Raghopur Assembly constituency

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Raghopur
Constituency No. 128 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
District Vaishali
Lok Sabha constituency Hajipur
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Tejashwi Bhaiya Raghopur Vidhayak.jpg
Incumbent
Party Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png   RJD
Alliance  MGB
Elected year 2020
Preceded bySatish Kumar

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

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Lalu Prasad Yadav won this seat twice, his wife Rabri Devi won it three times, 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
1952 Hariwansh Narayan Singh Indian National Congress
1957
1962 Devendra Sinha Socialist Party
1967
Hariwansh Narayan Singh Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969 Rambriksh Rai Indian National Congress
1972 Babu Lal Shastri Samyukta Socialist Party
1977 Janata Party
1980 Uday Narayan Rai Janata Party (Secular)
1985 Lok Dal
1990 Janata Dal
1995 Lalu Prasad Yadav
1998^Rajgir Choudhary Rashtriya Janata Dal
2000 Lalu Prasad Yadav
2000^ Rabri Devi
2005
2005
2010 Satish Kumar Yadav Janata Dal (United)
2015 Tejashwi Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020

^denotes by-election

Election results

2025

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raghopur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP
RJD Tejashwi Yadav
JSP New
Majority
Turnout
Swing TBD

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raghopur [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJD Tejashwi Yadav 97,404 48.74 −0.41
BJP Satish Kumar Yadav 59,23029.64−7.26
LJP Rakesh Raushan24,94712.48
Independent Rajeshwar Ray3,4811.74
JAP(L) Kumar Sameer Raja Yadav3,4131.71+1.21
Independent Ramswaroop Ray2,6721.34
NOTA None of the above 4,4582.23+1.74
Majority 38,17419.1+6.85
Turnout 199,85358.03−0.43
RJD hold Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raghopur [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJD Tejashwi Yadav [4] [5] 91,236 49.15
BJP Satish Kumar Yadav68,50336.9
SP Rakesh Raushan5,2202.81
Janta Dal Rashtravadi Rizwanul Azam4,8002.59
CPI(ML)L Rambabu Bhagat2,5381.37
Independent Arun Ray2,3811.28
NOTA None of the above 9030.49
Majority 22,73312.25
Turnout 185,62858.46
RJD gain from JD(U) Swing


2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raghopur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U) Satish Kumar Yadav64,22248.06
RJD Rabri Devi 51,21638.32
IND Rijwanul Azam3,8772.90
IND Sant Nirala3,8442.88
INC Chandra Devi3,8242.86
Majority 13,0069.73
Turnout 133,65650.85
JD(U) gain from RJD Swing


2005


2000

2000 bypoll

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


1967

References

  1. 1 2 "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 General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India . 13 January 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2015". Elections in India.
  5. ↑ "Raghopur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com.
  6. ↑ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2000". Elections in India.

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