The Raxaul Vidhan Sabha constituency is
currently held by Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP)
leader Ajay Kumar Singh who defeated Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Suresh Kumar by a
margin of 3,169 votes to prevail in the 2015 assembly elections.

The seat is stronghold for Singh, who has
represented the constituency since 2000. His term was preceded by Janata Dal’s
Raj Nandan Rai’s who won the seat in 1990 and 1995.

As per orders of Delimitation of
Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, the Raxaul Vidhan Sabha
constituency is composed of the Raxaul and Adapur community development blocks.

The Raxaul Vidhan Sabha constituency is
part of Paschim Champaran Lok Sabha constituency. It was earlier part of
Bettiah Lok Sabha constituency.

Here are a few
details about the  constituency seat:

Name of the assembly constituency,
district: Raxaul, Purvi Champaran

Lok Sabha constituency: Paschim
Champaran

Polling date: November 7

2020 winner: Pramod Kumar Sinha (BJP)

2020 runner up: Rambabu Prashad Yadav (Congress)

2015 winner: Ajay
Kumar Singh (BJP)

2015 runner up: Suresh Kumar (RJD)  

Winning margin in 2015: 3,169
(1.94% of total valid votes)

Number of voters in 2015: 1,62,747

Voter turnout in 2015: 63%

Number of women voters in 2015: 74,860

Number of polling stations in 2015: 243