BJP's Ram Kripal Yadav has won the Danapur Assembly constituency of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The Danapur Assembly constituency is one of the 243 constituencies in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. It is constituency number 186 of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The constituency is a general seat, not reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). The Danapur Assembly constituency comes under the Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency.
According to the official website of the Election Commission, Ram Kripal Yadav polled 1,19,877 votes. Rit Lal Roy of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) received 90,744 votes.
Main Parties and Candidates in Danapur
Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Ram Kripal Yadav and Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) Rit Lal Roy are the main candidates in the Danapur constituency of Bihar. The BJP is in alliance with the Janata Dal United (JDU), Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM), while the RJD has a pact with the Congress, Left parties and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) in Bihar.
Bihar Assembly Elections: What happened in Danapur in 2020 and 2015?
In the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Rit Lal Roy won the Danapur seat with a margin of 15,924 votes (8.69%). He polled 89,895 votes with a vote share of 48.44%. He defeated Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Asha Devi Sinha, who got 73,971 votes (39.86%). Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) candidate Deepak Kumar stood third with 7,731 votes (4.17%).
In the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Asha Devi Sinha won the Danapur seat with a margin of 5,209 votes (3.18%). She polled 72,192 votes with a vote share of 43.23%. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Raj Kishor Yadav got 66,983 votes (40.11%) and was the runner-up. Independent candidate Tinku Yadav stood third with 13,002 votes (7.79%).
Danapur Assembly Constituency Past Winners
- 2020: Rit Lal Roy (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
- 2015: Asha Devi Sinha (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- 2010: Asha Devi Sinha (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- October, 2005: Asha Devi Sinha (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- February, 2005: Asha Devi Sinha (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- 2000: Lalu Prasad Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
- 1995: Lalu Prasad Yadav (Janata Dal)
- 1990: Vijender Rai (Janata Dal)
- 1985: Vijender Rai (Independent)
- 1980: Budh Deo Singh (Congress)
- 1977: Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav (Congress)
