Gaighat Vidhan Sabha Constituency

Gaighat is a Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituency of the State of Bihar in India.

Areas after delimitation order of 2008

CD Blocks Gaighat & Bandra; Gram Panchayats Katra, Sonpur, Berai South, Dhanaur, Madhepura & Shivdaspur of Katra CD Block.

General Election 2020

TOTAL ELECTORS 316108, TURN OUT TOTAL: 181613 (57.45%)

CANDIDATE	SEX	AGE	CATEGORY	PARTY	TOTAL VOTES POLLED	% VOTES POLLED
1 NIRANJAN ROY	M	49	GEN	RJD	59778	32.92
2 MAHESHWAR PD YADAV	M	70	GEN	JD(U)	52212	28.75
3 KOMAL SINGH	F	27	GEN	LJP	36851	20.29
4 GANESH JHA	M	67	GEN	IND	3142	1.73
5 SUDHIR KUMAR JHA	M	41	GEN	JP	3019	1.66
6 SUBHASH CHAUDHARY	M	34	GEN	IND	2606	1.43
7 VIPALAV KUMAR PASWAN	M	35	SC	AMJNMTP	2466	1.36
8 NOTA			NOTA	NOTA	2277	1.25
9 SUBODH KUMAR SINGH	M	54	GEN	TPLRSP	2260	1.24
10 SURESH SAHANI	M	53	GEN	IND	2065	1.14
11 SHUBHANKAR KUMAR SINGH	M	48	GEN	AIFB	2015	1.11
12 VIKASH KUMAR	M	38	GEN	RJnJnP	1536	0.85
13 KUMAR ALOK	M	45	GEN	IND	1355	0.75
14 SHIV SHANKAR KUMAR BHARTI	M	30	GEN	IND	1098	0.6
15 VINDESHWAR MAHTO	M	71	GEN	IND	1030	0.57
16 RAJPAL DAS	M	37	SC	RSTJNVKSP	979	0.54
17 LALITA SINGH	F	41	GEN	JAPL	861	0.47
18 AYUSH SAHNI URF MUKESH SAHNI	M	29	GEN	LCD	843	0.46
19 VINAY KUMAR	M	27	GEN	IND	680	0.37
20 GHULAM AHMAD RAZA	M	38	GEN	IND	554	0.31
21 RANJAN KUMAR	M	35	GEN	SAP	521	0.29
22 VIJAY RANJAN	M	33	GEN	IND	476	0.26
23 BHARAT PASWAN	M	68	SC	BMUP	398	0.22
24 RIZWANUL HAQUE	M	50	GEN	BLRP	380	0.21
25 ALOK KUMAR	M	25	GEN	JKiP	346	0.19
26 PRINCE KUMAR	M	35	GEN	IND	305	0.17
27 CHULIYA DEVI	F	45	GEN	AAAAP	305	0.17
28 MD NAIJUL ANSARI	M	32	GEN	IND	295	0.16
29 BINOD MAHASETH	M	40	GEN	IND	272	0.15
30 PRAVHU SHANI	M	60	GEN	BJKVP	267	0.15
31 THAKUR DHANANJAY SINGH	M	52	GEN	IND	236	0.13
32 DEEPAK RAY URF BIPAT RAY	M	32	GEN	IND	185	0.1

General Election 2015

TOTAL ELECTORS : 287372
TURNOUT TOTAL: 164965 (57.40%)

Detailed Results

CANDIDATE	SEX	AGE	CATEGORY	PARTY	VALID VOTES POLLED	% VOTES POLLED
1 MAHESHWAR PRASAD YADAV	M	65	GEN	RJD	67313	40.80
2 VEENA DEVI	F	48	GEN	BJP	63812	38.68
3 ASHOK KUMAR SINGH	M	47	GEN	IND	7826	4.74
4 VISHAL KUMAR	M	30	GEN	JDR	2822	1.71
5 VAKIL SAHANI	M	34	GEN	SKLP	2421	1.47
6 ABDUL- WAHAB	M	33	GEN	BSP	2324	1.41
7 RANI SINGH	F	35	GEN	IND	2262	1.37
8 MD. NAJUL ANSARI	M	27	GEN	IND	2112	1.28
9 RAGHUNANDAN PD SINGH	M	57	GEN	IND	1885	1.14
10 JITENDRA YADAV	M	42	GEN	CPI(ML)(L)	1698	1.03
11 SUBHASH CHOUDHARY	M	29	GEN	IND	1445	0.88
12 AMRITA SINGH	F	38	GEN	GJDS	1418	0.86
13 DEVENDRA PRASAD YADAV	M	50	GEN	SP	1191	0.72
14 None of the Above			NOTA	NOTA	1070	0.65
15 PRABHU SAHANI	M	48	GEN	BJKVP	931	0.56
16 SURAJ SAHNI	M	32	GEN	IND	891	0.54
17 SURESH KUMAR	M	46	GEN	IND	713	0.43
18 BRAJKISHORE RAY	M	54	GEN	BHASP	701	0.42
19 JIVNESHWAR JHA	M	48	GEN	AIFB	619	0.38
20 KAPILDEV SINGH	M	64	GEN	BKP	566	0.34
21 KAMESHWAR THAKUR	M	57	GEN	BJND	489	0.30
22 KAMALDEV RAM	M	26	GEN	BMUP	456	0.28

2010 general election results

Candidate	Sex	Age	Category	Party	Votes polled	% Votes polled
1 VEENA DEVI	F	43	GEN	BJP	56386	43.46
2 MAHESHWAR PRASAD YADAV	M	60	GEN	RJD	40399	31.13
3 ARTI DEVI	F	38	GEN	INC	6742	5.20
4 KRISHNA KUMAR SAHANI	M	30	GEN	IND	4148	3.20
5 GHULAM AHMAD RAZA	M	28	GEN	IND	3434	2.65
6 JITENDRA KUMAR MAJHI	M	27	GEN	IND	2979	2.30
7 SURAJ SAHNI	M	27	GEN	IND	2936	2.26
8 RAGHUNANDAN PRASAD SINGH	M	53	GEN	IND	2740	2.11
9 SUMAN KUMAR TIWARY	M	34	GEN	NCP	2403	1.85
10 JITENDRA YADAV	M	36	GEN	CPI(ML)(L)	2200	1.70
11 JAGANNATH SAHANI	M	27	GEN	BSP	1105	0.85
12 UMESH PRASAD SINGH	M	48	GEN	JD(S)	983	0.76
13 AMRESH KUMAR	M	32	GEN	AIFB	955	0.74
14 KAPILDEO SINGH	M	47	GEN	IND	919	0.71
15 GANNI HAIDER	M	58	GEN	INGP	759	0.58
16 RAMANAND SAHNI	M	37	GEN	SP	668	0.51

Election held before the delimitation order of 2008

October 2005 assembly election results

1 . MAHESHWAR PRASAD YADAV was RJD candidate. He polled 34081 votes.
2 . ASHOK KUMAR SINGH was JD(U) candidate. He polled 30768 votes.
3 . VAKIL SAHNI was LJP candidate. He polled 12967 votes.
4 . SONELAL RAM was an independent candidate. He polled 3244 votes.
5 . JITENDRA YADAV CPI(ML)(L) candidate. He polled 3066 votes.
6 . SHIV SHANKAR RAI was SP candidate. He polled 2148 votes.
TOTAL VALID VOTES POLLED: 86274