Bathnaha (SC) Vidhan Sabha Seat Result in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: BJP's Anil Kumar Wins, Elected as MLA

Patna, November 15: Anil Kumar of the BJP has won from the Bathnaha (SC) Vidhan Sabha Seat after defeating Congress candidate Sanjay Ram. The 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. This seat is reserved for a Scheduled Caste (SC) candidate.  The current MLA of the Bathnaha constituency is Dinkar Ram, who belongs to the BJP.  The counting of votes was held on November 10 and the result was also declared on the same day. Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Phase 3 Dates And Schedule: Voting on November 7, Results on November 10.

The Bihar election was one of the biggest elections globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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.

Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Third Phase Complete Schedule

The main candidates for Bathnaha Assembly Election 2020 included Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Anil Kumar, Ravi Ranjan Paswan of the Janata Party, Vijay Paswan of the Kisan Party of India among other candidates. In the 2015 Bihar elections, BJP candidate Dinkar Ram had won from the Bathnaha  seat after defeating Congress candidate Surendra Ram.

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).

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.

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