Raghopur Assembly constituency

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,   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

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

YearMember[2]Party
1952Hariwansh Narayan SinghIndian National Congress
1957
1962Devendra SinhaSocialist Party
1967Asheshwar GoitSamyukta Socialist Party
Hariwansh Narayan SinghBharatiya Janata Party
1969Baidya Nath Prasad MehtaIndian National Congress
Rambriksh Rai
1972Amrenisa Mishra
Babu Lal ShastriSamyukta Socialist Party
1977Janata Party
1980Uday Narayan RaiJanata Party
1985Lok Dal
1990Janata Dal
1995Lalu Prasad Yadav
2000Rashtriya Janata Dal
2000^Rabri Devi
2005
2005
2010Satish Kumar YadavJanata Dal
2015Tejashwi YadavRashtriya Janata Dal
2020

^denotes by-election

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raghopur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJDTejashwi Yadav 97,404 48.74
BJPSatish Kumar Yadav59,23029.64
LJPRakesh Raushan24,94712.48
NOTANone of the above4,4582.23
INDRajeshwar Ray3,4811.74
Majority38,17419.53
Turnout199,94958.06
RJD holdSwing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raghopur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJDTejashwi Yadav[3][4]91,23649.15
BJPSatish Kumar Yadav68,50336.90
SPRakesh Raushan5,2202.81
JDRRizwanul Azam4,8002.59
CPI(ML)LRambabu Bhagat2,5381.37
Majority22,73312.31
Turnout185,73858.50
RJD gain from JD(U)Swing

2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raghopur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U)Satish Kumar64,22248.06
RJDRabri Devi51,21638.32
INDRijwanul Azam3,8772.90
INDSant Nirala3,8442.88
INCChandra Devi3,8242.86
Majority13,0069.73
Turnout133,65650.85
JD(U) gain from RJDSwing

Vidhan Sabha Elections October 2005

  • 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

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

Vidhan Sabha Elections 2000

  • 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

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

Assembly Elections 1967

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

References

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