Hayaghat Vidhan Sabha Seat Result in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: BJP's Ram Chandra Prasad Wins, Elected as MLA

Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Ram Chandra Prasad won the Hayaghat Vidhan Sabha constituency, one of the 243 seats, in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. The constituency of Hayaghat is located in Darbhanga district. It is composed of Athar North and South, Baligaon, Bithauli, Bhacchi, Chakwa Bharwari, Dhanauli, Harhacha, Paghari, and other regions as well. The electorate of Hayaghat cast their votes on November 7, which was Phase 3 of Bihar Vidhan Sabha Elections 2020.

Phase 1 of the Bihar Assembly Elections was held on October 28 for 71 seats, Phase 2 on November 3 (94 seats), and Phase 3 on November 7 (78 seats) respectively. The ECI declared Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Results on November 10.

In the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, it was Amar Nath Gami of the Janata Dal (United) who won from the Hayaghat constituency by defeating Ramesh Chaudhary of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP). The victory margin was of over 32,000 votes. In 2010, Amar Nath had contested on a BJP ticket and had emerged victorious from the constituency, after he defeated LJP’s Dr Shahnawaz Ahmad Kaifee.

In 2020 Bihar Elections, it was a 2-way fight in the context of Hayaghat constituency. The two main contenders from this seat were Ramchandra Shah of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Bhola Yadav of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).

The NDA camp had announced Nitish Kumar as their CM candidate. As for Congress-backed Mahagathbandhan, Tejashwi Yadav was the CM candidate. Chirag Paswan-led LJP had decided to contest alone in Bihar Elections 2020.

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