Benipur Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Benipur
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Darbhanga
Established	1967
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Binay Kumar Choudhary
Party	Janata Dal (United)
Elected year	2020

26°02′44″N 86°06′33″E / 26.04556°N 86.10917°E / 26.04556; 86.10917

Benipur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Darbhanga district of Bihar, India. It is 30 km east from Darbhanga city. SH 56 connecting Benipur to Darbhanga City. Neighboring villages are Mahinam, Balha, Benipur, Karhari, Nandapatti, phohddi, Ashapur. There is a railway station named "Benipur Balha" which is in Balha Village. Benipur Block is heart of benipur because of its popularity for its market. This block is second most big market in 20 square km area. Bahera market is one of the big market areas very adjacent to Benipur. The current mayor is Surendra Kumar Jha, and the current deputy mayor is Zafiruddn Khan.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 80 Benipur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Benipur community development block;Baheri CD Block;Biraul CD Block.^[1]

Benipur (Nagar Parisad (Navtoliya Chairman Surendra Kumar Jha) & Deputy Chairman's Mohd Zafiruddin khan ward-9(Assembly constituency) is part of No. 14 Darbhanga (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly


Year	Name^[2]
1967	Bhup Narayan Jha	Indian National Congress
1969	Hari Nath Mishra	Lok Tantrik Congress
1972	Hari Nath Mishra	Indian National Congress
1977-2008: Constituency did not exist
2010	Gopal Jee Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party
2015	Sunil Choudhary	Janata Dal
2020	Binay Kumar Choudhary	Janata Dal

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Benipur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Binay Kumar Choudhary	61,416	37.58	{{{change}}}
	INC	Mithilesh Kumar Chaudhary	54,826	33.55
	LJP	Kamal Ram Vinod Jha	17,616	10.78
	Independent	Ram Kumar Jha	6,221	3.81
Majority			6,590
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Benipur^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Sunil Chaudhary	69,511	46.86
	BJP	Gopal Jee Thakur	43,068	29.04
Turnout			148,328	55.64
Registered electors			266,586

2010

Bihar Assembly election, 2010: Benipur^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Gopal Jee Thakur	43,222	40.33
	RJD	Hare Krishna Yadav	29,265	27.31
Majority			13,957
Turnout			107,175	47.27
	BJP hold		Swing

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.
^ "Benipur Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs".
^ Bihar Assembly Election 2015
^ "Constituencywise Results Status". Archived from the original on 27 November 2010.