Ramnagar, Bihar Assembly constituency
| Ramnagar | |
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| Constituency No. 2 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | West Champaran |
| LS constituency | Valmiki Nagar |
| Established | 1962 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bhartiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Ramnagar is an assembly constituency in West Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes. It was earlier an open seat.
Overview
[edit]As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 2. Ramnagar Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Ramnagar and Gaunaha community development blocks.[1]
Ramnagar Assembly constituency is part of 1. Valmiki Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Bagaha (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Year | Name[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Before 1957: See Bagaha-cum-Ramnagar
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1957-62: Constituency did not exist
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| 1962 | Narayan Vikram Shah | Swatantra Party | |
| 1967 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1977 | Arjun Vikram Shah | Indian National Congress | |
| 1980 | |||
| 1985 | |||
| 1990 | Chandra Mohan Rai | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1995 | Ram Prasad Yadav | Janata Dal | |
| 2000 | Chandra Mohan Rai | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | Bhagirathi Devi | ||
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | |||
Election results
[edit]2020
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bhagirathi Devi | 75,423 | 39.57 | −8.48 | |
| INC | Rajesh Ram | 59627 | 31.28 | −6.25 | |
| Bharatiya Panchayat Party | Subodh Kumar | 26,063 | |||
| PP | Champa Devi | 1412 | 0.74 | ||
| Majority | 15796 | ||||
| Turnout | 190613 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2015
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bhagirathi Devi | 82,166 | 48.05 | ||
| INC | Purnmasi Ram | 64,178 | 37.53 | ||
| NCP | Subodh Kumar | 9488 | 5.55 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,195 | 1.87 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Ramkeshwar Ram | 3,158 | 1.85 | ||
| Majority | 17,988 | 10.52 | |||
| Turnout | 1,71,236 | 65.52 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2010
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bhagirathi Devi | 51,993 | 41.51 | ||
| INC | Naresh Ram | 22,211 | 17.73 | ||
| NCP | Subodh Kumar | 20,095 | 16.04 | ||
| RJD | Shambhu Ram | 9080 | 7.25 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Rameshvar Manjhee | 4129 | 3.30 | ||
| BSP | Lakshmi Ram | 3825 | 3.05 | ||
| Independent | Vijay Paswan | 2048 | 1.64 | ||
| SP | Hiralal Ram | 1863 | 1.49 | ||
| SJP(R) | Sankar Ram | 1600 | 1.28 | ||
| Independent | Suchindra Ram | 1497 | 1.20 | ||
| Independent | Parsottam Ram | 1208 | 0.96 | ||
| Independent | Mansa Bharti | 1083 | 0.86 | ||
| BVM | Sahodari Devi | 1038 | 0.83 | ||
| Independent | Kanchan Baitha | 999 | 0.80 | ||
| SBSP | Ramraj Paswan | 992 | 0.79 | ||
| Independent | Nathu Ravi | 900 | 0.72 | ||
| ABAS | Uday Raram | 696 | 0.56 | ||
| Majority | 29,782 | 23.78 | |||
| Turnout | 1,25,257 | 57.83 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ramnagar Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
External links
[edit]- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.