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Raxaul | |
|---|---|
Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Raxaul Location in Bihar | |
| Coordinates: 26°58′52″N 84°51′11″E / 26.98111°N 84.85306°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Purvi Champaran |
| Constituency No | 10 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 2. Paschim Champaran |
| Electoral system | First past the post |
Raxaul (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Purvi Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. Current Member Of legislative Assembly is Pramod Kumar Sinha.[1]
Overview[edit | edit source]
As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 10. Raxaul (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Raxaul and Adapur community development blocks.[2]
Raxaul (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 2. Paschim Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency).[2] It was earlier part of Bettiah (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
| Year | Member | Political Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Radha Pandey | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Vidhyachal Sinha | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1969 | Radha Pandey | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Sagir Ahmad | ||
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Raj Nandan Rai | Janata Dal | |
| 1995 | |||
| 2000 | Ajay Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| FEB-2005 | |||
| NOV-2005 | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | Pramod Kumar Sinha | ||
Election results[edit | edit source]
Assembly elections 2010[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ajay Kumar Singh | 48,686 | 42.91 | ||
| LJP | Raj Nandan Rai | 38,569 | 33.99 | ||
| INC | Rambabu Prasad Yadav | 9,691 | 8.54 | ||
| BSP | Pramanand Prasad | 7,683 | 6.77 | ||
| Majority | 10,117 | 8.92 | |||
| Turnout | 1,13,455 | 54.00 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
Assembly elections 2015[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ajay Kumar Singh | 64,731 | 39.81 | ||
| RJD | Suresh Kumar | 61,562 | 37.87 | ||
| Independent | Shyam Bihari Prasad | 21,697 | 13.35 | ||
| none of the above | None Of The Above | 3,310 | 2.04 | ||
| Majority | 3,169 | 1.94 | |||
| Turnout | 1,62,747 | 63.08 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
Assembly elections 2020[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pramod Kumar Sinha | 80979 | 45.60 | ||
| INC | Rambabu Yadav | 44056 | 24.81 | ||
| Independent | Suresh Kumar Yadav | 28593 | 16.10 | ||
| PP | Kundan Kumar Srivastava | 694 | 0.39 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | 36923 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Raxaul election results 2020". News18. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "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.