Raghunathpur, Bihar Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Raghunathpur, Bihar
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Siwan
Established	1951
Reservation	None

Elected year	2020

26°00′20″N 84°15′34″E / 26.00556°N 84.25944°E / 26.00556; 84.25944

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

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.

Year	Name^[2]
1952	Ram Nandan Yadav	Indian National Congress
1957	Ramdev Sinha	Praja Socialist Party
1962	Ram Nandan Yadav	Indian National Congress
1967	Ramdev Sinha	Samyukta Socialist Party
1969	Ram Nandan Yadav	Indian National Congress
1972	Shreenivas Singh	Indian National Congress (O)
1977	Vikram Kunwar	Janata Party
1980	Vijay Shanker Dubey	Indian National Congress (I)
1985		Indian National Congress
1990		Indian National Congress
1995	Vikram Kunwar	Janata Dal
2000	Vijay Shanker Dubey	Indian National Congress
2005	Jagmato Devi	Independent
2005	Jagmato Devi	Janata Dal (United)
2010	Vikram Kunwar	Bharatiya Janata Party
2015	Hari Shankar Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020	Hari Shankar Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Raghunathpur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Hari Shankar Yadav	67,757	42.66%	+0.68
	LJP	Manoj Kumar Singh	49,792	31.35%	new
	JD(U)	Rajeshwar Chouhan	26,162	16.47%
	NOTA	None of the above	4,655	2.93%
Majority			17,965
Turnout
	RJD hold		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raghunathpur^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RJD	Hari Shankar Yadav	61,042	41.98
	BJP	Manoj Kumar Singh	50,420	34.67
	CPI(ML)L	Amarnath Yadav	16,714	11.49
	NOTA	None of the above	4,226	2.91
Turnout			145,413	54.73
Registered electors			265,711

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References

^ ^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.
^ "Raghunathpur Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
^ "Bihar - Raghunathpur". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
^ "34 - Raghunathpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 February 2011.