Wazirganj Vidhan Sabha Seat Result in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: BJP's Birendra Singh Declared Winner by EC

Wazirganj vidhan sabha segment was based in Gaya district of Bihar. The seat will go to polls on October 28, when the Election Commission has scheduled the first phase of assembly elections. The contest here was primarily between the Indian National Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Election Commission declared BJP's Birendra Singh as the winner.

Wazirganj, along with 70 other constituencies, was contested in the first round of elections on October 28. The assembly segment has thrown fluctuating results over the past decade, as the Congress and the BJP have been alternatively elected. In the last assembly elections, the winner from Wazirganj constituency was Awadhesh Kumar Singh of the Congress. Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Phase 1 Dates And Schedule: Voting on October 28, Results to be Declared on November 10.

Schedule of Bihar Phase 1 Elections

From the Mahagathbandhan, the Wazirganj seat was allotted to the Congress, which had won the seat in 2015. From the rival NDA camp, the BJP would be contesting. While the Congress candidate is Shashi Shekhar Singh, the BJP allotted the ticket to Birendra Singh.

The elections in Bihar was the first major electoral battle after the outbreak of COVID-19. The pre-poll surveys have given the edge to the JD(U)-BJP-led NDA camp, despite stating the possibility of an anti-incumbency factor against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

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