Patna, November 14: Dr. Ramprit Paswan of the BJP has won from the  Rajnagar (SC) Vidhan Sabha Seat after defeating Ramawatar Paswan of the RJD. This constituency is situated in the Madhubani district of Bihar. The current MLA of the Rajnagar constituency is Ramprit Paswan, who belongs to BJP. The voting in the Rajnagar constituency was held in the second phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 on November 3. The counting of votes was  held on November 10. Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Phase 2 Dates And Schedule: Voting on November 3, Results on November 10.

The Bihar assembly elections was held in three phases on October 28, November 3 and November 7, followed by counting of votes on November 10. The Bihar election is one of the biggest elections globally during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 Second Phase Complete Schedule

Last Date For Filing Nomination October 16
Scrutiny of Nominations October 17
Last date for Nomination Withdrawal October 19
Voting Date November 3
Result Date November 10

The main candidates for the Rajnagar (SC) Assembly Election 2020 included the current MLA Ramprit Paswan of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Ramawartar Paswan of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) among other candidates. In the last elections in Bihar held in 2015, Ramprit Paswan of BJP had won from the Madhubani seat by defeating RJD candidate Ramawatar Paswan.

The voting for the first phase was held on October 28 which covered 71 assembly constituencies, the second-phase voting on November 3 covered 94 seats. The third phase of voting on November 7 covered 78 assembly seats. In Bihar, the ruling NDA faced a challenge from the RJD-Congress alliance (JDU+BJP) and the Mahagathbandhan (RJD+Congress+Left).

In the outgoing assembly, the RJD has 80 members while the JD (U) has 69. The BJP has 54 seats, Congress has 25, while the remaining seats in the 243-member assembly are held by other parties.

2020 rajnagar (sc) Assembly Election: Candidates' list

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
Dr. Ramprit Paswan (Current MLA)BJP89459
Shiv Shankar PaswanSamajwadi Janata Dal Democratic726
Ramawatar PaswanRJD70338
Gopal ChoupalBhartiya Chetna Party688
Channe SadayJanhit Kisan Party599
Rakesh KumarIND2017
Raja Ram ChaupalVoters Party International1612
Arun Kumar MandalJago Hindustan Party1600
Jay Bansh Kumar RamIND1368
Santosh Kumar SumanThe Plurals Party1267

2015 rajnagar (sc) Assembly Election Results

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
Ram Prit Paswan (Current MLA)BJP71614
Ramawatar PaswanRJD65372

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