Bathnaha Assembly constituency

Bathnaha is an assembly constituency in Sitamarhi district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes. It was an open seat earlier.

Bathnaha
Constituency No. -24 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Established1967
ReservationSC
Elected year2020

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 24. Bathnaha Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Bathnaha and Majorganj community development blocks; Bagha, Khap Khopraha, Marpa, Kanhauli, Kachor, Bhutahi, Madhesra, Ghurghura, Hanuman Nagar and Bishanpur Gonahi gram panchayats of Sonbarsha CD Block.[1]

Bathnaha Assembly constituency is part of 5. Sitamarhi (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearName[2]Party
1967Mohan Lal SharmaSamyukta Socialist Party
1969Ram Bahadur SinghIndian National Congress
1972Paturi SinghIndian National Congress
1977Suryadeo RaiIndian National Congress
1980Indian National Congress
1985Ram NiwasIndian National Congress
1990Suryadeo RaiJanata Dal
1995
2000Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005Nagina DeviLok Janshakti Party
2005
2010Dinkar RamBharatiya Janata Party
2015
2020Anil Kumar

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bathnaha
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPAnil Kumar 92,648 54.15%
INCSanjay Ram45,83026.79%
NOTANone of the above5,2403.06%
Majority
Turnout
gain fromSwing

References

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