Raghopur Assembly constituency

For former constituency with same name in Supaul district, see Raghopur, Supaul Assembly constituency.

Raghopur is an assembly constituency in Vaishali district in the Indian state of Bihar. It consists of Raghopur and Bidupur.

Raghopur
Constituency No. 128 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
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
Incumbent Tejashwi Yadav
Party	RJD
Alliance	MGB
Elected year	2020
Preceded by	Satish Kumar Won as :   JD(U) Current :   BJP

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 (2015, 2020) 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 (JDU). 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.^[1]

Raghopur Assembly constituency is part of No. 21 Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

^denotes by-election

Election results

2025

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raghopur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Tejashwi Yadav
	BJP	Satish Kumar Yadav
	JSP	Prashant Kishor			New
Majority
Turnout
	RJD hold		Swing

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raghopur^[3]

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
	RJD hold		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raghopur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Tejashwi Yadav[4][5]	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
	RJD gain from JD(U)		Swing

2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Raghopur

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 from RJD		Swing

2005

• Rabri Devi (RJD): 48,460 votes
• Rajiv Ranjan (Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP) : 23,419 votes

2000

• Laloo Prasad (RJD): 70,134 votes^[6]
• Vishundeo Rai (JD-U): 41,006 votes
  • Lalu Yadav retained Danapur seat and vacated this seat for his wife Rabri Devi.

2000 bypoll

• Rabri Devi (RJD): 108,768 votes
• Veera Devi F JD(U): 46,951 votes

1967

• H. N. Singh (BJS): 23,145 votes
• R. B. Rai (INC): 20,043 votes