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{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Bihar}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Bhagalpur
| type = SLA
| loksabha_cons = [[Bhagalpur Lok Sabha constituency|Bhagalpur]]
| map_image = 156-Bhagalpur constituency.svg
| state = [[Bihar]]
| constituency_no = 156
| established = 1951
| district = [[Bhagalpur district|Bhagalpur]]
| reservation = None
| mla = [[Rohit Pandey]]
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
}}
'''Bhagalpur''' is one of 243 constituencies of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly of Bihar]]. It is a part of [[Bhagalpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhagalpur]] Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Gopalpur, Pirpainti, Kahalgaon, Bihpur and Nathnagar.<ref name=delimitation2008>{{cite web |url=https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/showfile?actid=AC_CEN_3_20_00030_200233_1517807324510&type=order&filename=Delimitation%20Order,2008.pdf |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |date=26 November 2008 |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref> In the [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], Bhagalpur will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref name="election2043">{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/36-seats-in-bihar-to-have-electronic-voting-machines-with-paper-trail-facility-1204308|title=36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/poll-bound-bihar-to-get-36-evms-with-paper-trail-facility/|title=Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility}}</ref>

==Overview==
Bhagalpur comprises Bhagalpur (Municipal Corporation) of Jagdishpur 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 = 2013-12-20 }}</ref>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Member
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
| rowspan="3" |Satendra Narain Agrawal
| {{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]]
| rowspan="4" |Vijay Kumar Mitra
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| rowspan="2" |Shiv Chandra Jha
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}
|-
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|Vijay Kumar Mitra
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=6}}
|-
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
| rowspan="5" |[[Ashwini Kumar Choubey]]
|-
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|-
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|-
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|-
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]
|-
|2014^
| rowspan="3" |[[Ajit Sharma]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|-
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Rohit Pandey]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=1}}

|}

^by-election

==Election results==
=== 2025 ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Bhagalpur<ref name="2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Bhagalpur">{{cite news|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04156.htm|title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Bhagalpur|date=14 November 2025|work=|access-date=15 December 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251216063926/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04156.htm|archive-date=16 December 2025|publisher=Election Commission of India|language=en}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Rohit Pandey]]
|votes = {{formatnum:100770}}
|percentage = 51.11
|change = {{increase}}11.28
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=[[Ajit Sharma]]|party=Indian National Congress|votes={{formatnum:87296}}|percentage=44.28|change={{increase}}3.76}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Abhay Kant Jha|party=Jan Suraaj Party|votes={{formatnum:3251}}|percentage=1.65|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|votes={{formatnum:1974}}|percentage=1.0|change={{increase}}0.32}}
{{Election box majority|votes={{formatnum:13474}}|percentage=6.83|change={{increase}}6.14}}
{{Election box turnout|votes={{formatnum:197146}}|percentage=57.21|change={{increase}}8.78}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|
|winner = Bhartiya Janata Party
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2020 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Bhagalpur<ref name=election2020>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Ajit Sharma]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:65502}}
|percentage = 40.52
|change = {{decrease}}5.72
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=[[Rohit Pandey]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes={{formatnum:64389}}|percentage=39.83|change={{increase}}0.58}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Rajesh Verma|party=Lok Janshakti Party|votes={{formatnum:20523}}|percentage=12.69|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent|candidate=Bijay Prasad Sah|votes={{formatnum:3292}}|percentage=2.04|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Rashtriya Lok Samta Party|candidate=Syed Shah Ali Sajjad Alam|votes={{formatnum:2743}}|percentage=1.7|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]|votes={{formatnum:1103}}|percentage=0.68|change={{decrease}}0.96}}
{{Election box majority|votes={{formatnum:1113}}|percentage=0.69|change={{decrease}}6.3}}
{{Election box turnout|votes={{formatnum:161673}}|percentage=48.43|change={{increase}}0.26}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2015 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2015 Bihar legislative assembly election]]: Bhagalpur<ref name=election2015>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2015 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Ajit Sharma]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:70514}}
|percentage = 46.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Arjit Shashwat Choubey
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:59856}}
|percentage = 39.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Bijay Pd. Sah
|votes = {{formatnum:15212}}
|percentage = 9.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:2500}}
|percentage = 1.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:10658}}
|percentage = 6.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:152511}}
|percentage = 48.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2014 bypoll===
{{Election box begin | title=By-Election, 2014: Bhagalpur}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[Ajit Sharma]]
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 63,753
|percentage = 55.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Nabhay Kumar Chaudhary
|votes = 46,524
|percentage = 40.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Mukesh Kumar Das
|party = Communist Party of India
|votes = 1,026
|percentage = 0.89
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = Khursheed
|party = Samajwadi Party
|votes = 970
|percentage = 0.84
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = None of the Above
|party = None of the above
|votes = 1,187
|percentage = 1.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 17,229
|percentage = 15.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,14,859
|percentage = 36.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2010===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2010 Bihar legislative assembly election]]: Bhagalpur<ref name=election2010>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3903-bihar-2010/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2010 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Ashwini Kumar Choubey
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 49,164
|percentage = 42.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Ajit Sharma
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = 38,104
|percentage = 32.57
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Dr. N. K. Yadav
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|votes = 19,479
|percentage = 16.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Shekhar Mehtar
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 2,535
|percentage = 2.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Jajweer Quasmi
|party = Independent (politician)
|votes = 2,007
|percentage = 1.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|
|votes = 11,060
|percentage = 9.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|
|votes = 1,16,987
|percentage = 42.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]

==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}}
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[[Category:Politics of Bhagalpur district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Bihar]]

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