Raghopur is an assembly constituency in Vaishali district in the Indian state of Bihar. It consists of Raghopur and Bidupur.

Raghopur
Constituency No. 128 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictVaishali
LS constituencyHajipur
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party   RJD
AllianceI.N.D.I.A and MGB
Elected year2020
Preceded bySatish Kumar Yadav,   JD(U)

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 from Satish Kumar (JDU). Currently Satish Kumar is a member of Bharatiya Janta Party.

Overview

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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

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Year Member[2] Party
1952 Hariwansh Narayan Singh Indian National Congress
1957
1962 Devendra Sinha Socialist Party
1967 Asheshwar Goit Samyukta Socialist Party
Hariwansh Narayan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
1969 Baidya Nath Prasad Mehta Indian National Congress
Rambriksh Rai
1972 Amrenisa Mishra
Babu Lal Shastri Samyukta Socialist Party
1977 Janata Party
1980 Uday Narayan Rai Janata Party
1985 Lok Dal
1990 Janata Dal
1995 Lalu Prasad Yadav
2000 Rashtriya Janata Dal
2000^ Rabri Devi
2005
2005
2010 Satish Kumar Yadav Janata Dal
2015 Tejashwi Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020

^denotes by-election

Election results

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2020

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2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: 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

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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

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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 October 2005

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

Vidhan Sabha Elections Feb-2005

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

Vidhan Sabha Elections 2000

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  • Laloo Prasad (RJD): 70,134 votes[7]
  • Vishundeo Rai (JD-U): 41,006 votes
    • Lalu Yadav retained Danapur seat and vacated this seat for his wife Rabri Devi.

2000 by-election

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  • Rabri Devi (RJD): 108,768 votes
  • Veera Devi F JD(U): 46,951 votes

Assembly Elections 1967

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "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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