Runnisaidpur Vidhan Sabha Seat Result in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: JD(U)'s Pankaj Kumar Mishra Wins, Elected as MLA

Patna, November 10: Pankaj Kumar Mishra of the Janata Dal (United) has won from the Runnisaidpur Vidhan Sabha Seat. Mishra defeated Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Mangita Devi, who is also the current MLA of the Runnisaidpur constituency, situated in the Sitamarhi district of Bihar.  The voting for the Runnisaidpur elections was held in the second phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 on November 3. Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Phase 2 Dates And Schedule: Voting on November 3, Results on November 10.

Polling for 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

The main candidates for the Runnisaidpur Assembly Election 2020 included Magita Devi of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Pankaj Kumar Mishra of Janata Dal (United) among other candidates. In the 2015 Bihar elections, Mangita Devi of  the RJD had won from the Runnisaidpur seat by defeating RLSP candidate Pankaj Kumar Mishra.

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 will face a challenge from the RJD-Congress alliance (JDU+BJP) and the Mahagathbandhan (RJD+Congress+Left).

The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) has said it would contest alone this time with Chirag Paswan at the helm. Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 are the first major polls amid COVID-19 pandemic. While most are looking at it as a two-way fight between the NDA (JDU+BJP) and Mahagathbandhan (RJD+Congress+Left), the LJP this time has decided to go alone with party President Chirag Paswan taking charge of the all the affairs in the party.

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.

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