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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{For|the constituency in Madhya Pradesh|Rajpur, Madhya Pradesh Assembly constituency}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
|name = Rajpur, Bihar Assembly constituency<!-- The name of the constituency --><br />
|type= SLA<br />
| map_image = 202-Rajpur, Bihar constituency.svg<br />
| map_caption = <br />
| map_alt = <br />
|mla = [[Santosh Kumar Nirala]]<br />
| party = {{Party index link|Janata Dal (United)}}<br />
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]] <!--Year of the last election. Leave blank for former constituencies--><br />
|region = <br />
|state = [[Bihar]]<br />
|district = [[Buxar district|Buxar]]<br />
|division = <br />
| loksabha_cons = <br />
|constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|202]]<br />
|established = 1977<br />
| electors = 336,695<br />
|abolished = <!-- year abolished --><br />
}}<br />
'''Rajpur Assembly constituency''' is one of 243 constituencies of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly of Bihar]]. It comes under [[Buxar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Buxar]] Lok Sabha constituency.<ref name="election2017">{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/bihar/parliamentary-constituencies/buxar.html | title=Rajpur Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher=elections.in | access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Overview==<br />
Rajpur comprises [[Community development block in India|community blocks]] of Rajpur & Itarhi; [[Gram Panchayat]]s Ataon, Kanjharua, Mathila, Mugaon, Kasian & Koransarai of Dumraon CD Block.<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 = 2017-12-30 }}</ref><br />
<br />
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Name<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |title=Rajpur Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/rajpur.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref><br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|Nand Kishore Prasad<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|Chaturi Ram<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br />
|rowspan="2" |Ram Narain Ram<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=2|<br />
|rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]<br />
|Arjun Ram<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]<br />
|[[Chhedi Lal Ram]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br />
|rowspan="2" |Shyam Payari Devi<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y|rowspan=4}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]<br />
|rowspan="2" |[[Santosh Kumar Nirala]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]<br />
|[[Vishwanath Ram]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]<br />
|[[Santosh Kumar Nirala]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Election results==<br />
=== 2025 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2025]]: Rajpur<ref name="2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Rajpur">{{cite news |title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Rajpur|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04202.htm |accessdate=29 November 2025 |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=14 November 2025 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20251206084938/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04202.htm|archivedate=6 December 2025}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Santosh Kumar Nirala]]<br />
|party = Janata Dal (United)<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:80701}}<br />
|percentage = 38.19<br />
|change = +12.91<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Vishvanatn Ram<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:71565}}<br />
|percentage = 33.86<br />
|change = -2.9<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Lal Jee Ram<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:20498}}<br />
|percentage = 9.7<br />
|change = -14.04<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Dhananjay Paswan<br />
|party = Jan Suraaj Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:12491}}<br />
|percentage = 5.91<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Shiv Kumar Ram<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:6749}}<br />
|percentage = 3.19<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)<br />
|candidate = Anil Kumar Ram<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:4557}}<br />
|percentage = 2.16<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Sanyukt Kisan Vikas Party<br />
|candidate = Suraj Prakash Ram<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2753}}<br />
|percentage = 1.3<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bhartiya Sarthak Party<br />
|candidate = Subhash Ram<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2517}}<br />
|percentage = 1.19<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:2778}}<br />
|percentage = 1.31<br />
|change = -0.23<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:9136}}<br />
|percentage = 4.33<br />
|change = -7.15<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:211325}}<br />
|percentage = 62.76<br />
|change = +5.79<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
|winner = Janata Dal (United)<br />
|loser = Indian National Congress<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2020 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|<br />
|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: Rajpur<ref name="election2020"/>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Vishwanath Ram]]<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:67871}}<br />
|percentage = 36.76<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Santosh Kumar Nirala]]<br />
|party = Janata Dal (United)<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:46667}}<br />
|percentage = 25.28<br />
|change = -22.68<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Sanjay Ram<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:43836}}<br />
|percentage = 23.74<br />
|change = +14.04<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Lok Janshakti Party<br />
|candidate = Nirbhaya Kumar Nirala<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:7449}}<br />
|percentage = 4.03<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Ajad Paswan<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:4276}}<br />
|percentage = 2.32<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = [[Chhedi Lal Ram]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2365}}<br />
|percentage = 1.28<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Neelkamal Prasad<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1873}}<br />
|percentage = 1.01<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:2841}}<br />
|percentage = 1.54<br />
|change = -0.14<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:21204}}<br />
|percentage = 11.48<br />
|change = -7.2<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:184616}}<br />
|percentage = 56.97<br />
|change = -0.37<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
|winner = Indian National Congress<br />
|loser = Janata Dal (United)<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2015 ===<br />
{{Election box begin<br />
|title = [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Rajpur<ref name="Rajpur Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025">{{cite news |title=Rajpur Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-show/rajpur|accessdate=29 November 2025 |publisher=The Times of India |date=14 November 2025 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20251206084946/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-show/rajpur|archivedate=6 December 2025 |language=en}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Janata Dal (United)<br />
|candidate = [[Santosh Kumar Nirala]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:84184}}<br />
|percentage = 47.96<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = Bishawnath Ram<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:51396}}<br />
|percentage = 29.28<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Lalji Ram<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:17031}}<br />
|percentage = 9.7<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Ajad Paswan<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:5540}}<br />
|percentage = 3.16<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Raj Bali Ram<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3495}}<br />
|percentage = 1.99<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Surendra Paswan<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2940}}<br />
|percentage = 1.67<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation<br />
|candidate = Ramashanker Ram<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2143}}<br />
|percentage = 1.22<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:2941}}<br />
|percentage = 1.68<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:32788}}<br />
|percentage = 18.68<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:175536}}<br />
|percentage = 57.34<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:Politics of Buxar district]]<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1977]]<br />
[[Category:1977 establishments in Bihar]]</div>
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