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Bihar Election 2020: Result updates for Danapur, Maner, Phulwari, Masaurhi, Paliganj, Bikram
Bihar Assembly Election 2020 results: Get results for Danapur, Maner, Phulwari, Masaurhi, Paliganj and Bikram seats under Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency.
The Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency located in the Patna district of Bihar has six Vidhan Sabha constituencies - Danapur, Maner, Phulwari, Masaurhi, Paliganj and Bikram - which saw voting in the first and second phases of the assembly election on October 28 and November 3 respectively. Pataliputra has been a bastion of the BJP since the 2014 general election.
As the results came in on Tuesday night, the Mahagathbandhan- which comprises the RJD, Congress, CPI-ML and other left leaning parties, won all the six assembly seats under the Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency.
Here is a look at the performance of all the parties in these six seats in Bihar Assembly Election 2020:
Danapur assembly election 2020 result updates: The constituency was a tough fight between the RJD and the BJP. RJD leader Rit Lal Ray won the constituency after defeating BJP’s Asha Devi by a margin of 15,924 votes.
A total of 13 candidates were in the fray in the 2015 assembly election in the state. Asha Devi of the BJP defeated RJD’s Kishor Yadav by a small margin of 5,209 votes. Out of the electorate strength of 319,290, 1 per cent voters did not vote for anyone. Read more about Danapur constituency.
Maner assembly election 2020 result updates: Maner was another constituency which witnessed a direct face-off between the RJD and the BJP. Bhai Virendra of the RJD emerged victorious as he defeated BJP candidate Nikhil Anand by a huge margin of 32,917 votes.
Virendra had won the 2015 election after BJP’s Shrikant Nirala. Virendra won 89,773 while the BJP managed to grab nearly 67,000 votes. The electorate strength in 2015 was 299,069 comprising 160,762 males and 138,300 females. Read more about Maner constituency
Phulwari assembly election 2020 result updates: The Phulwari constituency is reserved for the Scheduled Castes (SCs)
Gopal Ravidas of the CPI-ML defeated JD(U) leader Arun Manjhi by a margin of 13,857 votes.
Phulwari was won by the JD(U) in the 2015 election after party leader Shyam Rajak triumphed over Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular)’s (HAM) Rajeshwar Manjhi by a massive margin of 45,713 votes. Read more about Phulwari constituency
Masaurhi assembly election 2020 result updates: Masaurhi constituency is also reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs).
Rekha Devi of the RJD won this constituency after defeating JD(U) candidate Nutan Paswan by a margin of 32,227 votes.
During the 2015 election, RJD’s Devi had defeated Paswan-who was then with the HAM by a margin of nearly 40,000 votes. Read more about Masaurhi constituency
Paliganj assembly election 2020 result updates: Sandeep Saurav of the CPI-ML won the Paliganj assembly constituency after defeating Jay Vardhan of the JD(U) by a huge margin of 30,915 votes.
A total of 14 candidates were in the fray during the 2015 assembly election. The electorate strength was nearly 261,000 which included 139,416 and 121,154 females.
In 2015, Jay Vardhan Yadav - who was with the RJD defeated BJP candiate Ram Janm Sharma by a margin of 24,453 votes. Yadav contested the 2020 election on a JD(U) ticket. Read more about Paliganj consituency
Bikram assembly election 2020 result updates: Siddharth Saurav of the Congress won the constituency after defeating independent candidate Anil Kumar by a huge margin of 35,460 votes.
Read more about Bikram constituency
The 243-Bihar assembly went to polls in three phases, starting on October 28 with 71 constituencies, 94 on November 3 and 78 seats on November 7.
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Parties in the battlefield, either alone or with an alliance have to secure a majority of 122 seats in order to win this election.
This year’s elections saw relatively fewer Maoist-related violence during polling. Security personnel in all the three phases were placed on high alert across all districts where polling was taking place.
