Rajgir, Bihar Assembly constituency

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]

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	Janata Dal (United)
Elected year	2020

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 the Legislative Assembly

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

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

See also

• List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar
• Rajgir

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

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

External links

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