Bihar · Vidhan Sabha (State Assembly) Election 2015
Ram Vishun Singh of Rashtriya Janata Dal won the Jagdishpur Vidhan Sabha (Assembly) constituency in Bihar in the 2015 state assembly election, securing 49,020 votes (33.80% vote share). The runner-up was Rakesh Raushan (Rashtriya Lok Samta Party) with 38,825 votes.
A total of 22 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 | Ram Vishun Singh | 49020 | 33.80% | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 2 | Rakesh Raushan | 38825 | 26.80% | Rashtriya Lok Samta Party |
| 3 | Chandradip Singh | 18154 | 12.50% | Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) |
| 4 | Dinesh Kumar Singh | 9124 | 6.30% | Independent |
| 5 | Kanhaiya Prasad Singh | 6410 | 4.40% | Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) |
| 6 | Uday Shankar Singh | 5155 | 3.60% | Samajwadi Party |
| 7 | Binod Kumar Singh | 3068 | 2.10% | Independent |
| 8 | Anjani Kumar Singh | 1496 | 1.00% | Rashtravyapi Janta Party |
| 9 | Pamod Yadav | 1440 | 1.00% | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| 10 | Gautam Kumar Mehta | 1394 | 1.00% | Independent |
| 11 | Vp Singh | 1018 | 0.70% | Independent |
| 12 | Birendra Mishra | 901 | 0.60% | Independent |
| 13 | Niranjan Prasad | 899 | 0.60% | Independent |
| 14 | Dhananjay Singh | 854 | 0.60% | Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party |
| 15 | Vinod Kumar | 784 | 0.50% | Independent |
| 16 | Hiralal Singh | 704 | 0.50% | Independent |
| 17 | Laxmi Narayan Ram | 696 | 0.50% | Independent |
| 18 | Md. Sagheer Ahmad | 642 | 0.40% | Independent |
| 19 | Hussain Imam | 582 | 0.40% | Bharat Nirman Party |
| 20 | Jayanti Devi | 560 | 0.40% | Lok Awaz Dal |
| 21 | Suresh Singh | 504 | 0.40% | Bahujan Mukti Party |
| 22 | Dinesh Singh | 437 | 0.30% | Bhartiya Deshbhakt Party |
The Jagdishpur constituency is part of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly). In the 2015 Assembly election, 22 candidates contested for this seat. Ram Vishun Singh (Rashtriya Janata Dal) emerged as the winner securing 49,020 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.