About Darbhanga Rural Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Darbhanga Rural is a legislative assembly constituency in the district of the same name in Bihar. It is a part of the Darbhanga parliamentary constituency of the state. The assembly constituency of Darbhanga Rural has 2,50,633 eligible voters, amongst whom are 1,34,841 men and 1,15,792 women. According to the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India 2008, Darbhanga Rural covers Bhalpatti, Nazra Mohammada, Sonki, Adalpur, Nainaghat, Atihar, Muria, Balha, Loam, Bijuli, Khutwara, Chhotaipatti, Kharua, Dhoi, Ghorghatta and Dularpur gram panchayats of Darbhanga community development block; Manigachhi CD block.
Darbhanga Rural assembly constituency was reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Casts until 2008. It was thrown open to all as recommended by the Delimitation Commission. RJD's Lalit Kumar Yadav represents Darbhanga Rural in the state legislative assembly at present. He defeated Ashraf Hussain of JD (U) in the 2010 assembly elections. Yadav got 29,776 votes, while Hussain settled for 26,100 votes.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Darbhanga Rural Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Darbhanga Rural assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2020 | 82 | Darbhanga Rural | GEN | Lalit Kumar Yadav | M | RJD | 64929 | Faraz Fatmi | M | JD(U) | 62788 |
| 2015 | 82 | Darbhanga Rural | GEN | Lalit Kumar Yadav | M | RJD | 70557 | Naushad Ahmad | M | HAM(S) | 36066 |
| 2010 | 82 | Darbhanga Rural | GEN | Lalit Kumaryadav | M | RJD | 29776 | Ashraf Hussain | M | JD(U) | 26100 |
| OCT 2005 | 88 | Darbhanga Rural | (SC) | Pitamber Paswan | M | RJD | 31258 | Ram Chandra Paswan | M | JD(U) | 20864 |
| FEB 2005 | 88 | Darbhanga Rural | (SC) | Pitambar Paswan | M | RJD | 34392 | Suniti Ranjan Das | M | LJP | 23900 |
| 2000 | 88 | Darbhanga Rural | (SC) | Pitambar Paswan | M | RJD | 59305 | Suneeti Ranjan Das | M | JD(U) | 37833 |
| 1995 | 88 | Darbhanga Rural | (SC) | Mohan Ram | M | JD | 45633 | Asharfi Ram | M | BJP | 13425 |
| 1990 | 88 | Darbhanga Rural | (SC) | Jagdish Chaudhary | M | JD | 47941 | Ram Chander Paswan | M | INC | 28742 |
| 1985 | 88 | Darbhanga Rural | (SC) | Ramchandra Paswan | M | INC | 28188 | Jagdish Choudhary | M | JNP | 14962 |
| 1980 | 88 | Darbhanga Rural | (SC) | Jagdish Choudhary | M | JNP(SC) | 41290 | Jagdish Paswan | M | INC(I) | 26439 |
| 1977 | 88 | Darbhanga Rural | (SC) | Jagadish Choudhary ( Kabirchak ) | M | JNP | 51501 | Kedar Paswan | M | INC | 11937 |
Last Updated on Aug 11, 2021