The Jamui assembly constituency, which will witness the elections during the first of three phases of the Bihar assembly elections on October 28, has been represented by a Rajput leader ten times in the past. This year the fight is between the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Key contenders for this year’s Bihar assembly elections include RJD leader and current Vijay Prakash and BJP newcomer Shreyasi Singh. Both sides have been embroiled in a war of words this time on the issue of employment for the people of Bihar.
This is the first time that the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has faced a candidate from Jamui. Shreyasi, daughter of the late Digvijay Singh, is a professional marksman and has represented India at the Commonwealth Games winning gold and silver medals.
During the 2015 assembly elections, the RJD defeated the BJP by a margin of 8,249 votes. RJD’s Vijay Prakash obtained 66,577 votes and was declared the winner. He is the youngest son of former Union State Minister for Water Resources and RJD leader Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav.
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The runner-up, Ajay Pratap of the BJP, got 58,328 votes. Pratap had won this seat in 2010 with a ticket from Janata Dal (United). Almost 280,000 people had voted in the constituency in 2015, of which 53.87% were men and 46.13% women.
Located in the Jamui district of Bihar, the constituency is under the Jamui parliamentary constituency. There are 294,650 electorates in Jamui, including 156,322 men, 138,317 women, and 11 transgender. The head of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), Chirag Paswan, represents the Jamui constituency in Lok Sabha. The LJP emerged as the winner during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, garnering nearly 529,000 votes. For this year’s elections, the party led by Paswan fights alone.
Political parties in general have presented their candidates, organized demonstrations and published manifestos. The central themes that dominate this choice include employment, health, education, agriculture and women’s empowerment. Voting for the first phase of the Bihar assembly elections will take place in 71 constituencies.
The second and third phases will take place on November 3 and November 7, followed by the vote count on November 10. The second phase of voting will have 94 seats and the third phase of voting will cover 78 seats in the assembly.
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