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{{Infobox settlement
{{Infobox Indian constituency
|name = Forbesganj
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{{for|other places with same/similar name|Forbesganj (disambiguation)}}
'''Forbesganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' ({{lang-hi|फरबेसगन्ज विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र}}) is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Araria district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]]. In [[Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2015]], Forbesganj will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/EC-move-to-allay-fears-about-errors-in-EVMs/articleshow/49199345.cms|title=EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/Current/ImpIns_24092015.pdf|title=General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg.}}</ref>
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
'''Forbesganj Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Araria district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]]. [[Vidya Sagar Keshri|Vidyasagar Kesari]] is the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLA]] of Forbesganj assembly constituency elected in 2015 and 2020.


==Overview==
==History==
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 48 Forbesganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: [[Forbesganj]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]].<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |publisher = |accessdate = 2011-01-10 }}</ref>
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 48 Forbesganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Forbesganj]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]].<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref>


Forbesganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No 9 [[Araria (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (SC).<ref name=commission/>
Forbesganj Assembly constituency is part of No 9 [[Araria (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (SC).<ref name=commission/>

In [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], Forbesganj was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/EC-move-to-allay-fears-about-errors-in-EVMs/articleshow/49199345.cms|title=EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2016-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/Current/ImpIns_24092015.pdf|title="General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg."}}</ref>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name<ref>{{Cite web |title=Forbesganj Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/forbesganj.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|Bokai Mandal
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
|rowspan="2" |[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|[[Dumar Lal Baitha]]
|-
|Shital Prasad Gupta
|-
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|rowspan="7" |Saryu Mishra
|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|-
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|-
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}
|-
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|rowspan="2" |Mayanand Thakur
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|-
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|Zakir Hussain Khan
|{{Full party name with color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
|-
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|rowspan="2" |[[Laxmi Narayan Mehta]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=5}}
|-
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|-
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]
|Padam Parag Roy
|-
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
|rowspan="2" |[[Vidya Sagar Keshri]]
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|}


==Election results==
==Election results==
===1977-2010===
===1977-2010===
In the [[Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010|2010 state assembly elections]], Padam Parag Roy Venu of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] won the Forbesganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Maya Nand Thakur of [[Lok Janshakti Party|LJP]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0448.htm |title = Bihar - Forbesganj |work =Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results | publisher = Election Commission of India|accessdate = 2011-01-10 | }}</ref> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. [[Laxmi Narayan Mehta]] of BJP defeated Zakir Hussain Khan of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Oct 2005|October 2005]] and [[Bihar Assembly Election, Feb 2005|February 2005]]. Zakir Hussain Khan representing [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]] defeated Laxmi Narayan Mehta, Independent, in 2000. Mayanand Thakur representing BJP defeated Laxmi Narayan Mehta, Independent, in 1995, and Shital Prasad Gupta of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1990. Saryu Mishra of Congress defeated Rai Bahadur Keshri of BJP in 1985, Nakshtra Malakar of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] in 1980 and Lal Chand Sahni of [[Janata Party|JP]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp129.htm
In the [[2010 Bihar legislative assembly election|2010 state assembly elections]], Padam Parag Roy Venu of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] won the Forbesganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Maya Nand Thakur of [[Lok Janshakti Party|LJP]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0448.htm |title = Bihar - Forbesganj |work =Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. [[Laxmi Narayan Mehta]] of BJP defeated Zakir Hussain Khan of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Oct 2005|October 2005]] and [[Bihar Assembly Election, Feb 2005|February 2005]]. Zakir Hussain Khan representing [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]] defeated Laxmi Narayan Mehta, Independent, in 2000. Mayanand Thakur representing BJP defeated Laxmi Narayan Mehta, Independent, in 1995, and Shital Prasad Gupta of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1990. Saryu Mishra of Congress defeated Rai Bahadur Keshri of BJP in 1985, Nakshtra Malakar of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] in 1980 and Lal Chand Sahni of [[Janata Party|JP]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp129.htm
|title = 129 - Forbesganj Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|accessdate = 2011-01-15 | }}</ref>
|title = 129 - Forbesganj Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-01-15 }}</ref>

[[Vidya Sagar Keshri|Vidyasagar Kesari]] was first elected in [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], and re-elected in [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=bihar assembly election candidates list 2020|work=NDTV|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/bihar-assembly-election-candidates-list-2020/vidya-sagar-keshri-04048-1}}</ref>

=== 2020 ===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Forbesganj}}
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|candidate = Vidya Sagar Keshri
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = 100001
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate =
|party = Janata Dal (United)
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|candidate = [[None of the Above]]
|party = None of the above
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{{Election box majority|
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{{Election box turnout|
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{{Election box registered electors
|reg. electors = {{formatnum: }}
|ref=<ref name="Bihar Election 2020">{{cite web |title=Bihar Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020/ |website=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser =
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{{Election box end}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}


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{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Politics of Araria district]]
[[Category:Politics of Araria district]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Bihar]]

Latest revision as of 16:36, 8 September 2024

Forbesganj
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictAraria
Established1951
ReservationNone
Elected year2020
For other places with same/similar name, see Forbesganj (disambiguation).

Forbesganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Araria district in the Indian state of Bihar. Vidyasagar Kesari is the MLA of Forbesganj assembly constituency elected in 2015 and 2020.

History

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As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 48 Forbesganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Forbesganj community development block.[1]

Forbesganj Assembly constituency is part of No 9 Araria (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Forbesganj was one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[2][3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Name[4] Party
1952 Bokai Mandal Indian National Congress
1957 Dumar Lal Baitha
Shital Prasad Gupta
1962 Saryu Mishra Praja Socialist Party
1967 Indian National Congress
1969
1972
1977
1980 Indian National Congress
1985 Indian National Congress
1990 Mayanand Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
1995
2000 Zakir Hussain Khan Bahujan Samaj Party
2005 Laxmi Narayan Mehta Bharatiya Janata Party
2005
2010 Padam Parag Roy
2015 Vidya Sagar Keshri
2020

Election results

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1977-2010

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In the 2010 state assembly elections, Padam Parag Roy Venu of BJP won the Forbesganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Maya Nand Thakur of LJP.[5] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Laxmi Narayan Mehta of BJP defeated Zakir Hussain Khan of RJD in October 2005 and February 2005. Zakir Hussain Khan representing BSP defeated Laxmi Narayan Mehta, Independent, in 2000. Mayanand Thakur representing BJP defeated Laxmi Narayan Mehta, Independent, in 1995, and Shital Prasad Gupta of Congress in 1990. Saryu Mishra of Congress defeated Rai Bahadur Keshri of BJP in 1985, Nakshtra Malakar of CPI in 1980 and Lal Chand Sahni of JP.[6]

Vidyasagar Kesari was first elected in 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, and re-elected in 2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.[7]

2020

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2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Forbesganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Vidya Sagar Keshri 100,001
JD(U)
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors [8]
BJP gain from Swing

References

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  1. ^ a b "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  2. ^ "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  3. ^ ""General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg."" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Forbesganj Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  5. ^ "Bihar - Forbesganj". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  6. ^ "129 - Forbesganj Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  7. ^ "bihar assembly election candidates list 2020". NDTV.
  8. ^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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