Valmiki Nagar Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Valmiki Nagar
Constituency No. 1 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	West Champaran
LS constituency	Valmiki Nagar
Established	2008
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Dhirendra Pratap Singh alias Rinku Singh
Party	Janata Dal (United)
Elected year	2020

Valmiki Nagar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in West Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. Dhirendra Pratap Singh alias Rinku Singh of JDU is the MLA.

Overview

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 1 Valmiki Nagar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Piprasi, Madhubani, Thakrahan and Bhitaha community development blocks; and Valmiki Nagar, Laxmipur Rampurwa, Santpur Soharia, Champapur Gonauli, Naurangia Dardari, Mahuawa Katharawa, Harnatand, Balua Chhatraul, Dewaria Taruanwa, Bharachhi, Belahawa Madanpur, Bakuli Panchgwa, Binwalia Bodhser, Nayagaon Rampur, Mangalpur Ausani, Borawal Narawal, Semra Katkuiya, Yamunapur Tadwalia, Jimari Nautanawa and Dholbajwa Laxmipur gram panchayats of Sidhaw CD Block.^[1]

Valmiki Nagar Assembly constituency is part of No. 1 Valmiki Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name
Before 2008: See Dhanaha
2010	Rajesh Singh	Janata Dal
2015	Dhirendra Pratap Singh	Independent
2020	Dhirendra Pratap Singh	Janata Dal

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Valmiki Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Dhirendra Pratap Singh alias Rinku Singh	74,906	38.32
	INC	Rajesh Singh	53321	27.28
	JAP(L)	Sumant Kumar	18409	9.42
	BSP	Baidyanath Prasad	14498	7.42
	LJP	Mahendra Kumar Bharti	6612	3.38	New
	NOTA	None of the above	8090	4.14
	PP	Gaurav Jha	2863	1.46	New
Majority			21585	11.04
Turnout			195489	58.9
Registered electors			331,874	^[2]
	JD(U) gain from Independent Politician		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Valmiki Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Dhirendra Pratap Singh	66,860	36.17
	INC	Irshad Hussain	33,280	18.01
	RLSP	Surendra Prasad	32,855	17.78
	SP	Rajesh Singh	11,472	6.21
	BSP	Altaf Hussain	11,097	6.00
	Independent	Dip Narayan Mahato	8,355	4.52
	NOTA	None of the above	6,767	3.66
Majority			33,580	18.16
Turnout			1,84,960	62.63
	Independent gain from JD(U)		Swing

2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Valmiki Nagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Rajesh Singh	42,289	29.43
	RJD	Mukesh Kumar Kushwaha	27,618	19.22
	BSP	Dheerendra Pratap Singh	20,886	14.53
	INC	Irshad Hussain	17,747	12.35
	Independent	Deep Narayan Mahato	14,047	9.78
	JPS	Manoj Kumar Singh	8358	5.82
	Independent	Saket Kumar Pathak	4428	3.08
	Independent	Ramayan Chaudhary	1647	1.15
	Independent	Ram Naresh Sah	1610	1.12
	NCP	Shashi Bhusan Sahay	1334	0.93
	Independent	Pramod Sah	1114	0.78
	BJJD	Ramashankar Prasad	1042	0.73
	Independent	Insad Ali	835	0.58
	Independent	Pahawari Yadav	743	0.52
Majority			14,611	10.21
Turnout			1,43,698	59.77
	JD(U) win (new seat)

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.
^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.