Baikunthpur is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

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 constituency in Gopalganj district

Gopalganj District, India

Gopalganj is the administrative district in the state of Bihar in India. The district headquarter is located in the town of Gopalganj and the district is a part of Saran Division. Languages spoken are Bhojpuri, Urdu and Hindi.-History:...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

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Extent

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 99 Baikunthpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Baikunthpur and Sidhwalia community development blocks

Community Development Block in India

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; Rampur, Salempur Purvi, Salempur Paschimi, Hasanpur, Sadaua, Pipra and Khajuriya gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Barauli CD Block.

Baikunthpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 17 Gopalganj (Lok Sabha constituency)

Gopalganj (Lok Sabha constituency)

Gopalganj Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.-Assembly segments:Presently, Gopalganj Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha segments:# Baikunthpur...

 (SC).

1977-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections

Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010

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, Manjeet Kumar Singh of JD(U)

Janata Dal (United)

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 won the Baikunthpur assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Devdatt Prasad of RJD

Rashtriya Janata Dal

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. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Devdatt Prasad of RJD defeated Manjeet Kumar Singh of JD(U) in October 2005 and February 2005. Manjeet Kumar Singh of SAP

Samajwadi Party

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 defeated Lal Babu Prasad Yadav of RJD in 2000. Lal Babu Prasad Yadav of JD

Janata Dal

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 defeated former Bihar Cabinet Minister Braj Kishor Narayan Singh of Congress

Indian National Congress

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 in 1995.Shri Braj Kishor Narayan Singh of Congress defeated Devdatt Prasad of JD in 1990 and Deodat Rai of LD in 1985. Braj Kishor Narayan Singh representing Janata Party (JP) defeated Deodat Rai of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) in 1980. Braj Kishor Narayan Singh representing JP

Janata Party

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 defeated Deonandan Singh of CPI

Communist Party of India

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in 1977.