Teghra Assembly constituency

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Teghra
Constituency No. 143 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
District Begusarai
LS constituency Begusarai
Established1951
Total electors2,85,190 (2020)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party CPI
Alliance Mahagathbandhan
Elected year 2020

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

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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

YearName [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

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Teghra
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI Ram Ratan Singh 85,229 49.80%
JD(U) Birendra Kumar37,25021.77%
LJP Lalan Kumar29,93617.49%
NOTA None of the above3,7182.17%
Majority171,126
Turnout 171,126
Registered electors [6]
CPI gain from RJD Swing 28.03

In 1962, Chandra Shekhar Singh won from Barauni seat as the first Left party member to the state legislative assembly. [7] Since then Teghra has been bastion of CPI till 2010 when it was defeated. [8]

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Teghra [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJD Birendra Kumar Mahto68,97543.15
BJP Ram Lakhan Singh53,36433.38
Turnout 159,84559.46
Registered electors 268,821
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. [10] [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "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. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Tough time for Left parties in 'Leningrad of East' | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India.
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  9. ↑ "Bihar Assembly Election 2015" (PDF). ceobihar.nic.in. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
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  11. ↑ "Saffron is the new red in Bihar's Leningrad | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India.

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