Raxaul (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Raxaul (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Purvi Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. Current Member Of legislative Assembly is Pramod Kumar Sinha.[1]

Raxaul
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Raxaul
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°58′52″N 84°51′11″E
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictPurvi Champaran
Constituency No10
Lok Sabha constituency2. Paschim Champaran
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Overview

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 10. Raxaul (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Raxaul and Adapur community development blocks.[2]

Raxaul (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 2. Paschim Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency).[2] It was earlier part of Bettiah (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Name[3] Party
1952 Radha Pandey Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967 Vidhyachal Sinha Samyukta Socialist Party
1969 Radha Pandey Indian National Congress
1972 Kirshna Mohan Pandey
1977 Sagir Ahmad
1980
1985
1990 Raj Nandan Rai Janata Dal
1995
2000 Ajay Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
Feb 2005
Oct 2005
2010
2015
2020 Pramod Kumar Sinha

Election results

Assembly elections 2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raxaul
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ajay Kumar Singh 48,686 42.91
LJP Raj Nandan Rai 38,569 33.99
INC Rambabu Prasad Yadav 9,691 8.54
BSP Pramanand Prasad 7,683 6.77
Majority 10,117 8.92
Turnout 1,13,455 54.00
BJP hold Swing

Assembly elections 2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raxaul
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Ajay Kumar Singh 64,731 39.81
RJD Suresh Kumar 61,562 37.87
Independent Shyam Bihari Prasad 21,697 13.35
none of the above None Of The Above 3,310 2.04
Majority 3,169 1.94
Turnout 1,62,747 63.08
BJP hold Swing

Assembly elections 2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raxaul
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Pramod Kumar Sinha 80979 45.60
INC Rambabu Yadav 44056 24.81
Independent Suresh Kumar Yadav 28593 16.10
PP Kundan Kumar Srivastava 694 0.39
NOTA None of the above
Majority 36923
Turnout
BJP hold Swing

References

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