Raja Pakar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Raja Pakar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Vaishali district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Raja Pakar
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Raja Pakar
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°42′34″N 85°21′02″E
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictVaishali
Constituency No.127
TypeReserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency21. Hajipur
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 127 Raja Pakar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Raja Pakar, Desri and Sahdei Buzurg community development blocks.[1]

Raja Pakar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is part of No. 21 Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raja Pakar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Pratima Kumari 54,299 35.67
JD(U) Mahendra Ram 52,503 34.49
LJP Dhananjay Kumar 24,689 16.22
NOTA None of the above 3,928 2.58
Independent Manohar Kumar 3,867 2.54
Independent Prema Devi 2,589 1.70
BSP Pharesh Ram 2,482 1.63
Independent Bedami Devi 1,770 1.16
Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) Ashok Kumar Mallik 1,518 1.00
Independent Amar Paswan 1,474 0.97
Majority 1,796
Turnout
INC gain from RJD Swing

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Sanjay Kumar of JD(U) won the newly created Raja Pakar assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Gaurishankar Paswan of LJP.[2] In 2015 Shivchandr Ram of Rashtriya Janata Dal emerged victorious in the assembly elections from this reserved seat.[3]

References

  1. "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. "Bihar - Raja pakar". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  3. "Raja Pakar Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election Results". Election.in. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
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