCI(C)	Yadav Lal Patel	1,716	0.94
	NOTA	None of the above	1,105	0.6	−0.54
Majority			15,333	8.35	+1.76
Turnout			183,501	59.56	+1.39
	VIP gain from RJD		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sahebganj^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Ramvichar Rai	70,583	43.65
	BJP	Raju Kumar Singh	59,923	37.06
	Independent	Azimullah Ansari	6,716	4.15
	Independent	Madan Chaudhary	6,674	4.13
	Independent	Dilip Kumar	3,759	2.32
	SP	Basawan Prasad Bhagat	2,261	1.4
	CPI(M)	Akhileshwar Prasad Singh	2,034	1.26
	Independent	Ajay Singh	1,975	1.22
	Rashtriya Mahan Gantantra Party	Krishna Kumar Jaiswal	1,486	0.92
	NOTA	None of the above	1,849	1.14
Majority			10,660	6.59
Turnout			161,699	58.17