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

Raghunathpur, Bihar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency Details
Country	India
State	Bihar
Member of Legislative Assembly
Elected year	2020

108 Raghunathpur
Assembly constituency
108 Raghunathpur Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°00′20″N 84°15′34″E
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Siwan
Constituency No.	108
Current MLA	Hari Shankar Yadav
Lok Sabha constituency	18. Siwan
Electoral system	First past the post

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.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Duration	Name of the Member	Political Party
First	1951-1957	Ram Nandan Yadav	Indian National Congress
Second	1957-1962	Ram Deo Sinha	PSP
Third	1962-67	Ram Nandan Yadav	Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967-1969	R. Singh	SSP
Fifth	1969-1972	Ram Nandan Yadav	Indian National Congress
Sixth	1972-1977	Shreenivas N. Singh	NCO
Seventh	1977-1980	Bikram Kaur	JNP
Eighth	1980-1985	Vijay Shankar Dubey	Indian National Congress
Ninth	1985-1990	Vijay Shankar Dubey	Indian National Congress
Tenth	1990-1995	Vijay Shankar Dubey	Indian National Congress
Eleventh	1995-2000	Bikram Kuwar	JD
Tweleth	2000-2005	Vijay Shankar Dubey	Indian National Congress
Thirteenth	2005-2010	Jagmato Devi	JDU
Fourteenth	2010 - 2015	Vikram Kunwar	Bhartiya Janata Party
Fifteenth	2015 - Incumbent	Hari Shankar Yadav	RJD

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 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raghunathpur constituency[2]

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

1977-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Vikram Kunwar of BJP won the Raghunathpur assembly seat, defeating his nearest rival Amar Nath Yadav of CPI(M-L)L.[3] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Jagmato Devi of JD(U) defeated Vijay Shakar Dubey of Congress in October 2005. Jagmato Devi, Independent, defeated Qamrul Haque, Independent, in February 2005. Vijay Shankar Dubey of Congress defeated Bikram Kunwar of RJD in 2000.Bikram Kunwar of JD defeated Vijay Shankar Dubey of Congress in 1995. Vijay Shankar Dubey of Congress defeated Bikram Kunwar representing Janata Party (JP) in 1990, representing JP in 1985 and representing BJP in 1980. Bikram Kunwar representing JP defeated Vijay Dubey of Congress in 1977.[4]

References

External links

• "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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