RJD candidate elected from Bihar’s Kalyanpur constituency in 2020

The Kalyanpur assembly constituency elected RJD’s Manoj Kumar Yadav in the 2020 Bihar Assembly election. He defeated BJP’s Sachindra Prasad Singh

to win the seat.

The Kalyanpur Vidhan Sabha constituency is
currently held by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Sachindra Prasad Singh, who defeated Janata Dal (United)
candidate Razia Khatoon by a margin of 11,488 votes to prevail in the 2015
assembly elections. 

The seat was previously held by Khatoon,
who defeated Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Manoj Kumar in the 2010 assembly elections.

As per orders of Delimitation of
Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, the constituency is
composed of the Kotwa community development block and parts of the Kalyanpur
community development block.

The Kalyanpur Vidhan Sabha constituency is
part of the Purvi Champaran Lok Sabha constituency.

Here are a few
details about the constituency seat:

Name of the assembly constituency,
district: Kalyanpur, Purvi Champaran

Lok Sabha constituency: Purvi
Champaran

Polling date: November 3

2020 candidates: Manoj Kumar Yadav (RJD), Sachindra Prasad Singh (BJP)

2020 winner: Manoj Kumar Yadav (RJD)

2020 runner up: Sachindra Prasad Singh (BJP)

Sitting MLA, party: Sachindra
Prasad Singh (BJP)

Winning margin in 2015: 11,488
(8.48% of total valid votes)

Runner up name, party: Razia
Khatoon (JD(U))

Number of voters in 2015: 1,35,551

Voter turnout in 2015: 59%

Number of women voters in 2015: 68,329

Number of polling stations in 2015: 217