Simri Bakhtiarpur Vidhan Sabha seat is one of the 243 seats in the Bihar Legislative Assembly, which went polling in the state elections. The seat of Simri Bakhtiarpur comes under the Saharsa district. In the context of Lok Sabha Elections, the constituency of Simri Bakhtiarpur falls under Khagaria constituency. RJD's Yusuf Salahuddin won the seat in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020.

The first phase of the 3-phase election was held on October 28 (71 seats), the second phase on November 3 (94 seats), and the final phase was held on November 7 (for 78 seats). The EC announced the results of all the 243 Bihar Legislative Assembly seats on November 10.

Zafar Alam of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) was the incumbent MLA from the Simri Bakhtiarpur constituency. It was in the 2019 by-polls in the constituency when he won. However, in the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, it was Dinesh Chandra Yadav of the JD(U) who had won from the same seat. In 2010 Bihar State Elections, it was Arun Kumar of the JD(U) who emerged victorious in the polls.

In 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections, the main contenders of the Simri Bakhtiarpur constituency were Mukesh Sahani of the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), Yusuf Salahuddin of the RJD, and Sanjay Kumar Singh of the LJP. THe NDA won the election with 125 seats.

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
VINAY KUMAR MISHRANCP949
UPENDRA SAHANIRashtriya Jansambhavna Party912
SONA KUMARBSP781
YUSUF SALAHUDDIN (Current MLA)RJD75684
MUKESH SAHANIVikassheel Insaan Party73925
TARUN KUMAR JHAIND546
UMESH CHANDRA BHARTIAadarsh Mithila Party5296
BANDAN KUMAR SINGHIND479
KHAGESH KUMAR SAHIND4752
YOGAVIR ROYIND441
ZAFAR ALAMJan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)4012
RITESH RANJANIND2840
DOMI SHARMAIND2635
SULENDRA DASIND2361
DHIRENDRA CHOUDHARYAam Adhikar Morcha2260
RAJESH KUMARLokpriya Samaj Party2159
PINTU SHARMALog Jan Party - Secular,2137
SUNDARAMRepublican Party of India (Athawale)1704
UPENDRA YADAVIND1669
PARAS PASWANBahujan Mukti Party1545
HASHIMSamta Dal (Pragatisheel)1244
SANJAY KUMAR SINGHLJPNA

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