Rajpur, Bihar Assembly constituency
| Rajpur, Bihar Assembly constituency | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 202 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Buxar |
| Established | 1977 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Rajpur Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It comes under Buxar Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Overview
[edit]Rajpur comprises community blocks of Rajpur & Itarhi; Gram Panchayats Ataon, Kanjharua, Mathila, Mugaon, Kasian & Koransarai of Dumraon CD Block.[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Year | Name[3] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Nand Kishore Prasad | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Chaturi Ram | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Ram Narain Ram | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1990 | |||
| 1995 | Arjun Ram | Communist Party of India | |
| 2000 | Chhedi Lal Ram | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 2005 | Shyam Payari Devi | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | Santosh Kumar Nirala | ||
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | Vishwanath Ram | Indian National Congress | |
Election results
[edit]2020
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Vishwanath Ram | 67,871 | 36.76 | ||
| JD(U) | Santosh Kumar Nirala | 46,667 | 25.28 | −22.68 | |
| BSP | Sanjay Ram | 43,836 | 23.74 | +14.04 | |
| LJP | Nirbhaya Kumar Nirala | 7,449 | 4.03 | ||
| Independent | Ajad Paswan | 4,276 | 2.32 | ||
| Independent | Chhedi Lal Ram | 2,365 | 1.28 | ||
| Independent | Neelkamal Prasad | 1,873 | 1.01 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,841 | 1.54 | −0.14 | |
| Majority | 21,204 | 11.48 | −7.2 | ||
| Turnout | 184,616 | 56.97 | −0.37 | ||
| INC gain from JD(U) | Swing | ||||
2015
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Santosh Kumar Nirala | 84,184 | 47.96 | ||
| BJP | Bishawnath Ram | 51,396 | 29.28 | ||
| BSP | Lalji Ram | 17,031 | 9.7 | ||
| SBSP | Ajad Paswan | 5,540 | 3.16 | ||
| Independent | Raj Bali Ram | 3,495 | 1.99 | ||
| Independent | Surendra Paswan | 2,940 | 1.67 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Ramashanker Ram | 2,143 | 1.22 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,941 | 1.68 | ||
| Majority | 32,788 | 18.68 | |||
| Turnout | 175,536 | 57.34 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Rajpur Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ "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 30 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Rajpur Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018.
External links
[edit]- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.