Benipatti Vidhan Sabha Seat Result in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: BJP’s Vinod Narayan Jha Wins, Elected as MLA

Patna, November 10: Vinod Narayan Jha, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won from the Benipatti Vidhan Sabha Seat. Jha defeated Congress candidate Bhawana Jha, who is the current MLA of the Benippati constituency, which is situated in the Madhubani district of Bihar. The voting in this constituency was held on November 7 in the third phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. The counting of votes and the result were declared today. 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 Benipatti Assembly Election 2020 included the current MLA Bhawana Jha of Congress, Nagendra Prasad Yadav of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Vinod Narayan Jha of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP among other candidates. In the 2015 Bihar polls, Congress candidate Bhawana Jha had won from the Benipatti Vidhan Sabha seat after defeating BJP candidate Vinod Narain Jha.

In Bihar, the ruling NDA will face a challenge from the RJD-Congress alliance (JDU+BJP) and the Mahagathbandhan (RJD+Congress+Left). Meanwhile, the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has said it would contest alone this time with Chirag Paswan at the helm. The polls are seen as a two-way fight between NDA (JDU+BJP) and Mahagathbandhan (RJD+Congress+Left), the LJP this time has decided to go alone with party President Chirag Paswan taking charge of the all the affairs in the party.

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 will be held on October 28 which will cover 71 assembly constituencies, while the second-phase voting on November 3 will cover 94 seats. The third phase of voting on November 7 will cover 78 assembly seats.

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