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Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Buxur constituency, Bihar
Lok Sabha Elections 2019 constituency watch: Buxur , Bihar
The Buxur Lok Sabha constituency, in the district of the same name in Bihar, is currently held by Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Union minister of state for health and family welfare.
The BJP’s Ashwini Kumar Choubey had defeated Jagadanand Singh of the Rashtriya Janata Dal in 2014 Lok Sabha election from this general seat. Singh won from the Buxur Lok Sabha in 2009.
State: Bihar
Name of the Lok Sabha constituency: Buxur
Date of polling: May 19
2019 candidates: Ashwini Kumar Choubey (BJP), Jagadanand Singh (Congress)
Sitting MP, Party: Ashwini Kumar Choubey, BJP
Winning margin in 2014: 132,338
Runner up name, party: Jagadanand Singh, RJD
Number of voters in 2014: 888,204
Percentage of votes polled in 2014: 54.14%
Number of polling booths in 2014: 1,620
Number of women voters: 762,255
