Ghosi, Bihar Assembly constituency

Ghosi
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictJehanabad
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
Elected year2020

Ghosi is one of the 243 assembly constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.[1] It comes under Jahanabad (Lok Sabha constituency) for parliamentary elections.

Parts

The constituency includes nine panchayats of Kako block, Modanganj block, Ghosi block and Hulasganj block of Jehanabad district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member[2] Party
1952 Ram Chandra Yadav Independent politician
1962 Mithileshwar Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
1967 Ramashray Prasad Yadav Communist Party of India
1969 Kaushlendra Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
1972 Ramashray Prasad Yadav Communist Party of India
1977 Jagdish Sharma Janata Party
1980 Bharatiya Janata Party
1985 Indian National Congress
1990
1995
2000 Independent politician
2005
2005 Janata Dal (United)
2009^ Shanti Sharma Independent politician
2010 Rahul Sharma Janata Dal (United)
2015 Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma
2020 Ram Bali Singh Yadav Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Ghosi[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(ML)L Ram Bali Singh Yadav 74,712 49.07
JD(U) Rahul Sharma 57,379 37.68 −9.9
LJP Rakesh Kumar Singh 4,762 3.13
Independent Satyendra Prasad Yadav 2,729 1.79
Independent Nityananda 2,328 1.53
Independent Arvind Kumar 1,652 1.08
NOTA None of the above 3,793 2.49 −1.2
Majority 17,333 11.39 −3.91
Turnout 152,267 58.02 +0.17
CPI(ML)L gain from JD(U) Swing


2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Ghosi[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Krishan Nandan Prasad Verma 67,248 47.58
Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) Rahul Kumar 45,623 32.28
CPI(ML)L Rambali Yadav 10,894 7.71
SS Arvind Kumar Pandey 5,900 4.17
National Janta Party (Indian) Vimal Kumar 2,358 1.67
Independent Rajnish Kumar 1,705 1.21
BSP Javed Alam 1,516 1.07
NOTA None of the above 5,212 3.69
Majority 21,625 15.3
Turnout 141,330 57.85


References

  1. ^ http://vidhansabha.bih.nic.in/pdf/List_Of_Members.pdf Legislative assembly constituencies and Members (in Hindi) - Bihar Vidhan Sabha
  2. ^ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Ghosi Assembly Constituency". www.elections.in.
  3. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018.

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