Munger Assembly constituency

Munger is an assembly constituency in Munger district in the Indian state of Bihar.[1] In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Munger will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[2][3]

Munger
Constituency No. 165 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictMunger
LS constituencyMunger
Established1957
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2020

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Member[4] Party
1957 Nirpad Mukherji Indian National Congress
1962 Ramgovind Verma
1967 Hasim Samyukta Socialist Party
1969 Ravish Chandra Verma Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972 Prafulla Kumar Mishra Indian National Congress
1977 Syed Jabir Hussain Janata Party
1980 Ramdeo Singh Yadav Janata Party (Secular)
1985 Lokdal
1990 Janata Dal
1995 Monazir Hassan
2000 Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 Janata Dal (United)
2005
2009^ Vishwanath Prasad Gupta Rashtriya Janata Dal
2010 Anant Kumar Satyarthy Janata Dal (United)
2015 Vijay Kumar Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020 Pranav Kumar Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

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2015

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Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Munger[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Vijay Kumar "Vijay" 77,216 46.15
BJP Pranav Kumar Singh 72,851 43.54
Majority 4365
Turnout
RJD gain from JD(U) Swing

2020

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2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Munger[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pranav Kumar Yadav 75,573 45.74
RJD Avinash Kumar Vidyarthi 74,329 44.99
PP Shalini Kumari 4,497 2.72
Majority 1244
Turnout
BJP gain from RJD Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
  3. ^ "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility".
  4. ^ "Munger Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  5. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2015 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2020 to the Legislative Assembly of Bihar". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
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