Patna, November 11: Pranav Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won from the Munger Vidhan Sabha Seat. Kumar has won the seat by defeating RJD candidate Avinash Kumar Vidyarthi of the RJD. The Munger Assembly constituency falls in the Munger district of Bihar. Voting in the Munger elections was held on October 28 in the first phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. The counting of votes as well as the results was announced on November 10. Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Phase 1 Dates And Schedule: Voting on October 28, Results to be Declared on November 10.
The Bihar election is believed to be one of the biggest elections amid the coronavirus pandemic. The ECI said that the polling for Bihar assembly elections would be held in three phases on October 28, November 3 and November 7, followed by counting of votes on November 10.
Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 First Phase Complete Schedule
Last Date For Filing Nomination | October 8 |
Scrutiny of Nominations | October 9 |
Last date for Nomination Withdrawal | October 12 |
Voting Date | October 28 |
Result Date | November 10 |
The main candidates for the Munger Assembly Election 2020 included Avinash Kumar Vidyarthi of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Pranav Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), MD Mokim of Nationalist Congress Party among the other candidates. In the 2015 Bihar elections, Vijay Kumar of the RJD had won from the Munger seat by defeating BJP candidate Pranav Kumar.
Voting for the first phase was held on October 28 covering 71 assembly constituencies of Bihar, second-phase voting on November 3 covered 94 seats. The third phase of voting on November 7 covered 78 assembly seats. In Bihar, the ruling NDA faced a challenge from the RJD-Congress alliance (JDU+BJP) and the Mahagathbandhan.
Munger Vidhan Sabha Seat in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: Candidates, MLA, Schedule And Result Date
MLA Candidates | Party | Votes |
---|---|---|
MD MOKIM | NCP | 838 |
PRANAV KUMAR (Current MLA) | BJP | 75573 |
AVINASH KUMAR VIDYARTHI | RJD | 74329 |
MANOJ KUMAR PATEL | Bhartiya Sablog Party | 610 |
ROHIT KUMAR | IND | 555 |
SHALINI KUMARI | IND | 4497 |
JAMUNA LAL SRIVASTAVA | Bhartiya Rashtriya Dal | 391 |
ADITYA SINGH MADHUKAR | IND | 374 |
AWADHESH KUMAR YADAV | IND | 285 |
DEVANAND MANDAL | SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST) | 259 |
MOHMMAD FAISAL AHMAD | Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) | 249 |
SADDAM KHAN | Aam Jan Party (Secular) | 205 |
KANCHAN KUMARI | IND | 1358 |
VIKAS KUMAR | IND | 1292 |
SUBODH VERMA | RLSP | NA |
MLA Candidates | Party | Votes |
---|---|---|
Vijay Kumar 'Vijay' (Current MLA) | RJD | 77216 |
Pranav Kumar | BJP | 72851 |
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