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{{Infobox Indian constituency
|name = Benipur
|type= SLA
|map_image = 80-Benipur constituency.svg
|map_caption =
|map_alt =
|mla = [[Binay Kumar Choudhary]]
| party = {{Party index link|Janata Dal (United)}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]] 
|state = [[Bihar]]<ref name="election2022">{{cite web|last=Thakur |first=Ripunjay Kumar |date=1 March 2022|title=Historical Geography of Early Medieval Mithila: From Videha to Tirhut.|url=https://www.academia.edu/72670545|publisher=New Archaeological & Genological Society, Kanpur, India|issn=2348-8301|access-date=21 August 2025}}</ref>
|district = [[Darbhanga district|Darbhanga]]
|division =
| loksabha_cons =
|constituency_no = 80 [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|-]]
|established = 1967
| electors = 300,497
| reservation = None
|abolished = 
}}

'''Benipur Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Darbhanga district]] of [[Bihar]], India.

==Overview==
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 80 Benipur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Benipur [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]];Baheri CD Block;Biraul 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>

Benipur (Nagar Parisad (Navtoliya Chairman Mateen Mustafa) & Deputy Chairman's Md Nazim Amin (Assembly constituency) is part of No. 14 [[Darbhanga (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Name<ref name="election2018">{{cite web | url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/benipur.html | title=Benipur Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|Bhup Narayan Jha
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
| rowspan="2" |Hari Nath Mishra
|style="background-color:{{party color|Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress}}" |
|Lok Tantrik Congress
|-
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| colspan="4" |{{center|''1977-2008: Constituency did not exist''}}
|-
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]
|[[Gopal Jee Thakur]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
|Sunil Choudhary
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Binay Kumar Choudhary]]
|-
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
|}

==Election results==
=== 2025 ===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Benipur<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 = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Binay Kumar Choudhary]]
|votes = {{formatnum:84207}}
|percentage = 44.7
|change = +7.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Mithilesh Kumar Chaudhary
|votes = {{formatnum:70604}}
|percentage = 37.48
|change = +3.93
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jan Suraaj Party
|candidate = Amresh Kumar Amar
|votes = {{formatnum:6558}}
|percentage = 3.48
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Chun Chun Jha
|votes = {{formatnum:6532}}
|percentage = 3.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Avadhesh Kumar Jha
|votes = {{formatnum:5428}}
|percentage = 2.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Mahendra Narayan Mahto
|votes = {{formatnum:4457}}
|percentage = 2.37
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Pramod Paswan
|votes = {{formatnum:2001}}
|percentage = 1.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:3108}}
|percentage = 1.65
|change = -1.18
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:13603}}
|percentage = 7.22
|change = +3.19
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:188366}}
|percentage = 62.68
|change = +6.17
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2020 ===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Benipur<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |date=2021-01-13 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Binay Kumar Choudhary]]
|votes = {{formatnum:61416}}
|percentage = 37.58
|change = -9.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Mithilesh Kumar Chaudhary
|votes = {{formatnum:54826}}
|percentage = 33.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Kamal Ram Vinod Jha
|votes = {{formatnum:17616}}
|percentage = 10.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ram Kumar Jha
|votes = {{formatnum:6221}}
|percentage = 3.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
|candidate = Rajeev Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:4641}}
|percentage = 2.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sanjeet Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:3741}}
|percentage = 2.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Saguni Ray
|votes = {{formatnum:3082}}
|percentage = 1.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Wazib Adhikar Party
|candidate = Nathuni Ram
|votes = {{formatnum:1929}}
|percentage = 1.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)
|candidate = Rajesh Kumar Mishra
|votes = {{formatnum:1576}}
|percentage = 0.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:4621}}
|percentage = 2.83
|change = -0.28
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:6590}}
|percentage = 4.03
|change = -13.81
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:163428}}
|percentage = 56.51
|change = +0.89
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2015 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2015]]: [[Benipur]]<ref name="election2015">[https://ceobihar.nic.in/PDF/Stat_Assem_GE_Bihar_2015.pdf Bihar Assembly Election 2015]</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = Sunil Chaudhary
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|votes = {{formatnum:69511}}
|percentage = 46.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Gopal Jee Thakur]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:43068}}
|percentage = 29.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Kamalramvinod Jha "Kamal Seth"
|votes = {{formatnum:10154}}
|percentage = 6.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Vinod Kumar Jha
|votes = {{formatnum:6061}}
|percentage = 4.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Siyalakhan Yadav
|votes = {{formatnum:2459}}
|percentage = 1.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sunil Kumar Jha "Moti Babu"
|votes = {{formatnum:2340}}
|percentage = 1.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Ram Naresh Roy
|votes = {{formatnum:2299}}
|percentage = 1.55
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Laxman Ram
|votes = {{formatnum:1685}}
|percentage = 1.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Vinoda Nand Jha
|votes = {{formatnum:1385}}
|percentage = 0.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party
|candidate = Krishna Kant Jha
|votes = {{formatnum:1350}}
|percentage = 0.91
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:4614}}
|percentage = 3.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:26443}}
|percentage = 17.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:148283}}
|percentage = 55.62
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2010===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2010]]: [[Benipur]]<ref name="election2010">{{cite web | url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0480.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127013622/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0480.htm | archive-date=27 November 2010 | title=Constituencywise Results Status | access-date=16 March 2023 | url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Gopal Jee Thakur]]
|votes = 43,222
|percentage = 40.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = Hare Krishna Yadav
|votes = 29,265
|percentage = 27.31
}}
{{Election box majority
|
|votes = 13,957
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|
|votes = 107,175
|percentage = 47.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==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}}

{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}
{{Darbhanga Division topics}}

{{Bihar elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Politics of Darbhanga district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1967]]
[[Category:1967 establishments in Bihar]]

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