Raghopur Assembly constituency

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Raghopur Assembly constituency
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
StateBihar
Member of Legislative Assembly
Elected year2020
For former constituency with same name in Supaul district, see Raghopur, Supaul Assembly constituency.
Raghopur
Assembly constituency
Raghopur is located in Bihar
Raghopur
Raghopur
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°31′06″N 85°22′50″E / 25.51833°N 85.38056°E / 25.51833; 85.38056Coordinates: 25°31′06″N 85°22′50″E / 25.51833°N 85.38056°E / 25.51833; 85.38056
CountryIndia
StateBihar
DistrictVaishali
Constituency No.128
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency21. Hajipur (SC)
Electoral systemFirst past the post
Government
 • Incumbent MLAFile:Tejashwi-Yadav.jpg
Tejashwi Yadav
 • Political Party  RJD  
 • Electorate (year)1,99,949 (2020)

Raghopur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Vaishali district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Lalu Prasad Yadav won this seat twice, his wife Rabri Devi won it thrice, and they both served as Chief Minister while representing this seat. Their son Tejashwi Yadav has also won it twice (2015,2020) and been Deputy CM and Leader of Opposition while holding it. Rabri Devi has also lost from this seat once, in 2010.

Overview[edit]

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 128 Raghopur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Raghopur and Bidupur community development blocks.[1]

Raghopur Assembly constituency is part of No. 21 Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Member Picture Party
1951 Haribansh Narain Singh Indian National Congress
1957 Haribansh Narain Singh Indian National Congress
1962 Devendra Sinha Praja Socialist Party
1967 Asheshwar Goit Samyukta Socialist Party
1967 Haribansh Narain Singh Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1969 Baidya Nath Prasad Mehta Indian National Congress
1969 Rambriksh Rai Indian National Congress
1972 Amrenisa Mishra Indian National Congress
1972 Babu Lal Shastri Praja Socialist Party
1977 Babu Lal Shastri Janata Party
1980 Uday Narayan Rai Janata Party
1985 Uday Narayan Rai Lokdal
1990 Uday Narayan Rai Janata Dal
1995 Lalu Prasad Yadav[2] The Union Minister for Railways, Shri Lalu Prasad addressing the Media to announce a policy matter in New Delhi on September 12, 2004.jpg Janata Dal
2000(by polls) Rabri Devi Rabri Devi presenting a cheque for Rs. 10 crore on behalf of the State Government to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh for the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, in New Delhi on January 04, 2005 (cropped).jpg Rashtriya Janata Dal
2000 Lalu Prasad Yadav The Union Minister for Railways, Shri Lalu Prasad addressing the Media to announce a policy matter in New Delhi on September 12, 2004.jpg Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005(Feb) Rabri Devi Rabri Devi presenting a cheque for Rs. 10 crore on behalf of the State Government to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh for the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, in New Delhi on January 04, 2005 (cropped).jpg Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005(Oct) Rabri Devi Rabri Devi presenting a cheque for Rs. 10 crore on behalf of the State Government to the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh for the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund, in New Delhi on January 04, 2005 (cropped).jpg Rashtriya Janata Dal
2010 Satish Kumar Yadav Janata Dal (United)
2015 Tejashwi Yadav File:Tejashwi Yadav rjd.jpg Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020 Tejashwi Yadav File:Tejashwi Yadav rjd.jpg Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results[edit]

2020[edit]

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Raghopur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Tejashwi Yadav 97,404 48.74
BJP Satish Kumar Yadav 59,230 29.64
LJP Rakesh Raushan 24,947 12.48
NOTA None of the above 4,458 2.23
IND Rajeshwar Ray 3,481 1.74
Majority 38,174 19.53
Turnout 1,99,949 58.06
RJD hold Swing

2015[edit]

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raghopur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Tejashwi Yadav [3][4] 91,236 49.15
BJP Satish Kumar Yadav 68,503 36.90
SP Rakesh Raushan 5,220 2.81
JDR Rizwanul Azam 4,800 2.59
CPI(ML)L Rambabu Bhagat 2,538 1.37
Majority 22,733 12.31
Turnout 1,85,738 58.50
RJD gain from JD(U) Swing

2010[edit]

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raghopur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Satish Kumar 64,222 48.06
RJD Rabri Devi 51,216 38.32
IND Rijwanul Azam 3,877 2.90
IND Sant Nirala 3,844 2.88
INC Chandra Devi 3,824 2.86
Majority 13,006 9.73
Turnout 1,33,656 50.85
JD(U) gain from RJD Swing

Vidhan Sabha Elections Oct-2005[edit]

  • Rabri Devi (RJD) : 35,891 votes [5]
  • Satish Kumar (JD-U) : 30,601
  • Pramod Kumar (Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP, and also his driver) : 15,137 [6]

Vidhan Sabha Elections Feb-2005[edit]

  • Rabri Devi (RJD) : 48,460
  • Rajiv Ranjan (Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP) : 23,419

Vidhan Sabha Elections 2000[edit]

  • Laloo Prasad (RJD) : 70,134 votes [7]
  • Vishundeo Rai (JD-U) : 41006
    • Lalu Yadav retained Danapur seat and vacated this seat for his wife Rabri Devi.

Bye-poll 2000[edit]

  • Rabri Devi (RJD) : 108,768 votes
  • Veera Devi F JD(U) 46951

Assembly Elections 1967[edit]

  • H.N. Singh (BJS) : 23,145 votes
  • R.B. Rai (INC) : 20,043

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Raghopur Assembly Constituency".
  3. ↑ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2015". Elections in India.
  4. ↑ "Raghopur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com.
  5. ↑ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2005". Elections in India.
  6. ↑ "Rabri's foe is Paswan's chauffeur". DNA India. 17 October 2005.
  7. ↑ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2000". Elections in India.

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