Raghunathpur, Bihar Assembly constituency

Raghunathpur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Siwan district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Raghunathpur, Bihar
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictSiwan
Established1951
ReservationNone
Elected year2020

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 108 Raghunathpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Raghunathpur and Hussainganj community development blocks; Shekpura, Piyaur, Aranda, Gayghat and Usari Bujurg gram panchayats of Hasanpura CD Block.[1]

Raghunathpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 18 Siwan (Lok Sabha constituency) .[1]Raghunathpur consists of village's like Rajpur, Kausar, Murarpatti, Mathia, Semaria, Narakatia, Khap banakat, Narhan, Adampur, Lagusa, Nikhti, Jhakhara etc.

YearName[2]Party
1952Ram Nandan YadavIndian National Congress
1957Ramdev SinhaPraja Socialist Party
1962Ram Nandan YadavIndian National Congress
1967Ramdev SinhaSamyukta Socialist Party
1969Ram Nandan YadavIndian National Congress
1972Shreenivas SinghIndian National Congress
1977Vikram KunwarJanata Party
1980Vijay Shanker DubeyIndian National Congress
1985Indian National Congress
1990
1995Vikram KunwarJanata Dal
2000Vijay Shanker DubeyIndian National Congress
2005Jagmato DeviIndependent politician
2005Janata Dal
2010Vikram KunwarBharatiya Janata Party
2015Hari Shankar YadavRashtriya Janata Dal
2020

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Raghunathpur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJDHari Shankar Yadav67,75742.66%+0.68
LJPManoj Kumar Singh49,79231.35%new
JD(U)Rajeshwar Chouhan26,16216.47%
NOTANone of the above4,6552.93%
Majority17,965
Turnout
RJD holdSwing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raghunathpur[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJDHari Shankar Yadav61,04241.98
BJPManoj Kumar Singh50,42034.67
CPI(ML)LAmarnath Yadav16,71411.49
NOTANone of the above4,2262.91
Turnout145,41354.73
Registered electors265,711

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References

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