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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Baruraj
| type = SLA
| map_image = 96-Baruraj constituency.svg
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Arun Kumar Singh (Bihar politician)|Arun Kumar Singh]]
|party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
| region =
| state = [[Bihar]]
| district =
| division =
| loksabha_cons =
| constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|-]]
| established = 1951
| electors = 278,389
| abolished = 
}}
'''Baruraj''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Muzaffarpur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]]. It is part of the North Bihar region.

==Overview==
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 96 Baruraj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Motipur, Muzaffarpur|Motipur]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]]; Chochahin Chhapra and Saraiya [[gram panchayat]]s of Paroo CD Block.<ref name=commission>{{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 = 2011-01-10 }}</ref>

Baruraj Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 [[Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |title=Baruraj Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/baruraj.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref>
!colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|rowspan="3" |Ramchandra Prasad Shahi
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|-
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|-
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Sukhdeo Giri
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|Ramchandra Prasad Shahi
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Jamuna Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Balendra Prasad Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}
|-
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|Jamuna Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}
|-
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|rowspan="4" |Shashi Kumar Rai
|{{Full party name with color|Lokdal}}
|-
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|-
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y}}
|-
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|Brij Kishore Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|Shashi Kumar Rai
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y}}
|-
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]
|Brij Kishore Singh
| {{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
|Nand Kumar Rai
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|rowspan=2 |[[Arun Kumar Singh (Bihar politician)|Arun Kumar Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
|}

==Election results==
=== 2025 ===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Baruraj]]<ref name="election2025">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-15 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ae/2025/16 |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Arun Kumar Singh (Bihar politician)|Arun Kumar Singh]]
|votes = {{formatnum:96879}}
|percentage = 47.14
|change = {{decrease}}2.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Vikassheel Insaan Party
|candidate = Rakesh Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:67827}}
|percentage = 33.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jan Suraaj Party
|candidate = Hiralal Khariya
|votes = {{formatnum:19935}}
|percentage = 9.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Awadhesh Kumar Gupta
|votes = {{formatnum:4857}}
|percentage = 2.36
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Nasima Khatoon
|votes = {{formatnum:2944}}
|percentage = 1.43
|change = {{decrease}}11.39
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Lok Chetna Dal
|candidate = Vidhalal Sahni
|votes = {{formatnum:2035}}
|percentage = 0.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:4926}}
|percentage = 2.4
|change = {{decrease}}0.52
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:29052}}
|percentage = 14.14
|change = {{decrease}}10.57
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:205509}}
|percentage = 73.82
|change = {{increase}}12.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser =
|swing = NDA
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2020 ===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Baruraj]]<ref name="election2020"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Arun Kumar Singh (Bihar politician)|Arun Kumar Singh]]
|votes = {{formatnum:87407}}
|percentage = 49.47
|change = +9.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Nand Kumar Rai]]
|votes = {{formatnum:43753}}
|percentage = 24.76
|change = -18.86
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Hiralal Khadia
|votes = {{formatnum:22650}}
|percentage = 12.82
|change = +9.19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Rakesh Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:7304}}
|percentage = 4.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sanjay Kumar Paswan
|votes = {{formatnum:3877}}
|percentage = 2.19
|change = +0.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:5160}}
|percentage = 2.92
|change = -1.06
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:43654}}
|percentage = 24.71
|change = +21.56
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:176676}}
|percentage = 61.12
|change = +0.79
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2015 ===
{{Election box begin
|title = [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Baruraj<ref name="election2015">{{cite web |date=2018-08-20 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2015 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = Nand Kumar Rai
|votes = {{formatnum:68011}}
|percentage = 43.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Arun Kumar Singh (Bihar politician)|Arun Kumar Singh]]
|votes = {{formatnum:63102}}
|percentage = 40.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Najmul Hoda
|votes = {{formatnum:5658}}
|percentage = 3.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Vidhalal Sahni
|votes = {{formatnum:2967}}
|percentage = 1.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Raghuwar Bhagat
|votes = {{formatnum:2319}}
|percentage = 1.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party
|candidate = Hiralal Khadia
|votes = {{formatnum:2161}}
|percentage = 1.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sanjay Kumar Paswan
|votes = {{formatnum:2099}}
|percentage = 1.35
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:6208}}
|percentage = 3.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:4909}}
|percentage = 3.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:155924}}
|percentage = 60.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2010===
In the [[2010 Bihar legislative assembly election|2010 state assembly elections]], Brij Kishor Singh of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] won the Baruraj assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Nand Kumar Rai of [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]].<ref name="election2010">{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0496.htm |title = Bihar - Baruraj |work =Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-02-07 }}</ref> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Shashi Kumar Rai of JD(U) defeated Brij Kishor Singh of RJD in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Oct 2005|October 2005]]. Brij Kishor Singh of RJD defeated Shashi Kumar Rai of JD(U) in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Feb 2005|February 2005]]. Shashi Kumar Rai of JD(U) defeated Brij Kishor Singh of RJD in 2000. Shashi Kumar Rai of [[Janata Dal|JD]] defeated Brij Kumar Singh of [[Bihar People’s Party|BPP]] in 1995 and Balendra Prasad Singh, Independent, in 1990. Shashi Kumar Rai of [[Lok Dal|LD]] defeated Jamuna Singh of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1985. Jamuna Singh of Congress defeated Shashi Kumar Rai of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) in 1980. Balendra Prasad Singh of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] defeated Shashi Kumar Rai, Independent, in 1977.<ref name="election1977">{{cite web |url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp55.htm |title = 55 - Baruraj Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-02-07 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721161648/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp55.htm |archive-date = 2011-07-21 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}

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[[Category:Politics of Muzaffarpur district]]
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[[Category:1951 establishments in Bihar]]

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