Ramnagar, Bihar Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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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.
| Ramnagar | |
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| Constituency No. 2 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | West Champaran |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Valmiki Nagar |
| Established | 1962 |
| Total electors | 299,784 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Nand Kishor Ram Diary, Fisheries and Animal Resources Minister of Bihar | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2025 |
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 | Member[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Before 1957: See Bagaha-cum-Ramnagar | |||
1957-62: Constituency did not exist | |||
| 1962 | Narayan Vikram Shah | Swatantra Party | |
| 1967 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | Indian National Congress (O) | ||
| 1977 | Arjun Vikram Shah | Indian National Congress | |
| 1980 | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 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 | |||
| 2025 | Nand Kishor Ram | ||
Election results
2025
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Nand Kishor Ram | 115,214 | 54.13 | +14.56 | |
| RJD | Subodh Kumar | 79,534 | 37.36 | ||
| JSP | Pappu Kumar Ranjan | 6,992 | 3.28 | ||
| BSP | Aaditya Kumar | 2,663 | 1.25 | ||
| Independent | Santosh Ram | 2,295 | 1.08 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,184 | 1.03 | −1.31 | |
| Majority | 35,680 | 16.77 | +8.48 | ||
| Turnout | 212,859 | 71.0 | +6.59 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bhagirathi Devi | 75,423 | 39.57 | −8.48 | |
| INC | Rajesh Ram | 59,627 | 31.28 | −6.25 | |
| Bhartiya Panchyat Party | Subodh Kumar | 26,063 | 13.67 | ||
| Fauji Kisan Party | Lorik Das | 4,331 | 2.27 | ||
| RLSP | Lokesh Ram | 4,051 | 2.13 | ||
| Independent | Ramayan Paswan | 3,793 | 1.99 | ||
| Janta Dal Rashtravadi | Vinay Ram | 3,215 | 1.69 | ||
| Independent | Awadh Kishor Ram | 3,111 | 1.63 | ||
| Independent | Ayush Kumar | 2,671 | 1.4 | ||
| Independent | Ramnaresh Baitha | 2,460 | 1.29 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,456 | 2.34 | +0.47 | |
| Majority | 15,796 | 8.29 | −2.23 | ||
| Turnout | 190,613 | 64.41 | −1.02 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bhagirathi Devi | 82,166 | 48.05 | ||
| INC | Purnmasi Ram | 64,178 | 37.53 | ||
| NCP | Subodh Kumar | 9,488 | 5.55 | ||
| CPI(ML)L | Ramkeshwar Ram | 3,158 | 1.85 | ||
| Independent | Manjay Lal Satyam | 2,769 | 1.62 | ||
| BSP | Naresh Ram | 2,531 | 1.48 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,195 | 1.87 | ||
| Majority | 17,988 | 10.52 | |||
| Turnout | 170,997 | 65.43 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2010
| 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 | ||||