Gaighat Assembly constituency
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Gaighat (earlier called Gaighatti) is an assembly constituency in Muzaffarpur district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Overview
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 88 Gaighat Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Gaighat and Bandra community development blocks; Katra, Sonpur, Berai South, Dhanaur, Madhepura and Shivdaspur gram panchayats of Katra CD Block.
Gaighat Assembly constituency is part of No. 15 Muzaffarpur (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Nitishwar Prasad Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Vinodanand Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Jitendra Prasad Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1985 | Virendra Kumar Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Maheshwar Prasad Yadav | Independent politician | |
| 1995 | Janata Dal | ||
| 2000 | Virendra Kumar Singh | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2005 | Maheshwar Prasad Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | Veena Devi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2015 | Maheshwar Prasad Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2020 | Niranjan Roy | ||
| 2025 | Komal Singh | Janata Dal (United) |
Election results
2025
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Komal Singh | 108,104 | 48.31 | +19.56 | |
| RJD | Niranjan Roy | 84,687 | 37.84 | +4.92 | |
| JSP | Ashok Kumar Singh | 10,790 | 4.82 | ||
| Independent | Subodh Kumar Singh | 6,157 | 2.75 | ||
| Independent | Mithilesh Manjhi | 3,264 | 1.46 | ||
| Jan Sahmati Party | Kunal Kumar | 2,969 | 1.33 | ||
| BSP | Ishrat Perween | 2,794 | 1.25 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,788 | 1.69 | +0.44 | |
| Majority | 23,417 | 10.47 | +6.3 | ||
| Turnout | 223,779 | 69.43 | +11.98 | ||
| JD(U) gain from RJD | Swing |
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Niranjan Roy | 59,778 | 32.92 | −7.88 | |
| JD(U) | Maheshwar Pd Yadav | 52,212 | 28.75 | ||
| LJP | komal singh | 36,851 | 20.29 | ||
| Independent | Ganesh Jha | 3,142 | 1.73 | ||
| JP | Sudhir Kumar Jha | 3,019 | 1.66 | ||
| Independent | Subhash Chaudhary | 2,606 | 1.43 | ||
| Aam Janmat Party | Vipalav Kumar Paswan | 2,466 | 1.36 | ||
| The Plurals Party | Subodh Kumar Singh | 2,260 | 1.24 | ||
| Independent | Suresh Sahani | 2,065 | 1.14 | ||
| AIFB | Shubhankar Kumar Singh | 2,015 | 1.11 | +0.73 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,277 | 1.25 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 7,566 | 4.17 | +2.05 | ||
| Turnout | 181,613 | 57.45 | +0.05 | ||
| RJD hold | Swing |
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Maheshwar prasad yadav | 67,313 | 40.8 | ||
| BJP | Veena Devi | 63,812 | 38.68 | ||
| Independent | Ashok Kumar Singh | 7,826 | 4.74 | ||
| Janta Dal Rashtravadi | Vishal Kumar | 2,822 | 1.71 | ||
| Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party | Vakil Sahani | 2,421 | 1.47 | ||
| BSP | Abdul- Wahab | 2,324 | 1.41 | ||
| Independent | Rani Singh | 2,262 | 1.37 | ||
| Independent | Md. Najul Ansari | 2,112 | 1.28 | ||
| Independent | Raghunandan Pd Singh | 1,885 | 1.14 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Jitendra Yadav | 1,698 | 1.03 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,070 | 0.65 | ||
| Majority | 3,501 | 2.12 | |||
| Turnout | 164,965 | 57.4 | |||
| RJD hold | Swing |
External links
- . eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India.
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