Rajnagar, Bihar Assembly constituency

For disambiguation, see Rajnagar.

Rajnagar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Madhubani district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Rajnagar, Bihar
Constituency No. 37 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Madhubani
Established	1967
Reservation	SC
Elected year	2020

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 37 Rajnagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Rajnagar and Andhratharhi community development blocks.^[1]

Rajnagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 7 Jhanjharpur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name[2]	Party
1967	Ram Krishna Mahato		Indian National Congress
1969	Bilat Paswan Vihangam
1972
1977-2008: Constituency defunct
2010	Ram Lakhan Ram Raman		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2014^	Ram Avtar Paswan
2015	Ram Prit Paswan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2020

Election results

2020

In the Bihar Legislative Assembly election of 2015, the Communist Party of India (CPI) won Rajnagar seat by defeating rival Ramavtar Paswan of RJD.

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Rajnagar^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ram Prit Paswan	89,459	51.42	+5.19
	RJD	Ramawatar Paswan	70,338	40.43	−1.77
	Independent	Rakesh Kumar	2,017	1.16	−0.31
	Voters Party International	Raja Ram Chaupal	1,612	0.93
	Jago Hindustan Party	Arun Kumar Mandal	1,600	0.92
	NOTA	None of the above	4,303	2.47	+0.24
Majority			19,121	10.99	+6.96
Turnout			173,977	52.53	+0.33
	BJP hold		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Rajnagar^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ram Prit Paswan	71,614	46.23
	RJD	Ramawatar Paswan	65,372	42.2
	BSP	Maheswar Ram	2,650	1.71
	Independent	Rakesh Kumar	2,271	1.47
	Independent	Vishnath Paswan	2,029	1.31
	CPI(ML)L	Utim Paswan	1,945	1.26
	NOTA	None of the above	3,447	2.23
Majority			6,242	4.03
Turnout			154,905	52.2