Raja Pakar Assembly constituency

Raja Pakar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Vaishali district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Raja Pakar
Assembly constituency
Raja Pakar is located in Bihar
Raja Pakar
Raja Pakar
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°42′34″N 85°21′02″E
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictVaishali
Constituency No.127
TypeReserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency21. Hajipur
Electoral systemFirst past the post
Raja Pakar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 127 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Pratima Kumari
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2020

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 127 Raja Pakar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Raja Pakar, Desri and Sahdei Buzurg community development blocks.[1]

Raja Pakar Assembly constituency (SC) is part of No. 21 Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Name[2] Party
Till 2008 : Constituency did not exist
2010 Sanjay Kumar Janata Dal (United)
2015 Shivchandra Ram Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020 Pratima Kumari Indian National Congress

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Raja Pakar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Pratima Kumari 54,299 35.67
JD(U) Mahendra Ram 52,503 34.49
LJP Dhananjay Kumar 24,689 16.22
NOTA None of the above 3,928 2.58
Independent Manohar Kumar 3,867 2.54
Independent Prema Devi 2,589 1.70
BSP Pharesh Ram 2,482 1.63
Independent Bedami Devi 1,770 1.16
JAP(L) Ashok Kumar Mallik 1,518 1.00
Independent Amar Paswan 1,474 0.97
Majority 1,796
Turnout
INC gain from RJD Swing

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Sanjay Kumar of JD(U) won the newly created Raja Pakar assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Gaurishankar Paswan of LJP.[3] In 2015 Shivchandr Ram of Rashtriya Janata Dal emerged victorious in the assembly elections from this reserved seat.[4]

References

  1. "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.
  2. "Raja Pakar Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. "Bihar - Raja pakar". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  4. "Raja Pakar Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election Results". Election.in. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
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