Bajpatti Vidhan Sabha Seat Result in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: RJD's Mukesh Kumar Yadav Wins, Elected as MLA

Patna, November 15: Mukesh Kumar Yadav of the RJD has won the Bajpatti Vidhan Sabha Seat after defeating JD(U) candidate Dr Ranju Geeta. The Bajpatti constituency is situated in the Sitamarhi district of Bihar. The voting in this constituency was held on November 7 in the third phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. The current MLA of the Bajpatti constituency is Dr. Ranju Geeta, who belongs to the JD(U). The counting of votes was held on November 10 and the result were also declared on the same day. Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Phase 3 Dates And Schedule: Voting on November 7, Results on November 10.

Polling for Bihar assembly elections was held in three phases on October 28, November 3 and November 7, followed by counting of votes on November 10. Elections in Bihar this year is one of the biggest elections globally during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Third Phase Complete Schedule

The main candidates for Bajpatti Assembly Election 2020 included Prabodh Kumar of Log Jan Party - Secular, Mohmd. Intekaab Alam of Lok Jan Shakti Party among other candidates. In the 2015 Bihar elections, JD(U) candidate Dr. Ranju Geeta had won from the Bajpatti Vidhan Sabha seat after defeating RLSP candidate Rekha Kumari.

In the outgoing Bihar assembly, the RJD has 80 members while the JD (U) has 69. The BJP has 54 seats, Congress has 25, while the remaining seats in the 243-member assembly are held by other parties. The voting for the first phase was held on October 28 which covered 71 assembly constituencies, the second-phase voting on November 3 covered 94 seats. The third phase of voting on November 7 covered 78 assembly seats. In Bihar, the ruling NDA faced a challenge from the RJD-Congress alliance (JDU+BJP) and the Mahagathbandhan (RJD+Congress+Left).

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