Teghra Assembly constituency

Teghra
Constituency No. 143 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictBegusarai
Lok Sabha constituencyBegusarai
Established1951
Total electors2,85,190 (2020)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI
AllianceMahagathbandhan
Elected year2020

Teghra is an assembly constituency in Begusarai district in the Indian state of Bihar.[1] It was earlier called Barauni Assembly constituency.[2]

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 143 Teghra Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

Teghra Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name[5] Party
1952 Ram Charitra Singh Indian National Congress
1957
1962 Chandrasekhar Singh Communist Party of India
1967-2008: See Barauni
2010 Lalan Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
2015 Birendra Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020 Ram Ratan Singh Communist Party of India

Election results

2020

In 1962, Chandra Shekhar Singh won from Barauni seat as the first Left party member to the state legislative assembly.[6] Since then Teghra has been bastion of CPI till 2010 when it was defeated.[7]

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Teghra[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI Ram Ratan Singh 85,229 49.8 +33.65
JD(U) Birendra Kumar 37,250 21.77
LJP Lalan Kumar 29,936 17.49
Independent Chandan Mahato 3,945 2.31
Independent Sanjiv Kumar Bharti 3,927 2.29
JAP(L) Shri Ram Rai 1,582 0.92
NOTA None of the above 3,718 2.17 +0.42
Majority 47,979 28.03 +18.26
Turnout 171,126 60.0 +0.55
CPI gain from RJD Swing 28.03


2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Teghra[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Birendra Kumar Mahto 68,975 43.16
BJP Ram Lakhan Singh 53,364 33.39
CPI Ram Ratan Singh 25,818 16.15
Independent Sanjeev Kumar Bharti 4,413 2.76
Independent Deepak Kumar Singh 1,946 1.22
NOTA None of the above 2,804 1.75
Majority 15,611 9.77
Turnout 159,818 59.45
RJD gain from BJP Swing {{{swing}}}


2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Lalan Kunwar of Bharatiya Janata Party won the newly constituted Teghra seat defeating his nearest rival Ram Ratan Singh of CPI.[9][10]


References

  1. ^ a b "Direct contest between NDA, grand alliance on 5 Begusarai seats | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  2. ^ Balchand, K. (27 April 2014). "Left has golden chance for a turnaround in Bihar" – via www.thehindu.com.
  3. ^ "Poor paean to poet Dinkar's memory | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Bachwara Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  6. ^ "Tough time for Left parties in 'Leningrad of East' | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  7. ^ "Business News Today: Read Latest Business news, India Business News Live, Share Market & Economy News". The Economic Times.
  8. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Teghra Election Results since 1977". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  10. ^ "Saffron is the new red in Bihar's Leningrad | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India.

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