Raghopur or Raghopur-Supaul (Supaul Dist) Vidhan Sabha constituency was an

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constituency in

Supaul district Supaul district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar, India. The town Supaul is the district's administrative headquarters. The district, which was split from the former Saharsa district on 14 March 1991, occupies . History Supaul, w ...

in the

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n state of

Bihar Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Be ...

. As a consequence of the orders of the

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, this seat ceased to exist in 2010. But Bihar continues have another constituency by the same name.

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Election Results

1967 Vidhan Sabha

* A. Goit (SSP): 21,967 votes * B.P. Mehta (INC): 17,918 votes

1977-2004

In the October 2005 and February 2005 state assembly elections, Niraj Kumar Singh Bablu of

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pra ...

won the Raghopur assembly seat defeating his nearest rivals

Jai Vardhan Yadav Jai Vardhan Yadav (alias Bachcha Yadav; born 27 July 1978) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Paliganj assembly. Yadav started his political career in 2005 from Raghopur assembly as a member of Indian ...

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and Md. Zeayuddin of

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, respectively. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Uday Prakash Goit of

Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has tradit ...

defeated Lakhan Thakur of JD(U) in 2000. Lakhan Thakur of

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defeated Amarendra Mishra of Congress in 1995. Amarendra Mishra of Congress defeated Udai Prakash Goit of

in 1990, Aseshwar Goit of

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in 1985 and Kumar Sashindra Singh, Independent, in 1980. Asehswar Goit of

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defeated Amarendra Mishra of Congress in 1977.

February 2005 Vidhan Sabha

* Niraj Kumar Singh 'Bablu' (JD-U): 27,601 votes * Zeyauddin (BSP)

October 2005 Vidhan Sabha

* Niraj Kumar Singh 'Bablu' (JD-U): 45,079 votes * Jai Vardhan Yadav (INC): 25,691 * Zeyauddin (BSP)

References

{{Kosi Division topics Former assembly constituencies of Bihar Politics of Supaul district Constituencies established in 1967 1967 establishments in Bihar Constituencies disestablished in 2010 2010 disestablishments in India