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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{For|disambiguation|Rajnagar (disambiguation){{!}}Rajnagar}}<br />
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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Rajnagar, Bihar<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| map_image = 37-Rajnagar, Bihar constituency.svg<br />
| map_caption = <br />
| map_alt = <br />
| mla = [[Sujit Paswan]] <!--Name of the current MLA. Leave blank for former constituencies--><br />
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
| alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]<br />
| region = <br />
| state = [[Bihar]]<br />
| district = [[Madhubani district|Madhubani]]<br />
| division = <br />
| loksabha_cons = <br />
| constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|37]]<br />
| established = 1967<br />
| electors = 313,288<br />
| reservation = SC<br />
| abolished = <!-- year abolished --><br />
}}<br />
'''Rajnagar Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Madhubani district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].<br />
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==Overview==<br />
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 37 Rajnagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: [[Rajnagar Bihar|Rajnagar]] and Andhratharhi [[Community Development Block in India|community development blocks]].<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref><br />
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Rajnagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 [[Jhanjharpur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/><br />
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== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Name<ref name="election2018">{{Cite web |title=Rajnagar Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/rajnagar.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref><br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|Ram Krishna Mahato<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Bilat Paswan Vihangam]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br />
|-<br />
|colspan="4"|{{center|''1977-2008: Constituency defunct''}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]<br />
|Ram Lakhan Ram Raman<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|2014^<br />
|Ramawtar Paswan<br />
|-<br />
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[Ram Prit Paswan (Indian politician)|Ram Prit Paswan]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]<br />
|[[Sujit Paswan]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Election results==<br />
=== 2025 ===<br />
{{Election box begin |title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Rajnagar<ref name="2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Rajnagar">{{cite news |title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Rajnagar |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S0437.htm|access-date=3 December 2025 |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=14 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251223060012/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S0437.htm|archive-date=23 December 2025}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Sujit Paswan]]<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:108362}}<br />
|percentage = 56.79<br />
|change = +5.37<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|candidate = Bishnu Deo Mochi<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:66177}}<br />
|percentage = 34.68<br />
|change = -5.75<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Jan Suraaj Party<br />
|candidate = Surendra Kumar Das<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:5669}}<br />
|percentage = 2.97<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Aam Janta Pragati Party<br />
|candidate = Rampari Devi<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3568}}<br />
|percentage = 1.87<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bhartiya Chetna Party<br />
|candidate = Maheshwar Paswan<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1838}}<br />
|percentage = 0.96<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2889}}<br />
|percentage = 1.51<br />
|change = -0.96<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:42185}}<br />
|percentage = 22.11<br />
|change = +11.12<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:190800}}<br />
|percentage = 60.9<br />
|change = +8.37<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
|winner = BJP<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
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=== 2020 ===<br />
<br />
In the [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] election of 2015, the Communist Party of India (CPI) won Rajnagar seat by defeating rival Ramavtar Paswan of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]].<br />
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{{Election box begin |title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Rajnagar<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |date=2021-01-13 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Ram Prit Paswan (Indian politician)|Ram Prit Paswan]]<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:89459}}<br />
|percentage = 51.42<br />
|change = {{increase}}5.19<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|candidate = Ramawatar Paswan<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:70338}}<br />
|percentage = 40.43<br />
|change = {{decrease}}1.77<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Rakesh Kumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2017}}<br />
|percentage = 1.16<br />
|change = {{decrease}}0.31<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Voters Party International<br />
|candidate = Raja Ram Chaupal<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1612}}<br />
|percentage = 0.93<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Jago Hindustan Party<br />
|candidate = Arun Kumar Mandal<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1600}}<br />
|percentage = 0.92<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:4303}}<br />
|percentage = 2.47<br />
|change = {{increase}}0.24<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:19121}}<br />
|percentage = 10.99<br />
|change = {{increase}}6.96<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:173977}}<br />
|percentage = 52.53<br />
|change = {{increase}}0.33<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2015 ===<br />
{{Election box begin<br />
|title = [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Rajnagar<ref name="Rajnagar Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025">{{cite news |title=Rajnagar Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-show/rajnagar|access-date=3 December 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=14 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251223055834/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-show/rajnagar|archive-date=23 December 2025 |language=en}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = Ram Prit Paswan<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:71614}}<br />
|percentage = 46.23<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|candidate = Ramawatar Paswan<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:65372}}<br />
|percentage = 42.2<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Maheswar Ram<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2650}}<br />
|percentage = 1.71<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Rakesh Kumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2271}}<br />
|percentage = 1.47<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Vishnath Paswan<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2029}}<br />
|percentage = 1.31<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation<br />
|candidate = Utim Paswan<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1945}}<br />
|percentage = 1.26<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3447}}<br />
|percentage = 2.23<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:6242}}<br />
|percentage = 4.03<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:154905}}<br />
|percentage = 52.2<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}<br />
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{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Madhubani district]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1967]]<br />
[[Category:1967 establishments in Bihar]]</div>
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