Bakhri Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Bakhri
Constituency No. 147 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Begusarai
LS constituency	Begusarai Lok Sabha
Established	1951
Total electors	270,948 (2020)
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Suryakant Paswan
Party	CPI
Alliance	Mahagathbandhan
Elected year	2020

Bakhri is an assembly constituency in Begusarai district in the Indian state of Bihar. The seat is reserved for scheduled Tribesas and OBC

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 147 Bakhri Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bakhri, Dandari and Garhpura community development blocks; Pahsara(East), Nawkothi, Hasanpur Bagar, Rajakpur, Bishnupur, Samsa & Dafarpur gram panchayats of Naokothi CD Block.^[1]

Bakhri Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1952	Shivbrat Narain Sinha	Indian National Congress
1957	Shivbrat Narain Sinha
1962	Medni Paswan
1967	Yugal Kishore Sharma	Communist Party of India
1969	Yugal Kishore Sharma	Communist Party of India
1972	Ram Chandra Paswan	Communist Party of India
1977
1980
1985	Ram Binod Paswan
1990
1995
2000	Ramanand Ram	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Ram Binod Paswan	Communist Party of India
2005	Ram Binod Paswan	Communist Party of India
2010	Ramanand Ram	Bharatiya Janata Party
2015	Upendra Paswan	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020	Suryakant Paswan	Communist Party of India

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Bakhri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Suryakant Paswan	72,177	44.14%	+24.35
	BJP	Ramshankar Paswan	71,400	43.67%	+21.71
	NOTA	None of the Above	2313	1.41%	-1.25
Majority			777	0.47%
Turnout			1,63,507	60.34%	+0.63%
Registered electors			2,70,948	^[2]
	CPI gain from RJD		Swing	0.47%

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bakhri constituency^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RJD	Upendra Paswan	72,632	49.26
	BJP	Ramadan Ram	32,376	21.96
	CPI	Suryakant Paswan	29,185	19.79
	NOTA	N/A	3,299	2.66
Turnout			136,755	59.71
Registered electors			247,074
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing	{{{swing}}}

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References

^ ^a ^b "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
^ "Bakhri Election Results since 1977". Travel India Guide. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
^ "109 - Bakhri (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2011.