Patna, November 14: Samir Kumar Mahaseth of the RJD has won from the  Madhubani Vidhan Sabha Seat. Mahaseth has won the seat after defeating Suman Kumar Mahaseth. This constituency s situated in Madhubani district of Bihar. The current MLA of the Madhubani constituency is Samir Kumar Mahaseth, who belongs to RJD party. The voting for the Madhubani elections was held in the second phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 on November 3. The counting of votes was held on November 10. Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Phase 2 Dates And Schedule: Voting on November 3, Results on November 10.

The Bihar assembly elections was held in three phases on October 28, November 3 and November 7, followed by counting of votes on November 10. The Bihar election is one of the biggest elections globally during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Second Phase Complete Schedule

Last Date For Filing Nomination October 16
Scrutiny of Nominations October 17
Last date for Nomination Withdrawal October 19
Voting Date November 3
Result Date November 10

The main candidates for the Madhubani Assembly Election 2020 included  the current MLA Samir Kumar Mahaseth of RJD, Arvind Kumar Purbey of Lok Jan Shakti Party among other candidates. In the 2015 Bihar elections, Samir Kumar Mahaseth of RJD had won from the Madhubani seat by defeating BJP candidate Ramdeo Mahto.

The voting for the first phase was held on October 28 which covered 71 assembly constituencies, the second-phase voting on November 3 covered 94 seats. The third phase of voting on November 7 covered 78 assembly seats. In Bihar, the ruling NDA faced a challenge from the RJD-Congress alliance (JDU+BJP) and the Mahagathbandhan (RJD+Congress+Left).

In the outgoing assembly, the RJD has 80 members while the JD (U) has 69. The BJP has 54 seats, Congress has 25, while the remaining seats in the 243-member assembly are held by other parties.

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
RAMDEO MAHTOIND8247
AMANULLAH KHANSamajwadi Janata Dal Democratic7344
SAMIR KUMAR MAHASETH (Current MLA)RJD71332
SUMAN KUMAR MAHASETHVikassheel Insaan Party64518
MADHU BALA GIRIThe Plurals Party2804
DINESH MANDALRepublican Party of India (Athawale)2057
ANITA KUMARI ALIAS ANITA JHAIND2001
ANPURNA DEVIBhartiya Chetna Party1738
SHANKAR MAHASETHSHS1525
MOHAMMAD NESAR AHMAD RAZVIIND1308
ARVIND KUMAR PURBEYLJPNA
MIHIR KUMAR JHA 'MAHADEO'INDNA

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