The Chhatapur vidhan sabha segment is based in SupaulĀ district of Bihar. The seat will go to polls on November 7, when the Election Commission has scheduled the final phase of assembly elections. The contest here is primarily between Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The poll results would be declared on November 10, when the counting of votes will take place.
Chhatapur, along withĀ 77 other constituencies, would be contested in the thirdĀ round of elections on Saturday. The assembly segment has thrown fluctuating results over the past two decades, with candidates of the RJD, JD(U) and BJP being elected. In the last assembly elections, the winner fromĀ Chhatarpur constituency was Neeraj Kumar Singh of the BJP. Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Phase 3 Dates And Schedule: Voting on November 7, Results on November 10.
Schedule of Bihar PhaseĀ 3 Elections
| Last Date For Filing Nomination | Ā October 20 |
| Scrutiny of Nominations | Ā October 21 |
| Last date for Nomination Withdrawal | Ā October 23 |
| Voting Date | Ā November 7 |
| Result Date | Ā November 10 |
From the NDA camp, the Chhatarpur seat was allotted to the BJP, which had won the seat in 2015.Ā FromĀ the rivalĀ MahagathbandhanĀ camp, theĀ RJD would be contesting. While theĀ BJPĀ candidate is sitting MLA Neeraj Kumar Singh, theĀ RJD allotted the ticket to Vipin Kumar Singh.
The assemblyĀ polls in Bihar was the first majorĀ elections in India after the outbreak of COVID-19. The pandemic-induced lockdown had forced thousands of migrant labourers from the state to return back under strenuous mode of commutations. Ahead of the polls, analysts had claimed that the migrant crisis, along with unemployment, would be the major issues of the elections.
| MLA Candidates | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| DR. RANJEET KUMAR JHA | NCP | 951 |
| NEERAJ KUMAR SINGH (Current MLA) | BJP | 93755 |
| KRISHNA MOHAN YADAV | IND | 926 |
| VIPIN KUMAR SINGH | RJD | 73120 |
| MEHBOOB ALAM | IND | 535 |
| MOHAMMAD ISA SYED | All India Minorities Front | 462 |
| VIPIN KUMAR YADAV | IND | 462 |
| BHASKAR KUMAR MISHRA | The Plurals Party | 435 |
| MANOJ KUMAR MANDAL | Jantantrik Vikas Party | 433 |
| DEO NARAYAN SADA | IND | 4274 |
| BABAN SINGH | IND | 407 |
| SANJEEV MISHRA | Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) | 3659 |
| MD. MUSTAK | Bhartiya Jantantrik Janata Dal | 362 |
| ARUN KUMAR AZAD | IND | 3526 |
| NASIBLAL SADA | IND | 3287 |
| DAYANAND MISHRA | IND | 2088 |
| ALAM | All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 1990 |
| MOHAMMAD MATIN ANSARI | BSP | 1761 |
| NIRANJAN PRASAD GUPTA | IND | 1715 |
| BHOLA PASWAN | IND | 1659 |
| DEEPAK KUMAR MISHRA | IND | 1469 |
| DURGANAND SINGH | IND | 1469 |
| MLA Candidates | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Niraj Kumar Singh (Current MLA) | BJP | 75697 |
| Jahur Alam | RJD | 66405 |
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Nov 04, 2020 11:19 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).













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