Begusarai Vidhan Sabha seat is said to be one of the most important constituencies when it comes to elections in Bihar. It was also one of the only 36 seats in the state, where elections took place through VVPAT in the 2015 Assembly Elections. BJP's Kundan Kumar won the seat in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. The 2020 Bihar Assembly Polls took in 3 phases, and not the usual 5 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The first phase of Bihar Assembly Polls 2020 took place on October 28 (for 74 seats), second on November 3 (for 94 seats), and third on November 7 (78 seats).

Amita Bhushan of the Indian National Congress party was the incumbent MLA from the Begusarai seat. In the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, she defeated Surendra Mehta of the BJP by a victory margin of nearly 20,000 votes from Begusarai. However, in the 2010 Assembly elections in Bihar, it was BJP’s Surendra Mehta who won the Begusarai seat. The main contenders for the 2020 Assembly Elections were Kundan Singh of the BJP and Amita Bhushan of the Congress.

It was a 4-way battle amongst BJP-JD(U), Congress+RJD+Other Left Parties, LJP, and Great Democratic Secular Front. The NDA won the election with 125 seats.

2020 begusarai Assembly Election: Candidates' list

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
BHASKAR KUMARThe Plurals Party913
KUNDAN KUMAR (Current MLA)BJP74217
MANOJ KUMAR SINGHRashtriya Jan Jan Party707
AMITA BHUSHANINC69663
AMARJEET SAHAam Janmat Party,678
SURYA PRAKASH HISARIYAJan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)677
RAMASHISH SHARMALog Jan Party - Secular,540
VARUN KUMARShoshit Samaj Dal515
RAJENDRA KUMAR ALIAS RAJAIND3438
ARJUN KUMARSOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)340
SOHIT TANTIIND2096
SANJAY GAUTAMIND2057
ASHUTOSH KUMAR ALIAS HIRA PODDARIND1936
NAND KUMAR SAHBahujan Mukti Party1813
RAJESH KUMARIND18002
DR. MIRA SINGHIND1616
DEV KANT SINGHJai Prakash Janata Dal1466
SANJU KUMARIRLSPNA

2015 begusarai Assembly Election Results

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
Amita Bhushan (Current MLA)INC83521
Surendra MehtaBJP66990

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