Bihar, October 20: Mohania (SC) Vidhan Sabha seat is located in Kaimur (Bhabua) district of Bihar and comes under the Sasaram (SC) Lok Sabha constituency. The seat was won by RJD's Sangita Kumari in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 took place in three phases: October 28, November 3 and November 7 for its 243 assembly seats. The results were declared on November 10.  In 2015, this constituency was won by the Bharatiya Janta Party.

As per the estimates of 2011 census, out of total 3,90,326 population, 98.28 percent is rural and 1.72 percent is urban population. In 2015 Bihar Assembly elections, the total percentage of voters in Mohania (SC) Assembly Constituency was recorded as 43.00 percent. Bankipur Vidhan Sabha Seat in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: Candidates, MLA, Schedule And Result Date.

In 2015, Niranjan Ram of Bharatiya Janta Party won the seat by defeating Sanjay Kumar from Indian National Congress with a margin of 7581 votes. Niranjan Ram polled 43.32 percent votes, while Sanjay Kumar polled 37.93 percent votes in the 2015 Bihar elections.

The candidates fighting for this seat in 2020 polls were- Rajesh Kumar Ram from Nationalist Congress Party, Anil Kumar from Akhil Bhartiya Apna Dal, Niranjan Ram from BJP party among other contesting candidates.

According to the IANS-C Voter opinion poll, the ruling JD(U)-BJP combine or the NDA will return to power in Bihar. In 2015, Nitish Kumar became the chief minister forming an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party.

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
Sonu KumariIND864
Rajesh Kumar RamNCP771
Anil KumarAkhil Bhartiya Apna Dal743
Sangita Kumari (Current MLA)RJD61235
Bechan RamIND499
Niranjan RamBJP49181
Dulesh RamIND382
Ashwini KumarIND299
Dadan RamSwaraj Party (Loktantrik)288
Indrajit RamRashtrawadi Janlok Party (Satya)1603
Mukesh Kumar RajIND1225
Brajesh KumarIND1020
Suman DeviRLSPNA

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