About Sultanganj Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Sultanganj is a legislative assembly constituency located in the Bhagalpur district of the state of Bihar. It is a part of the Banka Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency of the state. A total of 2,86,756 people of the Sultanganj assembly constituency possess the right to vote, amongst whom 1,51,490 are men and 1,35,250 are women. According to the implementation of the orders of the Delimitation Commission of India in 2008, the Sultanganj assembly segment consists of Shahkund and Sultanganj community development blocks. The Delimitation Commission also recommended that the constituency would no longer be reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates.
Subodh Rai of JD (U) represents the Sultanganj assembly segment in the state legislative assembly of Bihar. Rai earned the right to do so after he won the seat having bagged 34652 votes in the 2010 assembly elections. He beat RJD's Ramavatar Mandal by a margin of 4,845 votes.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Sultanganj Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Sultanganj assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2020 | 157 | Sultanganj | GEN | Lalit Narayan Mandal | M | JD(U) | 72823 | Lalan Kumar | M | INC | 61258 |
| 2015 | 157 | Sultanganj | GEN | Subodh Roy | M | JD(U) | 58931 | Himanshu Prasad | M | RLSP | 44898 |
| 2010 | 157 | Sultanganj | GEN | Subodh Rai | M | JD(U) | 34652 | Ramavatar Mandal | M | RJD | 29807 |
| OCT 2005 | 153 | Sultanganj | (SC) | Sudhanshu Shekhar Bhask | M | JD(U) | 48063 | Ganesh Paswan | M | RJD | 36367 |
| FEB 2005 | 153 | Sultanganj | (SC) | Sudhanshu Shekhar Bhaska | M | JD(U) | 50827 | Ganesh Paswan | M | RJD | 44507 |
| 2000 | 171 | Sultanganj | (SC) | Ganesh Paswan | M | SAP | 22159 | Phanindra Choudhary | M | RJD | 39252 |
| 1995 | 171 | Sultanganj | (SC) | Fanindra Choudhary | M | JD | 45538 | Ganesh Paswan | M | SAP | 26480 |
| 1990 | 171 | Sultanganj | (SC) | Fanindra Choudhary | M | JD | 38593 | Ambika Prasad | M | INC | 29347 |
| 1985 | 171 | Sultanganj | (SC) | Umesh Chandras Das | M | INC | 27303 | Kampany Pas | M | LKD | 17625 |
| 1980 | 171 | Sultanganj | (SC) | Nand Kumar Manjhi | M | INC(I) | 26117 | Fanindra Choudhary | M | JNP(SC) | 16380 |
| 1977 | 171 | Sultanganj | GEN | Jageshwar Mandal | M | JNP | 31480 | Ram Raksha Pra Yadav | M | INC | 19045 |
| 1972 | 163 | Sultanganj | GEN | Ram Raksha Pd. Yadav | M | INC | 24170 | Jageshwar Mandal | M | NCO | 20008 |
| 1969 | 163 | Sultanganj | GEN | Ram Raksha Prasad Yadav | M | INC | 21262 | Baijnath Mandal | M | CPI | 20555 |
| 1969 | 168 | Sultanganj | GEN | Suresh Prasad Yadav | M | INC | 8835 | Jai Prakash Mishra | M | IND | 8635 |
| 1967 | 163 | Sultanganj | GEN | B.P. Sharma | M | PSP | 22179 | B. Mandal | M | CPI | 13945 |
| 1962 | 162 | Sultanganj | GEN | Debi Prasad Mahto | M | INC | 23397 | Banarsi Prasad Sharma | M | PSP | 9999 |
| 1957 | 137 | Sultanganj | GEN | Sarswati Devi | F | INC | 18037 | Banarsi Pd. Sharma | M | PSP | 14400 |
| 1951 | 185 | Sultanganj | GEN | Rash Bihari Lal | M | INC | 12485 | Banarsi Prasad Sharma | M | SP | 9416 |
Last Updated on Aug 14, 2021