Rajgir, Bihar Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Rajgir Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 173 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Established	1957
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kaushal Kishore
Party	JD U
Elected year	2020

Rajgir Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is a part of Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Islampur, Harnaut, Hilsa, Nalanda, Asthawan and Biharsharif.^[1]

Overview

Rajgir comprises CD Block Giriyak; Nagar Panchayat Pawapuri, Nagar Parishad Rajgir.Gram Panchayat Nai Pokhar & Rajgir (NA) of Rajgir CD Block; Gram Panchayats Gorawan, Mahuri, Kul Fatehpur, Sabait, Dharhara, Nanand, Karianna, Ghostawan, Barakar, Pawadih, Gorma & Silao (NA) of Silao CD Block; Gram Panchayats Sakraul, Korai, Tungi, Muraura, Mahamadpur Nakatpura, Tiuri, Chhabilapur, Pawa, Hargawan, Singthu, Palatpura, Tetrawan, Paroha & Sarbahadi of Bihar CD Block.^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member^[3]
1957	Baldeo Prasad	Indian National Congress
1957	Shyam Sundar Prasad	Janata Party
1962	Baldeo Prasad	Indian National Congress
1967	Jagdish Prasad	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969	Yadunandan Prasad	Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972	Chandradeo Prasad Himanshu	Communist Party of India
1977	Satyadeo Narain Arya	Janata Party
1980		Bharatiya Janata Party
1985		Bharatiya Janata Party
1990	Chandradeo Prasad Himanshu	Communist Party of India
1995	Satyadeo Narain Arya	Bharatiya Janata Party
2000
2005
2005
2010
2015	Ravi Jyoti Kumar	Janata Dal (United)
2020	Kaushal Kishore	Janata Dal (United)

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Rajgir
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Kaushal Kishore	67,191	42.58
	INC	Ravi Jyoti Kumar	51,143	32.41
	LJP	Manju Devi	11,174	7.08
	NOTA	None of the above	1490	0.94
Majority			16,048	10.17
Turnout
Registered electors
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Rajgir^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Ravi Jyoti Kumar	62,009	41.75
	BJP	Satyadeo Narain Arya	56,619	38.12
	CPI	Amit Kumar Paswan	4,668	3.14
	CPI(M)	Parmeshwar Prasad	4,574	3.08
Majority			5,390	3.63
Turnout			148,513	54.12
Registered electors			274,435
	JD(U) gain from BJP		Swing

2010

2010 Bihar legislative assembly election: Rajgir^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Satyadeo Narain Arya	50,648	49.75
	LJP	Dhananjay Kumar	23,697	23.28
	INC	Moni Devi	6,598	6.48
Majority			26,951	26.47
Turnout			101,803	44.47
Registered electors			228,900
	BJP hold		Swing

Sources

Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1951
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1957
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1962
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1967
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1969
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1972
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1977
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1980
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1985
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1990
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 1995
Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2000

References

^ "Nalanda Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
^ "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 20 December 2013.
^ "Rajgir Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
^ "Bihar 2010". Election Commission of India.