Ghosi Vidhan Sabha seat is situated in the Jehanabad district of Bihar. The Ghosi Assembly constituency falls under the Jehanabad Lok Sabha constituency. It had been a JDU seat since 2010. But CPI(M-L) (Liberation)'s Ram Bali Singh Yadav won the seat in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. Voting for the Ghosi constituency election took place in the first phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 on October 28. The counting of votes took place on November 10.

Bihar Assembly Election 2020 voting took place in three phases between October 28 and November 7. The first phase voting took place on October 28. Bihar election results were declared on November 10 for all phases.

The Ghosi election was won by JDU's Krishan Nandan Prasad Verma in Bihar polls 2015. He had defeated Rahul Kumar of the HAM(S). The candidates on Ghosi seat for 2020 Bihar polls include Rakesh Kumar Singh of the LJP, Rahul Kumar of the JDU and Ram Bali Singh Yadav of the CPI(M-L) among others.

Bihar election was the first major poll in the country, taking place amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision of the LJP to fight elections alone in the state was seen to have brought a huge twist to the battle for Bihar. However, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is set to return for another term.

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
SANJIT KUMAR SINGHIND803
RAM BALI SINGH YADAV (Current MLA)Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)74712
MANI BHUSHAN SHARMAIND666
ARVIND KUMARIND632
RAHUL KUMARJD(U)57379
SATYENDRA PRASAD YADAVIND2729
NITYANANDAIND2328
JAYANT KUMARBhartiya Sablog Party1333
JYOTI KUMARIIND1091
INDRAJEET KUMAR SUDHAKARJai Maha Bharath Party1019
RAKESH KUMAR SINGHLJPNA

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