| Raniganj, Bihar Assembly constituency | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 47- for theBihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Araria |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 301,120 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Avinash Mangalam | |
| Party | RJD |
| Alliance | MGB |
| Elected year | 2025 |
Raniganj is one of the 243 constituencies of theBihar Legislative Assembly.
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: Raniganjcommunity development block; Birnagar East, Birnagar West, Dhaneshwari, Haripur Kala, Khutha Baijnathpur, Naya Bhargama and Vishahariagram panchayats of Bhargama CD Block.[1]
Raniganj Assembly constituency is part of No 9Araria (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Ram Narayan Mandal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Ganesh Lal Verma | Independent | |
| 1967 | Dumar Lal Baitha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | Bundel Paswan | Independent | |
| 1977 | Adhik Lal Paswan | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Yamuna Prasad Ram | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Shanti Devi | Janata Dal | |
| 1995 | |||
| 2000 | Yamuna Prasad Ram | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2005 | Parmanand Rishideo | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2005 | Ramji Das Rishidev | ||
| 2010 | Parmanand Rishideo | ||
| 2015 | Achmit Rishidev | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2020 | |||
| 2025 | Avinash Mangalam | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Avinash Mangalam | 111,590 | 48.44 | +5.56 | |
| JD(U) | Achmit Rishidev | 103,060 | 44.74 | +0.62 | |
| JSP | Krityanand Ram | 3,183 | 1.38 | ||
| Independent | Aman Raj | 3,126 | 1.36 | ||
| Independent | Hiranand Paswan | 2,146 | 0.93 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 5,118 | 2.22 | −0.78 | |
| Majority | 8,530 | 3.7 | +2.46 | ||
| Turnout | 230,348 | 67.25 | +12.0 | ||
| RJDgain fromJD(U) | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Achmit Rishidev | 81,901 | 44.12 | −4.03 | |
| RJD | Avinash Mangalam | 79,597 | 42.88 | ||
| LJP | Parmanand Rishidev | 5,038 | 2.71 | ||
| JAP(L) | Sunil Paswan | 2,922 | 1.57 | +0.12 | |
| Independent | Shankar Brahamchari | 2,467 | 1.33 | ||
| AIMIM | Roshan Devi | 2,412 | 1.3 | +0.27 | |
| Independent | Kalo Paswan | 1,943 | 1.05 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 5,577 | 3.0 | −0.93 | |
| Majority | 2,304 | 1.24 | −8.01 | ||
| Turnout | 185,640 | 55.25 | −1.67 | ||
| JD(U)hold | Swing | ||||
In the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, Achmit Rishidev of JDU defeated Ramji Das Rishidev of BJP.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Achmit Rishidev | 77,717 | 48.15 | ||
| BJP | Ramji Das Rishidev | 62,787 | 38.9 | ||
| Independent | Basant Paswan | 2,976 | 1.84 | ||
| JAP(L) | Sunil Paswan | 2,342 | 1.45 | ||
| BSP | Jay Ram Rishidev | 1,935 | 1.2 | ||
| AIMIM | Dr. Amit Kumar | 1,669 | 1.03 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 6,351 | 3.93 | ||
| Majority | 14,930 | 9.25 | |||
| Turnout | 161,402 | 56.92 | |||
InNovember 2010,October 2005 andFebruary 2005 state assembly elections,Parmanand Rishideo ofBJP won the Raniganj, Araraia seat defeating his nearest rivals Shanti Devi ofRJD in November 2010 and October 2005, and Ashok Paswan ofLJP 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 ofJD defeated Yamuna Prasad Ram ofCongress in 1995 and 1990. Yamuna Prasad Ram of Congress defeated Bundel Paswan ofJP 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.[6][7]