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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
State	Bihar
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Prem Shankar Prasad
Party	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Elected year	2020

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]

Member of Legislative Assembly

Election	Name of the Member	Political Party
1951	Shivabachan Trivedi	Indian National Congress
1957	Trivikram Deo Narayan Singh	Independent
1962	Shivbachan Trivedi	Indian National Congress
1967	Sabhapati Singh	Samyukta Socialist Party
1969	Sheobachan Trivedi	Indian National Congress
1972	Sabhapati Singh	Socialist Party
1977	Braj Kishore Narain Singh	Janata Party
1980	Braj Kishore Narain Singh	Janata Party
1985	Braj Kishore Narain Singh	Indian National Congress
1990	Braj Kishore Narain Singh	Indian National Congress
1995	Lalbabu Yadav	Janata Dal
1996 {By Polls}	Deo Dutt Prasad Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2000	Manjeet Kumar Singh	Samata Party
2005 (Feb)	Deo Dutt Prasad Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 (Oct)	Deo Dutt Prasad Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2010	Manjeet Kumar Singh	Janata Dal (United)
2015	Mithlesh Tiwari	Bharatiya Janata Party
2020	Prem Shankar Prasad	Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Baikunthpur, Bihar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Prem Shankar Prasad	67,807	37.01
	BJP	Mithilesh Tiwari	56,694	30.95
	Independent	Manjit Kr Singh	43,354	23.67
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,097	2.24
		Rest of the candidates	~11,000	6.00
Majority			11,113
Turnout
Registered electors				[2]
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing

1977-2015

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 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]

References

External links

• "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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