Raniganj, Bihar Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Raniganj, Bihar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Established	1957
Reservation	SC

Elected year	2020

Raniganj is one of the 243 constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Overview

Raniganj is a town in Araria district of Bihar. It is having 32 Panchayats. It is one of the largest blocks in Araria District. As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 47 Raniganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Raniganj community development block; Birnagar East, Birnagar West, Dhaneshwari, Haripur Kala, Khutha Baijnathpur, Naya Bhargama and Vishaharia gram panchayats of Bhargama CD Block.^[1]

Raniganj Assembly constituency is part of No 9 Araria (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Name^[2]
1957	Ram Narayan Mandal	Indian National Congress
1962	Ganesh Lal Verma	Independent
1967	Dumar Lal Baitha	Indian National Congress
1969	Dumar Lal Baitha	Indian National Congress
1972	Bundel Paswan	Independent
1977	Adhik Lal Paswan	Janata Party
1980	Yamuna Prasad Ram	Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Yamuna Prasad Ram	Indian National Congress
1990	Shanti Devi	Janata Dal
1995	Shanti Devi	Janata Dal
2000	Yamuna Prasad Ram	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Parmanand Rishideo	Bharatiya Janata Party
2005	Ramjidas Rishidev
2010	Parmanand Rishideo
2015	Achmit Rishidev	Janata Dal (United)
2020	Achmit Rishidev	Janata Dal (United)

Election results

1977-2010

In November 2010, October 2005 and February 2005 state assembly elections, Parmanand Rishideo of BJP won the Raniganj, Araraia seat defeating his nearest rivals Shanti Devi of RJD in November 2010 and October 2005, and Ashok Paswan of LJP in February 2005. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Yamuna Prasad Ram of RJD defeated Ramji Das Rishideo of BJP in 2000. Shanti Devi of JD defeated Yamuna Prasad Ram of Congress in 1995 and 1990. Yamuna Prasad Ram of Congress defeated Bundel Paswan of JP in 1985 and Sukhdeo Paswan of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) in 1980. Adhik Lal Paswan of JP defeated Bundel Paswan of Congress in 1977.^[3]^[4]

2015

In the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, Achmit Rishidev of JDU defeated Ramji Das Rishidev of BJP.^[5]

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Raniganj
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Achmit Rishidev	81901	44.12
	RJD	Avinash Mangalam	79597	42.88
	NOTA	None of the above	5577	3
	LJP	Parmanand Rishidev	5038	2.71
	AIMIM	Roshan Devi	2412	1.3
Majority			2304
Turnout			185640
	JD(U) hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Raniganj Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ "Bihar - Raniganj". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
^ "127 - Raniganj (SC) Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
^ "Bihar Assembly Election 2015 Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 29 December 2017.