Baruraj Assembly constituency


Baruraj is an assembly constituency in Muzaffarpur district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is part of the North Bihar region.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 96 Baruraj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Motipur community development block; Chochahin Chhapra and Saraiya gram panchayats of Paroo CD Block.
Baruraj Assembly constituency is part of No. 16 Vaishali (Lok Sabha constituency).

Election results

2010

In the [2010 Bihar legislative Vidhan Sabha|assembly election|2010 state assembly elections], Brij Kishor Singh of RJD won the Baruraj assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Nand Kumar Rai of JD(U). Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Shashi Kumar Rai of JD defeated Brij Kishor Singh of RJD in October 2005. Brij Kishor Singh of RJD defeated Shashi Kumar Rai of JD in February 2005. Shashi Kumar Rai of JD defeated Brij Kishor Singh of RJD in 2000. Shashi Kumar Rai of JD defeated Brij Kumar Singh of BPP in 1995 and Balendra Prasad Singh, Independent, in 1990. Shashi Kumar Rai of LD defeated Jamuna Singh of Congress in 1985. Jamuna Singh of Congress defeated Shashi Kumar Rai of Janata Party in 1980. Balendra Prasad Singh of CPI defeated Shashi Kumar Rai, Independent, in 1977.