Bettiah (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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Bettiah | |
|---|---|
Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Bettiah Location in Bihar | |
| Coordinates: 26°48′N 84°30′E / 26.800°N 84.500°ECoordinates: 26°48′N 84°30′E / 26.800°N 84.500°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Paschim Champaran |
| Constituency No | 8 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 2. Paschim Champaran |
| Electoral system | First past the post |
Bettiah Vidhan Sabha constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Bettiah will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[1][2]
Overview[]
As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 8. Bettiah (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Bettiah community development block; and Mohaddipur, Majhaulia, Parsa, Bahuarawa, Gudara, Jaukatia, Bakharia, Rulahi, Rajabhar, Karamawa, Lal Saraiya, Ramnagar Bankat, Amawa Majhar, Majharia Sheikh, Ahawar Kuria, Madhopur, Senuwaria and Bishambharpur gram panchayats of Majhaulia CD Block.[3]
Bettiah (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 2. Paschim Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency).[3] It was earlier part of Bettiah (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of Vidhan Sabha[]
| Election | Name[4] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Prajapati Mishra | Indian National Congress | |
| 1952 ^ | Ketaki Devi | ||
| 1957 | Jay Narayan Prasad | ||
| Jagannath Pd. Swatantra | |||
| 1962 | Jay Narayan Prasad | ||
| 1967 | H.P. Shahi | Independent | |
| 1969 | Gauri Shankar Pandey | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Kirshna Mohan Pandey | ||
| 1977 | Gauri Shankar Pandey | ||
| 1980 | |||
| 1985 | |||
| 1990 | Madan Prasad Jaiswal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1995 | Birval Yadava | Janata Dal | |
| 2000 | Renu Devi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Feb 2005 | |||
| Oct 2005 | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2015 | Madan Mohan Tiwari | Indian National Congress | |
| 2020 | Renu Devi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results[]
Assembly Elections 2020[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Renu Devi | ||||
| INC | |||||
| PP | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
Assembly Elections 2015[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Madan Mohan Tiwari | 66,786 | 45.26 | ||
| BJP | Renu Devi | 64,466 | 43.69 | ||
| Independent | Sameer Hasan | 2,851 | 1.93 | ||
| none of the above | None Of The Above | 1,918 | 1.30 | ||
| Majority | 2,320 | 1.57 | |||
| Turnout | 1,47,836 | 59.35 | |||
| INC gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
Assembly Elections 2010[]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Renu Devi | 42,010 | 39.57 | ||
| Independent | Anil Kumar Jha | 13,221 | 12.45 | ||
| INC | Madan Mohan Tiwari | 12,499 | 11.77 | ||
| LJP | Virval Yadav | 11,511 | 10.84 | ||
| Majority | 28,789 | 27.12 | |||
| Turnout | 1,06,163 | 55.25 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
References[]
- ^ "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs". The Times of India.
- ^ "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Bettiah Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- Assembly constituencies of Bihar
- Politics of West Champaran district