Name of the Candidate | Party Name | Results (No. of Votes) |
VIJAY KUMAR 'VIJAY' | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Winner 77216 |
PRANAV KUMAR | Bharatiya Janata Party | 72851 |
SUBODH VERMA | Independent | 4008 |
BASUDEB SHARMA | Independent | 3562 |
ARVIND KUMAR | Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party | 3121 |
KAMLESHWARI MANDAL | Bahujan Samaj Party | 1364 |
SYED MOHAMMED JAWED | Nationalist Congress Party | 1115 |
NACHIKETA | Samata Party | 891 |
JAMUNA LAL SHRIVASTAVA | Independent | 870 |
CHANDRA SHEKHAR SINGH CHAND | Independent | 637 |
DINANATH CHOUDHRY | Bahujan Mukti Party | 622 |
KAPIL DEO YADAV | Independent | 404 |
BIRENDRA BHARTI | Vyabasayi Kisan Alpasankhyak Morcha | 370 |
DEVENDRA PD SHARMA | All India Forward Bloc | 299 |
None of the Above | None of the Above | 1898 |
AC No | Category | Poll Phases | Last Date of Nominations | Date of Polls | Result |
165 | GEN | Phase I | Sep 23rd 2015 | Oct 12th 2015 | Nov 8th 2015 |
Munger assembly segment is part of Munger lok sabha constituenct, Munger will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines. The Munger legislative assembly segment is home to a total of 2,87,388 eligible voters, out of whom 1,57,037 are males and 1,30,323 are females.
One of the three assembly constituencies located in the district of the same name, Munger was won by Anant Kumar Satyarthy of the Janata Dal (United) in the last general assembly polls in Bihar 2010 by defeating Shabnam Perwin of the Rashtirya janata Dal (RJD) by a margin of 17613 votes. Out of the twenty candidates contesting the seat, all the other eighteen lost their security deposit.
While Anant Kumar Satyarthy received votes 55086 votes, Shabnam Perwin polled 37473 votes and was followed by Virendra Bharti of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) with 11408 votes. Pritam Singh, who entered the fray as a Congress nominee, secured 7626 votes and was placed fourth.
Tarapur and Jamalpur are the other two assembly constituencies located in Munger district. Both are currently represented by JD (U) legislators.
Munger is one of the seven assembly constituencies that combine to create the parliamentary constituency of the same name currently represented by Veena Devi of the Ram Vilas Paswan led Lok Janashakti Party (LJP) who won the seat by defeating his nearest JD (U) rival Rajiv Ranjan Singh Alias Lalan Singh by a margin of 109084 votes in the last parliamentary elections in 2014.
Jamalpur, Barh, Suryagarha, Lakhisarai, Mokama and Barahiya are the other six assembly constituencies falling under the Munger Lok Sabha seat.
It was peaceful polling in the first phase of Bihar assembly election in which voters in 49 assembly constituencies exercised their franchise on Oct 12. The voter turnout recorded until 4 pm in Munger 57.71%.
In Munger, Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular (HAM-S) district convener Subodh Verma is contesting against the official NDA candidate Pranav Yadav (BJP). The candidates of RJD-JD(U)-Congress Mahagathbandhan in Munger district find the rebels a bigger problem than their rivals in the fray. RJD Munger district vice-president Sanjay Kumar Singh, who was a strong claimant for party nomination from Jamalpur seat, has revolted against the party after denial of ticket. He is now contesting on Shiv Sena symbol against the JD(U) candidate Shailesh Kumar who had won the seat in 2005 and 2010.