Rajgir, Bihar Assembly constituency

Rajgir Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is a part of Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Islampur, Harnaut, Hilsa, Nalanda, Asthawan and Biharsharif.^[1]

Rajgir Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 173 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Established	1957
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kaushal Kishore
Party	Janata Dal (United)
Elected year	2020

Overview

Rajgir comprises CD Block Giriyak; Nagar Panchayat Pawapuri, Nagar Parishad Rajgir.Gram Panchayat Nai Pokhar & Rajgir (NA) of Rajgir CD Block; Gram Panchayats Gorawan, Mahuri, Kul Fatehpur, Sabait, Dharhara, Nanand, Karianna, Ghostawan, Barakar, Pawadih, Gorma & Silao (NA) of Silao CD Block; Gram Panchayats Sakraul, Korai, Tungi, Muraura, Mahamadpur Nakatpura, Tiuri, Chhabilapur, Pawa, Hargawan, Singthu, Palatpura, Tetrawan, Paroha & Sarbahadi of Bihar CD Block.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
1957[3]	Baldeo Prasad		Indian National Congress
	Shyam Sundar Prasad		Janata Party
1962	Baldeo Prasad[4]		Indian National Congress
1967	Jagdish Prasad[5]		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1969	Yadunandan Prasad[6]
1972	Chandradeo Prasad Himanshu[7]		Communist Party of India
1977[8]	Satyadeo Narain Arya		Janata Party
1980[9]			BJP
1985[10]
1990	Chandradeo Prasad Himanshu[11]		Communist Party of India
1995[12]	Satyadeo Narain Arya		BJP
2000[13]
2005 (Feb)[14]
2005 (Oct)[14]
2010[15]
2015	Ravi Jyoti Kumar[16]		Janata Dal (United)
2020	Kaushal Kishore[17]

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Rajgir^[17][17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Kaushal Kishore	67,191	42.58	+0.83
	INC	Ravi Jyoti Kumar	51,143	32.41
	LJP	Manju Devi	11,174	7.08
	BSP	Shambhu Kumar	4,954	3.14	+2.17
	Independent	Ashok Kumar	3,842	2.43
	Bhartiya Sablog Party	Satish Manjhi	2,725	1.73
	Independent	Upendra Prasad	2,203	1.4
	JD(S)	Amit Kumar Paswan	1,816	1.15
	Independent	Satyendra Kumar	1,432	0.91
	NOTA	None of the above	1,490	0.94	+0.0
Majority			16,048	10.17	+6.54
Turnout			157,806	53.66	−0.46
	JD(U) hold		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Rajgir^[16][16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Ravi Jyoti Kumar	62,009	41.75
	BJP	Satyadeo Narain Arya	56,619	38.12
	CPI	Amit Kumar Paswan	4,668	3.14
	CPI(M)	Parmeshwar Prasad	4,574	3.08
	Maanavvaadi Janta Party	Surendra Kumar Arya	3,676	2.48
	JMM	Sunil Ravidas	3,099	2.09
	Independent	Geeta Devi	2,901	1.95
	BSP	Mosafir Das	1,436	0.97
	SS	Shambhu Kumar	1,342	0.9
	NOTA	None of the above	1,395	0.94
Majority			5,390	3.63
Turnout			148,513	54.12
	JD(U) gain from BJP		Swing

2010

2010 Bihar legislative assembly election: Rajgir^[15][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Satyadeo Narain Arya	50,648	49.75
	LJP	Dhananjay Kumar	23,697	23.28
	INC	Moni Devi	6,598	6.48
Majority			26,951	26.47
Turnout			101,803	44.47
Registered electors			228,900
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

• List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar
• Rajgir
• Nalanda district