Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the Keoti Vidhan Sabha constituency in the 243-seat Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. The assembly constituency of Keoti is situated in the Darbhanga district. The Keoti Assembly seat comprises of Arai Birdipur, Banauli, Bharathi, Bharhulli, Hariharpur, Harpur, Madhopur Basatwara, and other community blocks. The Vidhan Sabha seat of Keoti falls under the constituency of Madhubani when it comes to Lok Sabha Elections. It will be intriguing to see which alliance will the populace of Keoti Vidan Sabha constituency in upcoming Bihar Assembly Elections 2020.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) had announced a 3-phase elections in the state. The three phases took place on October 28 (for 71 seats), November 3 (for 94 seats) and on November 7 (for 78 seats). Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Phase 3 Dates And Schedule: Voting on November 7, Results on November 10.
The results of Bihar Assembly Polls 2020 were declared by the EC on November 10, i.e. Tuesday. It was BJP’s Murari Mohan Jha and RJD’s Abdul Bari Siddiqui who battled from the Keoti seat in Bihar. Faraz Fatmi of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) was the incumbent MLA from the Keoti assembly seat. In 2015 Assembly Elections, Faraz had defeated Ashok Kumar Yadav of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by a slender margin of 7,000 votes. In 2010, Bihar State Polls it was BJP’s Ashok Kumar Yadav who had emerged victorious from the Keoti constituency.
The NDA camp has announced Nitish Kumar as their CM face. Tejashwi Yadav was the Mahagathbandhan’s CM face if the alliance emerged as a winner. With Chirag Paswan-led LJP contesting polls alone in the state, it was an interesting contest.
MLA Candidates | Party | Votes |
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MADHU RANJAN PRASAD | Rashtriya Janshakti Party (Secular) | 896 |
MD. SAMIULLAH KHAN | Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) | 817 |
DEEPAK KUMAR JHA | IND | 800 |
BHOLA SAHU | IND | 798 |
MURARI MOHAN JHA (Current MLA) | BJP | 76372 |
ABDUL BARI SIDDIQUI | RJD | 71246 |
PRIYANKA KUMARI | IND | 366 |
YOGESH RANJAN | IND | 3304 |
MADHAV KUMAR CHAUDHARY | The Plurals Party | 257 |
SHEKHAR KUMAR | Rashtriya Jan Vikas Party | 190 |
FAIYAZUR RAHMAN | Samajwadi Janata Dal Democratic | 1528 |
MAHESH PURWE | Bharat Jan Jagran Dal | 150 |
SANJEEV KUMAR HIMANSHU | IND | 1291 |
MANIKANT MANI | IND | 1217 |
CHAND BABU REHMAN | NCP | 1161 |
MLA Candidates | Party | Votes |
---|---|---|
Faraz Fatmi (Current MLA) | RJD | 68601 |
Ashok Kumar Yadav | BJP | 60771 |
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