Lalganj, Bihar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Lalganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Vaishali district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Lalganj
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Lalganj
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°51′07″N 85°10′46″E
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictVaishali
Constituency No.124
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency21. Hajipur (SC)
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Overview

Since 2008, the Lalganj Vidhan Sabha constituency comprises Lalganj and Bhagwanpur.zedar community development blocks.[1] It is part of No. 21 Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

Election results

1977-2015
  • 2015: Rajkumar sah of Lokjanshakti party headed by Mr. Ramvilash paswan, has won the legislative election by a huge margin of 20293.

Mr. sah had defeated Munna shukla aka vijay kumar shukla of JDU. Rajkumar sah got 80842 votes while Mr. shukla got 60549 votes. In this assembly election BJP was in alliance with LJP, HAM and RLSP while the other end was Mahagathbandhan alliance of Congress, JDU and RJD.

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Annu Shukla of JD(U) won the Lalganj seat defeating his nearest rival Raj Kumar Sah, an independent.[2]

Contests in most years have involved multiple candidates, of which the first- and second-placed have been as follows:[3]

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gollark: Exploding?
gollark: In between.

References
  1. "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
  2. "Bihar - Lalganj". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
  3. "51 - Lalganj Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
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