# Bhagalpur Assembly constituency

Bhagalpur is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is a part of Bhagalpur Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Gopalpur, Pirpainti, Kahalgaon, Bihpur and Nathnagar. In the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Bhagalpur will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.

## Overview

Bhagalpur comprises Bhagalpur (Municipal Corporation) of Jagdishpur CD Block.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Name | Party |
| 1952 | Satendra Narain Agrawal | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Satendra Narain Agrawal | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Satendra Narain Agrawal | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | Vijay Kumar Mitra | Jana Sangh |
| 1969 | Vijay Kumar Mitra | Jana Sangh |
| 1972 | Vijay Kumar Mitra | Jana Sangh |
| 1977 | Vijay Kumar Mitra | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Shiv Chandra Jha | Indian National Congress |
| 1985 | Shiv Chandra Jha | Indian National Congress |
| 1990 | Vijay Kumar Mitra | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1995 | Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2000 | Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2005 | Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2005 | Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2010 | Ashwini Kumar Choubey | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2014^ | Ajeet Sharma | Indian National Congress |
| 2015 | Ajeet Sharma | Indian National Congress |
| 2020 | Ajeet Sharma | Indian National Congress |
^by-election

## Election results
### 2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Bhagalpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Ajeet Sharma | 65,502 | 40.52 |
| | BJP | Rohit Pandey | 64,389 | 39.83 |
| | LJP | Rajesh Verma | 20,523 | 12.69 |
| | IND | Bijay Prasad Sah | 3,292 | 2.04 |
| | RLSP | Syed Shah Ali Sajjad Alam | 2,743 | 1.70 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,103 | 0.68 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,113 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,61,673 | 48.17 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 2015

2015 Bihar legislative assembly election: Bhagalpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Ajeet Sharma | 70,514 | 47.00 |
| | BJP | Arjit Shashwat Choubey | 59,856 | 39.25 |
| | IND | Bijay Prasad Sah | 15,212 | 9.97 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 2,500 | 1.64 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10,658 | 6.99 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,52,511 | 48.17 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 2014 by-election

By-Election, 2014: Bhagalpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Ajeet Sharma | 63,753 | 55.50 |
| | BJP | Nabhay Kumar Chaudhary | 46,524 | 40.50 |
| | CPI | Mukesh Kumar Das | 1,026 | 0.89 |
| | SP | Khursheed | 970 | 0.84 |
| | NOTA | None of the Above | 1,187 | 1.03 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 17,229 | 15.00 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,14,859 | 36.81 |
| | INC gain from BJP | INC gain from BJP | Swing | |

### 2010

2010 Bihar legislative assembly election: Bhagalpur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | BJP | Ashwini Kumar Choubey | 49,164 | 42.03 |
| | INC | Ajeet Sharma | 38,104 | 32.57 |
| | LJP | Dr. N. K. Yadav | 19,479 | 16.65 |
| | BSP | Shekhar Mehtar | 2,535 | 2.17 |
| | Independent | Jajweer Quasmi | 2,007 | 1.72 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11,060 | 9.46 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,16,987 | 42.97 |
| | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |