Bihar’s Amarpur Assembly constituency elected incumbent Jayant Raj of JD(U) in 2020 Assembly elections. Jayant defeated Jitendra Singh of INC by a margin of 3114 votes. Polling for the Amarpur Assembly constituency was held on November 3, in Phase II of Bihar Assembly polls. Jayant Raj of Janata Dal United defeated Jitendra Singh of Indian National Congress on Tuesday. 

The Amarpur assembly constituency was held by JD(U) MLA Janardan Manjhi who defeated Mrinal Shekhar of BJP in 2015. The seat,
one of Bihar’s 243 assembly constituencies, is part of Banka (Lok Sabha
Constituency) along with other assembly constituencies viz Dhoraiya, Katoria,
Belhar and Banka.

Here are a few
details about the Amarpur constituency
seat

Name of the assembly constituency, district: Amarpur,
Banka

Lok Sabha constituency: Banka

Polling date: November 3

2020 Winner: Jayant Raj of Janata Dal (United)

2020 Runner-up: Jitendra Singh of Indian National Congress

Winning Margin: 43,654

2015 candidates: Janardan Manjhi JD(U), Mrinal
Shekhar (BJP), Surendra Prasad Singh (Independent)

Sitting MLA, party: Janardan Manjhi JD(U)

Winning margin in 2015: 11773 (8.00% of total valid
votes)

Runner up name, party: Mrinal Shekhar (BJP)

Number of voters in 2015: 153930 (295 postal votes)

Percentage of votes polled in 2015: 55.60%

Number of women voters in 2015: 75098

Number of polling booths in 2015: 291