Raghopur Assembly constituency

For former constituency with same name in Supaul district, see Raghopur, Supaul Assembly constituency.

Raghopur
Constituency No. 128 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictVaishali
LS constituencyHajipur
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party   RJD
Alliance  MGB
Elected year2020
Preceded bySatish Kumar

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

Lalu Prasad Yadav won this seat twice, his wife Rabri Devi won it thrice, 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

Year Member[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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Tejashwi Yadav
BJP Aditya Pratap Singh
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Swing

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raghopur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Tejashwi Yadav 97,404 48.74
BJP Satish Kumar Yadav 59,230 29.64
LJP Rakesh Raushan 24,947 12.48
NOTA None of the above 4,458 2.23
IND Rajeshwar Ray 3,481 1.74
Majority 38,174 19.53
Turnout 199,949 58.06
RJD hold Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raghopur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Tejashwi Yadav[3][4] 91,236 49.15
BJP Satish Kumar Yadav 68,503 36.90
SP Rakesh Raushan 5,220 2.81
JDR Rizwanul Azam 4,800 2.59
CPI(ML)L Rambabu Bhagat 2,538 1.37
Majority 22,733 12.31
Turnout 185,738 58.50
RJD gain from JD(U) Swing

2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raghopur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Satish Kumar 64,222 48.06
RJD Rabri Devi 51,216 38.32
IND Rijwanul Azam 3,877 2.90
IND Sant Nirala 3,844 2.88
INC Chandra Devi 3,824 2.86
Majority 13,006 9.73
Turnout 133,656 50.85
JD(U) gain from RJD Swing

Vidhan Sabha Elections October 2005

  • Rabri Devi (RJD): 35,891 votes[5]
  • Satish Kumar (JD-U): 30,601 votes
  • Pramod Kumar (Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP, and also his driver): 15,137[6]

Vidhan Sabha Elections Feb-2005

  • Rabri Devi (RJD): 48,460 votes
  • Rajiv Ranjan (Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP) : 23,419 votes

Vidhan Sabha Elections 2000

  • Laloo Prasad (RJD): 70,134 votes[7]
  • Vishundeo Rai (JD-U): 41,006 votes
    • Lalu Yadav retained Danapur seat and vacated this seat for his wife Rabri Devi.

2000 by-election

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

Assembly Elections 1967

  • H. N. Singh (BJS): 23,145 votes
  • R. B. Rai (INC): 20,043 votes

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Sitting and previous MLAs from Raghopur Assembly Constituency".
  3. ^ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2015". Elections in India.
  4. ^ "Raghopur Assembly Constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly Constituency". resultuniversity.com.
  5. ^ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2005". Elections in India.
  6. ^ "Rabri's foe is Paswan's chauffeur". DNA India. 17 October 2005.
  7. ^ "Bihar Assembly Election Results in 2000". Elections in India.

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