Islampur Vidhan Sabha Seat Result in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: RJD's Rakesh Kumar Roushan Wins, Elected as MLA
Islampur Vidhan Sabha seat lies in the Nalanda district of Bihar. The Islampur Assembly constituency falls under the Nalanda Lok Sabha seat of the state. Islampur has been a JDU seat since 2005.
Islampur Vidhan Sabha seat lies in the Nalanda district of Bihar. The Islampur Assembly constituency falls under the Nalanda Lok Sabha seat of the state. Islampur has been a JDU seat since 2005. However, RJD's Rakesh Kumar Roushan won the seat in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. Voting for the Islampur election took place in the second phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 on November 3. The counting of votes took place on November 10.
Bihar Assembly Election 2020 took place in three phases. Voting took place on October 28, November 3 and November 7. Bihar election results 2020 were declared on November 10 for all three phases. In Phase 2, 94 constituencies, including Islampur, went to polls.
In 2015 Bihar election, Chandrasen Prasad of JDU had won from the Islampur seat, defeating Birendra Gope of the BJP. The candidates for the 2020 Bihar polls from the Islampur constituency included Chadrasen Prasad of JDU, Naresh Prasad Singh of LJP and Rakesh Kumar Roushan of the RJD among others.
The number of phases in Bihar Assembly polls this year had been cut down to three as this was the first major election being held in the country amid COVID-19 outbreak. The state was said to be seeing a three-way fight with NDA (JDU+BJP), Mahagathbandhan (RJD+Congress+Left) and LJP in the fray.
MLA Candidates | Party | Votes |
---|---|---|
Siyasharan Prasad Singh | NCP | 984 |
Vikash Kumar Gaurav | National Jagaran Party | 827 |
Munna Kumar Keshari | Janata Dal (Secular) | 682 |
Rakesh Kumar Roushan (Current MLA) | RJD | 68088 |
Chandra Sen Prasad | JD(U) | 64390 |
Dayanand Prasad | The Plurals Party | 596 |
Ajit Kumar | Rashtriya Janwadi Party (Socialist) | 461 |
Madan Kumar | Pragatisheel Magahi Samaj | 398 |
Mahendra Singh Yadav | IND | 3750 |
Meena Devi | IND | 3359 |
Shatrudhan Prasad Malakar | Sanyukt Kisan Vikas Party | 3292 |
Pankaj Kumar | Bharat Bhrashtachar Mitao Party | 320 |
Kumar Pankaj Prasad | Bharatiya Inqalab Party | 244 |
Ajay Kumar | IND | 2342 |
Sameer Kumar | IND | 1884 |
Naresh Prasad Singh | LJP | NA |
Bharat Prasad Singh | RLSP | NA |
MLA Candidates | Party | Votes |
---|---|---|
Chandrasen Prasad (Current MLA) | JD(U) | 66587 |
Birendra Gope | BJP | 43985 |
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