| Raghopur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No.128 for theBihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Vaishali |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Hajipur |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | RJD |
| Alliance | MGB |
| Elected year | 2025 |
| Preceded by | Satish Kumar Yadav |
Raghopur is anassembly constituency inVaishali district in the Indian state ofBihar. It consists ofRaghopur andBidupur.
Lalu Prasad Yadav won this seat twice, his wifeRabri Devi won it three times, and they both served asChief Minister while representing this seat. Their sonTejashwi Yadav has also won it twice (2015,2020,2025) and been Deputy CM and Leader of Opposition while holding it.Rabri Devi has also lost from this seat once, in 2010 fromSatish Kumar (JDU). CurrentlySatish Kumar is a member ofBharatiya Janta Party.
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 128 Raghopur Assembly constituency is composed of the following:Raghopur andBidupurcommunity development blocks.[1]
Raghopur Assembly constituency is part of No. 21Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]
| Year | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Hariwansh Narayan Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | Devendra Sinha | Socialist Party | |
| 1967 | |||
| Hariwansh Narayan Singh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | ||
| 1969 | Rambriksh Rai | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Babu Lal Shastri | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1977 | Janata Party | ||
| 1980 | Uday Narayan Rai | Janata Party (Secular) | |
| 1985 | Lok Dal | ||
| 1990 | Janata Dal | ||
| 1995 | Lalu Prasad Yadav | ||
| 1998^ | Rajgir Choudhary | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2000 | Lalu Prasad Yadav | ||
| 2000^ | Rabri Devi | ||
| 2005 | |||
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | Satish Kumar Yadav | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2015 | Tejashwi Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2020 | |||
| 2025 | |||
^denotes by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Tejashwi Yadav | 118,597 | 49.74 |  1.00 | |
| BJP | Satish Kumar Yadav | 1,04,065 | 43.64 | 14.02 | |
| Independent | Baliram Singh | 3,086 | 1.29 | new | |
| JSP | Chanchal Kumar | 2,399 | 1.01 | new | |
| AAP | Raju Kumar | 1,322 | 0.55 | new | |
| NCP | Anil Singh | 983 | 0.41 | new | |
| JJD | Prem Kumar | 709 | 0.30 | new | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,033 | 1.69 |  0.54 | |
| Majority | 14,532 | 6.10 | 13.00 | ||
| Turnout | 238,448 | 59.0 | 0.97 | ||
| RJDhold | Swing | 9.01 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Tejashwi Yadav | 97,404 | 48.74 | −0.41 | |
| BJP | Satish Kumar Yadav | 59,230 | 29.64 | −7.26 | |
| LJP | Rakesh Raushan | 24,947 | 12.48 | ||
| Independent | Rajeshwar Ray | 3,481 | 1.74 | ||
| JAP(L) | Kumar Sameer Raja Yadav | 3,413 | 1.71 | +1.21 | |
| Independent | Ramswaroop Ray | 2,672 | 1.34 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,458 | 2.23 | +1.74 | |
| Majority | 38,174 | 19.1 | +6.85 | ||
| Turnout | 199,853 | 58.03 | −0.43 | ||
| RJDhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Tejashwi Yadav[5][6] | 91,236 | 49.15 | ||
| BJP | Satish Kumar Yadav | 68,503 | 36.9 | ||
| SP | Rakesh Raushan | 5,220 | 2.81 | ||
| Janta Dal Rashtravadi | Rizwanul Azam | 4,800 | 2.59 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Rambabu Bhagat | 2,538 | 1.37 | ||
| Independent | Arun Ray | 2,381 | 1.28 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 903 | 0.49 | ||
| Majority | 22,733 | 12.25 | |||
| Turnout | 185,628 | 58.46 | |||
| RJDgain fromJD(U) | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Satish Kumar Yadav | 64,222 | 48.06 | ||
| RJD | Rabri Devi | 51,216 | 38.32 | ||
| IND | Rijwanul Azam | 3,877 | 2.90 | ||
| IND | Sant Nirala | 3,844 | 2.88 | ||
| INC | Chandra Devi | 3,824 | 2.86 | ||
| Majority | 13,006 | 9.73 | |||
| Turnout | 133,656 | 50.85 | |||
| JD(U)gain fromRJD | Swing | ||||
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