Lakhisarai Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Bihar}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Lakhisarai Assembly constituency

| type = SLA

| map_image = 168-Lakhisarai constituency.svg

| map_caption =

| map_alt =

| mla = Vijay Kumar Sinha
{{Small|Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar}}

| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| alliance = NDA

| latest_election_year = 2020

| preceded_by = Phulena Singh, 20px {{Party index link|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}

| region =

| state = Bihar

| district = Lakhisarai

| division =

| loksabha_cons = Munger

| constituency_no = 168

| established = 1977

| electors =

| reservation = None

| incumbent_image = Shri Vijay Kumar Sinha.jpg

| abolished =

}}

Lakhisarai Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Munger Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Suryagarha, Munger and Jamalpur.{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/bihar/parliamentary-constituencies/munger.html | title=Munger Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher=elections.in | access-date=10 March 2014}}

Overview

Lakhisarai comprises Blocks Ramgarh Chowk, Halsi & Barahiya; Gram Panchayats Amahara, Morma, Balgudar, Savikpur, Kachhiyana, Bilauri, Damodarpur & Lakhisarai (M) of Lakhisarai CD Block.{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2013-12-20 }}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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!Year

!Name{{Cite web|title=Lakhisarai Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/lakhisarai.html|access-date=|website=Elections in India}}

! colspan="2" |Party

1977

|Kapildeo Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

1980

|Ashwani Kumar Sharma

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1985

| rowspan="2" |Krishna Chandra Prasad Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

1990

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}

1995

|Yaduvansh Singh

2000

|Krishna Chandra Prasad Singh

| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}

2005

|Vijay Kumar Sinha

2005

|Phulena Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}

2010

| rowspan="3" |Vijay Kumar Sinha

| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}

2015
2020

Election results

= 2020 =

{{Election box begin|

|title=Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Lakhisarai}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Vijay Kumar Sinha

|party = BJP

|votes = 74212

|percentage = 38.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Amaresh Kumar

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 63,729

|percentage = 32.8

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 2,058

|percentage = 1.06

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 10,483

|percentage = 5.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,94,289

|percentage = 52.78

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors

|reg. electors = 3,68,106

|ref={{cite web |title=Bihar Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020/ |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 May 2022}}

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = BJP

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2015=

{{Election box begin | title=Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Lakhisarai[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/ Bihar Assembly Election 2015]}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Vijay Kumar Sinha

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 75,901

|percentage = 41.78

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Ramanand Mandal

|party = Janata Dal (United)

|votes = 69,345

|percentage = 38.17

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = None of the Above

|party = None of the above

|votes = 4,386

|percentage = 2.36

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 6,556

|percentage = 3.61

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,86,060

|percentage = 54.27

|change =

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = BJP

|loser =

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

References

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