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Bakhri Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Begusarai district in the Indian state of Bihar. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.

Bakhri Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 147 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Begusarai
LS constituency	Begusarai Lok Sabha
Established	1951
Total electors	2,70,948 (2020)
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Suryakant Paswan
Party	CPI
Elected year	Mahagathbandhan

Bakhri
Assembly constituency
Bakhri Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°35′25″N 86°15′54″E
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Begusarai
Constituency No.	147
Type	Reserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency	24. Begusarai

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]

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%

Election results

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}}}

1977-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Ramanand Ram of BJP won the Bakhri seat defeating his nearest rival Ram Binod Paswan of LJP. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ram Binod Paswan of CPI defeated Ramanand Ram of RJD in October 2005 and February 2005. Ramanand Ram of RJD defeated Ram vinod Paswan of CPI in 2000. Ram Binod Paswan of CPI defeated Kameshwar Choupal of BJP in 1995, and Deo Narayan Chaudhary of Congress, in 1990, and Yugal Kishore Sharma of Congress in 1985. Ram Chandra Paswan of CPI defeated Yugal Kishore Sharma of Congress (I) in 1980 and Medni Paswan of Janata Party in 1977.[4][5]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1951	Shivbrat Narain Sinha		Indian National Congress	INC
1957			Indian National Congress
1962	Medni Paswan		Indian National Congress
1967	Yugal Kishore Sharma		Communist Party of India	CPI
1969			Communist Party of India
1972	Ram Chandra Paswan		Communist Party of India
1977			Communist Party of India
1980			Communist Party of India
1985	Ram Binod Paswan		Communist Party of India
1990			Communist Party of India
1995			Communist Party of India
2000	Ramanand Ram		Rashtriya Janata Dal	RJD
2005 (feb and oct)	Ram Binod Paswan		Communist Party of India	CPI
2010	Ramanand Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP
2015	Upendra Paswan		Rashtriya Janata Dal	RJD
2020	Suryakant Paswan		Communist Party of India	CPI

References

External links

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

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