Raniganj, Bihar Assembly constituency

For other places with same/similar name, see Raniganj (disambiguation).

Raniganj, Bihar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictAraria
Established1957
ReservationSC
Elected year2020

Raniganj is one of the 243 constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Overview

Raniganj is a town in Araria district of Bihar. It is having 32 Panchayats. It is one of the largest blocks in Araria District. As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 47 Raniganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Raniganj community development block; Birnagar East, Birnagar West, Dhaneshwari, Haripur Kala, Khutha Baijnathpur, Naya Bhargama and Vishaharia gram panchayats of Bhargama CD Block.[1]

Raniganj Assembly constituency is part of No 9 Araria (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name[2] Party
1957 Ram Narayan Mandal Indian National Congress
1962 Ganesh Lal Verma Independent politician
1967 Dumar Lal Baitha Indian National Congress
1969
1972 Bundel Paswan Independent politician
1977 Adhik Lal Paswan Janata Party
1980 Yamuna Prasad Ram Indian National Congress
1985 Indian National Congress
1990 Shanti Devi Janata Dal
1995
2000 Yamuna Prasad Ram Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 Parmanand Rishideo Bharatiya Janata Party
2005 Ramjidas Rishidev
2010 Parmanand Rishideo
2015 Achmit Rishidev Janata Dal
2020

Election results

1977-2010

In November 2010, October 2005 and February 2005 state assembly elections, Parmanand Rishideo of BJP won the Raniganj, Araraia seat defeating his nearest rivals Shanti Devi of RJD in November 2010 and October 2005, and Ashok Paswan of LJP in February 2005. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Yamuna Prasad Ram of RJD defeated Ramji Das Rishideo of BJP in 2000. Shanti Devi of JD defeated Yamuna Prasad Ram of Congress in 1995 and 1990. Yamuna Prasad Ram of Congress defeated Bundel Paswan of JP in 1985 and Sukhdeo Paswan of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) in 1980. Adhik Lal Paswan of JP defeated Bundel Paswan of Congress in 1977.[3][4]

2015

In the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, Achmit Rishidev of JDU defeated Ramji Das Rishidev of BJP.[5]

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raniganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Achmit Rishidev 81,901 44.12
RJD Avinash Mangalam 79597 42.88
NOTA None of the above 5577 3
LJP Parmanand Rishidev 5038 2.71
AIMIM Roshan Devi 2412 1.3
Majority 2304
Turnout 185640
JD(U) hold Swing

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. ^ "Raniganj Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "Bihar - Raniganj". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  4. ^ "127 - Raniganj (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Bihar Assembly Election 2015 Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 29 December 2017.