| Patepur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No.- for theBihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Vaishali |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2025 |
Patepur Assembly constituency is anassembly constituency inVaishali district in theIndianstate ofBihar.It is reserved forscheduled castes.
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 130 Patepur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Patepurcommunity development block; Mansinghpur Bijhrauli,Kumar Bajitpur, Raghopur Narsanda, Adalpur, Naree Khurd and Laxmipur Barbattagram panchayats of Jandaha community development block.[1]
Patepur Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 22Ujiarpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Nathuni Lal Mahato | Socialist Party | |
| 1952^ | B. Dubey | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Manzur Ahsan Ajazi | ||
| 1962 | Kamlesh Rai | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1967 | Paltan Ram | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | Righan Ram | Communist Party of India | |
| 1977 | Paltan Ram | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Shiv Nandan Pawan | Janata Party | |
| 1985 | Baleshwar Paswan | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Ram Sundar Das | Janata Dal | |
| 1991^ | L. Mahto | ||
| 1995 | Mahendra Baitha | ||
| 2000 | Prema Chaudhary | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2005 | Mahendra Baitha | Lok Janshakti Party | |
| 2005 | Prema Chaudhary | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2010 | Mahendra Baitha | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2015 | Prema Chaudhary | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2020 | Lakhendra Raushan | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2025 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Lakhendra Kumar Raushan | 108,356 | 51.71 | ||
| RJD | Prema Chaudhary | 85,976 | 41.03 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,598 | 1.24 | ||
| Majority | 22,380 | ||||
| Turnout | 209,540 | ||||
| BJPgain fromRJD | Swing | ||||
In 2015; Prema Chaudhary of Rashtriya Janata Dal defeated Mahendra Baitha ofBhartiya Janata Party by 12,461 votes.[5] In 2020 assembly elections the contest to Patepur assembly seats was bilateral. In a tough fight,Lakhendra Kumar Raushan (aka Lakhendra Paswan) ofBhartiya Janata Party defeatedShivchandra Ram ofRashtriya Janata Dal.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Lakhendra Kumar Raushan | 86,509 | 52.15 | +14.58 | |
| RJD | Shiv Chandra Ram | 60,670 | 36.57 | −9.5 | |
| Independent | Surendra Kumar Paswan | 3,237 | 1.95 | ||
| Independent | Sanjay Ram | 2,858 | 1.72 | ||
| Independent | Sanjay Rajak | 2,337 | 1.41 | ||
| BSP | Devlal Ram | 1,908 | 1.15 | −0.22 | |
| NCP | Shashi Kumar | 1,761 | 1.06 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,533 | 1.53 | +0.81 | |
| Majority | 25,839 | 15.58 | +7.08 | ||
| Turnout | 165,880 | 57.07 | +0.84 | ||
| BJPgain fromRJD | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Prema Chaudhary | 67,548 | 46.07 | ||
| BJP | Mahendra Baitha | 55,087 | 37.57 | ||
| Independent | Ratan Lal | 4,379 | 2.99 | ||
| Independent | Prem Shankar Paswan | 2,768 | 1.89 | ||
| Independent | Ram Jeenish Paswan | 2,374 | 1.62 | ||
| BSP | Ram Kripal Paswan | 2,011 | 1.37 | ||
| Aap Aur Hum Party | Shashank Kumar Anand | 1,486 | 1.01 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,056 | 0.72 | ||
| Majority | 12,461 | 8.5 | |||
| Turnout | 146,608 | 56.23 | |||
In the2010 state assembly elections, Mahendra Baitha ofBJP won the Patepur assembly seat defeating his nearest rivalPrema Chaudhary ofRJD.[8] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Prema Chaudhary of RJD defeated Mahendra Baitha ofLJP inOctober 2005. Mahendra Baitha of LJP defeated Prema Chaudhary of RJD inFebruary 2005. Prema Chaudhary of RJD defeated Mahendra Baitha ofJD(U) in 2000. Mahendra Baitha ofJD defeated Prema Chaudhary ofSAP in 1995. Ram Sundar Das of JD defeated Baleshwar Singh Paswan of Congress in 1990. Baleshwar Singh Paswan of Congress defeated Paltan Ram ofLD in 1985. Shiv Nandan Paswan of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) defeated Baleshwar Singh Paswan of Congress in 1980. Paltan Ram ofJP defeated Rijahan Ram ofCPI in 1977.[9]
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