Bisfi Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Bisfi
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Madhubani
Established	1967
Reservation	None

Elected year	2020

26°19′20″N 85°52′33″E / 26.32222°N 85.87583°E / 26.32222; 85.87583

Bisfi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Madhubani district in the Indian state of Bihar. As of 2020, Haribhushan Thakur of BJP is the MLA.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 35 Bisfi Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Bisfi community development blocks; Satlakha, Rahika, Saurath, Najirpur, Jagatpur, Kakraul North, Kakraul South, Malangia, Basauli, Sapta, Ijra and Hasanpur gram panchayats of Rahika, Madhubani, Bihar^[1] CD Block.^[2]

Bisfi Assembly constituency is part of No. 6 Madhubani (Lok Sabha constituency).^[2]

Election results

1977-2015

In the Bihar legislative assembly election, 2015, Dr. Faiyaz Ahmad of RJD defeated Manoj Kumar Yadav Bhojpandaul of RLSP by a margin of 35,325 votes & became 2nd Term MLA. In November 2010 state assembly elections, Dr. Faiyaz Ahmad of RJD defeated his nearest rival Hari Bhusan Thakur of JD(U). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Hari Bhusan Thakur, contesting as an Independent, defeated Md. Ahmar Hussain of Congress in October 2005 and February 2005. Dr. Shakil Ahmad of Congress defeated Abdul Hai of RJD in 2000. Ram Chandra Yadav of CPI defeated Dr. Shakil Ahmad of Congress in 1995. Dr. Shakeel Ahmed of Congress defeated Ram Chandra Yadav of CPI in 1990 and Raj Kumar Purbe of CPI in 1985. Raj Kumar Purbe of CPI defeated Aziz Nooruddin of Congress in 1980 and Siazul Islam of JP in 1977.^[3]^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name^[5]
1967	Raj Kumar Purbey	Communist Party of India
1969	Raj Kumar Purbey	Communist Party of India
1972	Aziz Nuruddin	Indian National Congress
1977	Raj Kumar Purbey	Communist Party of India
1980	Raj Kumar Purbey	Communist Party of India
1985	Shakeel Ahmed	Indian National Congress
1990	Shakeel Ahmed	Indian National Congress
1995	Ramchandra Yadav	Communist Party of India
2000	Shakeel Ahmed	Indian National Congress
2005	Haribhushan Thakur	Independent politician
2005	Haribhushan Thakur	Independent politician
2010	Faiyaz Ahmad	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2015	Faiyaz Ahmad	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020	Haribhushan Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Bisfi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Haribhushan Thakur	86,787	48.43
	RJD	Faiyaz Ahmad	76,505	42.7
	Green Democratic Party (GDP)	Arvind Mishra	4,975	2.89
	NOTA	None of the above	2,935	1.64
	PP	Pushpam Priya Choudhary	1,523	0.85
	NCP	Taukir	1,520	0.85
Majority			10,241
Turnout			179,189
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing

References

^ "Village & Panchayats | District Madhubani, Government of Bihar | India".
^ ^a ^b "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 10 January 2011.
^ "Bisfi election results from 1977". Travel India Guide. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
^ "74 - Bisfi Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
^ "Bisfi Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.