Raghopur is an assembly constituency in

Vaishali district Vaishali district is a district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is a part of Tirhut division. Vaishali is known for being the birthplace of Mahavira of the Jain religion. Hajipur, its largest city and district headquarters, is known for its ba ...

in the Indian state of

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. It consists of Raghopur and Bidupur.

Lalu Prasad Yadav Lalu Prasad (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Bihar from 1990 to 1997 with a brief interruption in 1995 and as the union minister for Railways from 2004 to 2009. He is the founder and president o ...

won this seat twice, his wife

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won it three times, and they both served as

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while representing this seat. Their son

Tejashwi Yadav Tejashwi Prasad Yadav (born 9 November 1989) is an Indian politician and former professional cricketer who served for two terms as the deputy chief minister of Bihar. He is the son of former chief ministers of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabr ...

has also won it twice (2015, 2020) and been Deputy CM and Leader of Opposition while holding it.

has also lost from this seat once, in 2010 from Satish Kumar ( JDU). Currently Satish Kumar is a member of

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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. Raghopur Assembly constituency is part of No. 21 Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

^denotes by-election

Election results

2025

2020

2015

2010

Vidhan Sabha Elections October 2005

* Rabri Devi (RJD): 35,891 votes * Satish Kumar Yadav (JD-U): 30,601 votes * Pramod Kumar (Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP, and also his driver): 15,137

Vidhan Sabha Elections Feb-2005

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

Vidhan Sabha Elections 2000

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

2000 by-election

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

Assembly Elections 1967

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

References

External links

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