Country India District Gopalganj Type Open | State Bihar Constituency No. 99 Lok Sabha constituency 17. Gopalganj (SC) | |
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Baikunthpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Hindi: बैकुंठपुर विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is an assembly constituency in Dighwa Dubauli locality of Gopalganj district in the Indian state of Bihar.
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Map of Baikunthpur, Bihar 841413
Overview
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 99 Baikunthpur (Vidhan Sabha 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.
Baikunthpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 17 Gopalganj (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).
1977-2010
In the 2015 state assembly elections, Mithlesh Tiwari of Bhartiya Janata Party(BJP) won the Baikunthpur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Manjeet kumar singh Devdatt Prasad of JD(U). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Devdatt Prasad of RJD defeated Manjeet Kumar Singh of JD(U) in October 2005 and February 2005. Manjeet Kumar Singh of SAP 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.