Bihar · Vidhan Sabha (State Assembly) Election 2015
Atri Muni Urph Shakti Singh Yadav of Rashtriya Janata Dal won the Hilsa Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituency in Bihar in the 2015 state assembly election, securing 72,347 votes (48.40% vote share). The runner-up was Deepika Kumari (Lok Jan Shakti Party) with 46,271 votes.
A total of 16 candidates contested this assembly seat. State Assembly elections elect Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) using India's First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system, and the party or alliance winning a majority of seats forms the state government. Full candidate-wise vote breakdown, vote shares, and constituency information are shown below.
| Position | Candidate Name | Votes | Votes% | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atri Muni Urph Shakti Singh Yadav | 72347 | 48.40% | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 2 | Deepika Kumari | 46271 | 31.00% | Lok Jan Shakti Party |
| 3 | Shyam Narayan Prasad | 5415 | 3.60% | Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) |
| 4 | Sudhir Kumar | 5263 | 3.50% | Independent |
| 5 | Rajeev Ranjan Kumar Urph- J.p. Chandravanshi | 3796 | 2.50% | Independent |
| 6 | Santosh Kumar | 3176 | 2.10% | Independent |
| 7 | Nilam Sinha | 1961 | 1.30% | Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) |
| 8 | Niraj Sharma | 1807 | 1.20% | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| 9 | Pankaj Roy | 1624 | 1.10% | Shiv Sena |
| 10 | Umesh Rabidas | 964 | 0.60% | Independent |
| 11 | Dularchanad Prasad | 856 | 0.60% | Independent |
| 12 | Rakesh Kumar | 747 | 0.50% | Bharatiya Momin Front |
| 13 | Om Prakash Mochi | 525 | 0.40% | Sankhyanupati Bhagidari Party |
| 14 | Sohawan Paswan | 524 | 0.40% | National Janta Party (Indian) |
| 15 | Rajkumar Kewat | 413 | 0.30% | Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party |
| 16 | Ramashray Singh | 399 | 0.30% | Samajwadi Party |
The Hilsa constituency is part of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly). In the 2015 Assembly election, 16 candidates contested for this seat. Atri Muni Urph Shakti Singh Yadav (Rashtriya Janata Dal) emerged as the winner securing 72,347 votes.
State Assembly elections in India determine which party or coalition forms the state government. The party or alliance winning a majority of Assembly seats in a state gets to form the government and appoint the Chief Minister. Unlike Lok Sabha elections which are held simultaneously across India, each state follows its own election cycle, typically every five years.
How to read this data: The candidate table above shows all contestants ranked by position. The vote percentage column shows each candidate's share of the total votes polled in this constituency. The bar chart visualizes the top candidates' vote counts for quick comparison.