Danapur Assembly constituency

Assembly constituency in Bihar, India

Danapur
Constituency No. 186 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ritlal Ray Yadav
Party	Rashtriya Janata Dal
Elected year	2020

Danapur is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It comes under Pataliputra Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Masaurhi, Maner, Phulwari, Paliganj and Bikram.^[1]

Overview

Danapur comprises CD Block Danapur-Cum-Khagaul.^[2] The diara (riverine) area is also part of Danapur assembly constituency.^[3]^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name^[5]
1957	Jagat Narayan Lal	Indian National Congress
1962	Ram Sewak Singh	Socialist Party
1967	Ram Sewak Singh	Samyukta Socialist Party
1969	Budh Deo Singh	Indian National Congress
1972	Budh Deo Singh
1977	Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav
1980	Budh Deo Singh
1985	Vijendra Rai	Independent politician
1990	Vijendra Rai	Janata Dal
1995	Lalu Prasad Yadav	Janata Dal
1996^	Vijay Singh Yadav	Bharatiya Janata Party
2000	Lalu Prasad Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2002^	Rama Nand Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Asha Devi Sinha	Bharatiya Janata Party
2005
2010
2015
2020	Ritlal Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

2020

Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2020: Danapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RJD	Ritlal Yadav	89,895	48.44
	BJP	Asha Devi Yadav	73,971	39.86
	RLSP	Deepak Kumar	7,731	4.17
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,315	1.25
	Independent	Ganesh Ray	2,265	1.22
	PP	Amar Nath Ray	1,449	0.78
		Rest of the candidates	~7,500	4.00
Majority			15,924
Turnout
	RJD gain from BJP		Swing

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Danapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Asha Devi Yadav	72,192	43.23
	RJD	Raj Kishor Yadav	66,983	40.11
	Independent	Tinku Yadav	13,002	7.79
	BSP	Narsingh Kumar	3,246	1.94
	BMF	Akash Kumar	1,518	0.91
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,267	1.96
Majority			5,209	3.12
Turnout			1,66,986	51.95
	BJP hold		Swing

2010

Bihar Assembly election, 2010: Danapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Asha Devi Yadav	59,425	47.52
	Independent	Ritlal Yadav	41,506	33.19
	RJD	Sachchidanand Rai	11,495	9.19
	INC	Vijay Singh Yadav	3,608	2.89
	Independent	Binod Singh	2,969	2.37
Majority			17,919	14.33
Turnout			1,25,050	40.96
	BJP hold		Swing

2000 Vidhan Sabha

Lalu Prasad Yadav (RJD) : 64,085 votes^[6]
Rama Nand Yadav (BJP): 46,530 votes

2002 by-election

Rama Nand Yadav (RJD): 75,935 votes
SatyanaranSinha (BJP): 17,928 votes

1977 Vidhan Sabha

Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav (INC): 33,989 votes^[7]
Chhabila Singh (JNP): 29,292 votes

1972 Vidhan Sabha

Budh Deo Singh (INC): 23,150 votes^[8]
Keshav Prasad (SOP): 15,843 votes
Ram Swarath Singh (NCO): 9,550 votes
Tej Narain Prasad (Bharatiya Jana Sangh): 5,456 votes

1957 Vidhan Sabha

Jagat Narayan Lal (INC): 7,042 votes
Radhey Shyam Singh (IND): 6,074 votes

References

^ Danapur Assembly Constituency December 20, 2013
^ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
^ "Yearning for 'vikas' in Danapur diara".
^ "Diara residents vote for growth".
^ "Danapur Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ "Bihar Election Results 2000". www.elections.in.
^ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977". Elections in India. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
^ "Danapur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.