Phulparas Vidhan Sabha Seat Result in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: JD(U)'s Sheela Kumari Wins, Elected as MLA
The main candidates for the Phulparas Assembly Election 2020 include Kripanath Thakur of Congress party, Sheela Kumari of Janata Dal (United), Bonod Kumar Singh of the Lok Jan Shakti Party among other candidates. In the last elections in Bihar held in 2015, Guljar Devi of JD(U) had won from the Phulparas seat by defeating BJP candidate Ram Sundar Yadav.
Patna, November 14: Sheela Kumari of the JD(U) has won the Phulparas Vidhan Sabha Seat after defeating Congress candidate Kripanath Pathak. The constituency is situated in the Madhubani district of Bihar. The current MLA of the Phulparas constituency is Guljar Devi, who belongs to JD(U). The voting in the Phulparas constituency was held in the second phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 on November 3. The counting of votes was held on November 10. Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Phase 2 Dates And Schedule: Voting on November 3, Results on November 10.
The Bihar assembly elections was held in three phases on October 28, November 3 and November 7, followed by counting of votes on November 10. The Bihar election is one of the biggest elections globally during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Second Phase Complete Schedule
| Last Date For Filing Nomination | October 16 |
| Scrutiny of Nominations | October 17 |
| Last date for Nomination Withdrawal | October 19 |
| Voting Date | November 3 |
| Result Date | November 10 |
The main candidates for the Phulparas Assembly Election 2020 included Kripanath Thakur of Congress party, Sheela Kumari of Janata Dal (United), Bonod Kumar Singh of the Lok Jan Shakti Party among other candidates. In the last elections in Bihar held in 2015, Guljar Devi of JD(U) had won from the Phulparas seat by defeating BJP candidate Ram Sundar Yadav.
The voting for the first phase was held on October 28 which covered 71 assembly constituencies, the 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 (RJD+Congress+Left).
In the outgoing assembly, the RJD has 80 members while the JD (U) has 69. The BJP has 54 seats, Congress has 25, while the remaining seats in the 243-member assembly are held by other parties.
| MLA Candidates | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| RATNESH KUMAR SAHU | Peoples Party of India (Democratic) | 967 |
| SHRIMATI REKHA RANJAN YADAV | IND | 964 |
| SHEELA KUMARI (Current MLA) | JD(U) | 75116 |
| GANESH YADAV | Voters Party International | 682 |
| KRIPANATH PATHAK | INC | 64150 |
| GULAJAR DEVI | IND | 4939 |
| GAURI SHANKAR YADAV | Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) | 4916 |
| SANJAY KUMAR SINGH URF SAHIL KUMAR SINGH | IND | 4448 |
| RAM KUMAR YADAV | Samajwadi Janata Dal Democratic | 2831 |
| HRIDAY NARAYAN KAMAT | IND | 2105 |
| ASHOK SINGH | Nationalist Janshakti Party | 1556 |
| PARWEZ ALAM | Peace Party | 1504 |
| BRAJESH KUMAR KUNWAR | The Plurals Party | 1278 |
| VIJAY KUMAR | IND | 1259 |
| BINOD KUMAR SINGH | LJP | NA |
| MLA Candidates | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Guljar Devi (Current MLA) | JD(U) | 64368 |
| Ram Sundar Yadav | BJP | 50953 |
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