Bahadurganj Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Bahadurganj Assembly constituency
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Kishanganj
Established	1951

Elected year	2020

Assembly constituency in Bihar, India

26°15′19″N 87°48′49″E / 26.25528°N 87.81361°E / 26.25528; 87.81361Country

IndiaStateBiharDistrictKishanganjConstituency No52TypeOpenLok Sabha constituency10 KishanganjElectoral systemFirst past the postGovernment

• current MLAMohammad

Anzar

Nayeemi (AIMIM)

Bahadurganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Kishanganj district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 52 Bahadurganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bahadurganj and Terhagachh community development blocks; Patharghatti, Ghangra and Lachhmipur gram panchayats of Dighalbank CD Block.^[1]

Bahadurganj Assembly constituency is part of No 10 Kishanganj (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

List of Members of Legislative Assembly from Bahadurganj Assembly Constituency.^[4]

Year	Name^[5]
1952	Mohammad Ahsan	Indian National Congress
1957	Lakhan Lal Kapoor	Praja Socialist Party
1962	Rafique Alam	Indian National Congress
1967	Dilip Narayan Jha	Praja Socialist Party
1969	Najmuddin	Indian National Congress
1972	Najmuddin	Indian National Congress
1977	Islamuddin Bagi	Janata Party
1980	Najmuddin	Indian National Congress
1985	Najmuddin	Indian National Congress
1990	Islamuddin Bagi	Janata Dal
1995	Avadh Bihari Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Jahidur Rahman	Indian National Congress
2005	Md Tauseef Alam	Independent politician
2005		Indian National Congress
2010
2015
2020	Mohammad Anzar Nayeemi	All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

Election results

1977-2010

In November 2010 and October 2005 state assembly elections, Md. Tousif Alam of Congress won the Bahadurganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals Mohammad Maswar Alam of JD(U) and Sikandar Singh, Independent, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Md. Tousif Alam contesting as an independent candidate defeated Zahidur Rahman of Congress in February 2005. Zahidur Rahman of Congress defeated Awadh Bihari Singh of BJP in 2000. Awadh Bihari Singh of BJP defeated Zahidur Rahman, Independent, in 1995. Islamuddin Bagi of JD defeated Najmuddin of Congress in 1990. Najmuddin of Congress defeated Shital Prasad Sinha, Independent, in 1985 and Kalimuddin, Independent, in 1980. Islamuddin Bagi of JP defeated Md. Nazmuddin in 1977.^[6]^[7]^[8]

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Bahadurganj
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIMIM	Mohammad Anzar Nayeemi	85,855	49.77
	VIP	Lakhan Lal Pandit	40640	23.56
	INC	Md. Tauseef Alam	30204	17.51
	NOTA	None of the above	4729	2.74
Majority			45215
Turnout			172513
Registered electors				^[9]
	AIMIM gain from INC		Swing

References

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^ "Election Commission of India". affidavit.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
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^ "Bahadurganj Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ "Bahadurganj election results". Travel India Guide. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
^ "Bihar - Bahadurganj". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
^ "133 - Bahadurganj Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.