Darbhanga Vidhan Sabha Seat Result in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: BJP's Sanjay Saraogi Wins, Elected as MLA
Darbhanga Vidhan Sabha constituency is one of the 243 constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The first phase of Bihar Elections 2020 is over, and only two more phases are remaining. The electorate in the Darbhanga constituency will be voting in the Phase 3 elections, i.e. on November 7.
BJP's Sanjay Saraogi won the Darbhanga Vidhan Sabha constituency of the 243 constituencies in the Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. The Election Commission of India (ECI) had announced a 3-phase election in Bihar. The first phase of Bihar Vidhan Sabha Polls took place on October 28 (for 71 seats), while the second and third phase of elections took place on November 3 (for 94 seats) and November 7 (for 78 seats) respectively.
The Bihar Elections 2020 results were declared on November 10, i.e. Tuesday. Counting of votes began at 8 am on Tuesday.
In the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, it was Sanjay Saraogi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who defeated Om Prakash Kheria of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), by a victory margin of 7,000 votes. In 2010 Bihar Polls, it was Sanjay who won from the Darbhanga seat, after defeating Sultan Ahmed of the RJD. Saraogi (BJP) fought the 2020 poll against Amarnath Gami (RJD).
Incumbent Bihar CM Nitish Kumar was declared as the CM face of the NDA alliance. As for Mahagathbandhan, Tejashwi Yadav was being projected as the CM candidate. With LJP’s chief Chirag Paswan deciding to contest alone in this election, many were seeing the election as an interesting one.
| MLA Candidates | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Mahendra Kumar Paswan | Bhartiya Garibmazdoor Party, | 96 |
| Sanjay Saraogi (Current MLA) | BJP | 84144 |
| Amar Nath Gami | RJD | 73505 |
| MD. Amjad Khan | Samajwadi Janata Dal Democratic | 710 |
| Nooruddin Zangi | SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF INDIA | 523 |
| Shankar Kumar Jha | IND | 2757 |
| Sanjay Kumar Roy | Rashtriya Unnati Party | 257 |
| Santosh Kumar Purve | Rashtriya Jan Vikas Party | 238 |
| Mahendra Lal Das | IND | 2152 |
| Vijayshree Prasad | Republican Party of India (Athawale) | 212 |
| Sujeet Kumar Chaudhary | Janata Party | 2093 |
| Sanjay Kumar Jha | IND | 170 |
| RAUSHENDRA KUMAR | Bhartiya Lok Chetna Party | 159 |
| Mohammad Mojahid | SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST) | 157 |
| Md. Pintu Khan | Loktantrik Janshakti Party | 135 |
| Mithilesh Chandra Sahni | IND | 1348 |
| RAJ KUMAR MAHTO | Yuva Krantikari Party | 119 |
| Lal Babu Mahto | AIFB | 117 |
| Siya Ram Paswan | Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) | 1045 |
| MLA Candidates | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Sanjay Saraogi (Current MLA) | BJP | 77776 |
| Om Prakash Kheria | RJD | 70316 |
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