Ramnagar, Bihar Assembly constituency

Ramnagar
Ramnagar
Constituency No. 2 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
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
	Incumbent Bhagirathi Devi
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

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

Year	Name^[2]
1962	Narayan Vikram Shah	Swatantra Party
1967		Indian National Congress
1969		Indian National Congress
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

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Ramnagar
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

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Ramnagar
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

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Ramnagar
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

^ ^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

"Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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[commission-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] "Ramnagar Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

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