Raghopur Assembly constituency


Raghopur is an assembly constituency in Vaishali district in the Indian state of Bihar. It consists of Raghopur and Bidupur.
Lalu Prasad Yadav won this seat twice, his wife Rabri Devi won it three times, and they both served as Chief Minister while representing this seat. Their son Tejashwi Yadav has also won it twice and been Deputy CM and Leader of Opposition while holding it. Rabri Devi has also lost from this seat once, in 2010 from Satish Kumar. Currently Satish Kumar is a member of Bharatiya Janta Party.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 128 Raghopur Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Raghopur and Bidupur community development blocks.
Raghopur Assembly constituency is part of No. 21 Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

^denotes by-election

Election results

2005

  • Rabri Devi : 48,460 votes
  • Rajiv Ranjan : 23,419 votes

2000

  • LaluPrasad : 70,134 votes
  • Vishundeo Rai : 41,006 votes
  • * Lalu Yadav retained Danapur seat and vacated this seat for his wife Rabri Devi.

2000 bypoll

  • Rabri Devi : 108,768 votes
  • Veera Devi F JD: 46,951 votes

1967

  • H. N. Singh : 23,145 votes
  • R. B. Rai : 20,043 votes