Teghra_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)
Teghra Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Teghra is an assembly constituency in Begusarai district in the Indian state of Bihar.[1] It was earlier called Barauni Assembly constituency.[2]
| Teghra | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 143 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Begusarai |
| LS constituency | Begusarai Lok Sabha |
| Established | 1951-1967,2010-current |
| Total electors | 2,85,190 (2020) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI |
| Alliance | Mahagathbandhan |
| Elected year | 2020 |
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 143 Teghra Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
- Teghra community development block;
- Bihat I to IV, Malhipur (North), Malhipur (South), Papraur, Garahara I & II,
- Simaria I & II,[3] Rajwara, Amarpur, Peepra Dewas and Hajipur gram panchayats of Barauni CD Block.[4]
Teghra Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]
| 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 | |
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Ram Ratan Singh | 85,229 | 49.80% | ||
| JD(U) | Birendra Kumar | 37,250 | 21.77% | ||
| LJP | Lalan Kumar | 29,936 | 17.49% | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,718 | 2.17% | ||
| Majority | 171,126 | ||||
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Birendra Kumar Mahto | 68,975 | 43.15 | ||
| BJP | Ram Lakhan Singh | 53,364 | 33.38 | ||
| Turnout | 159,845 | 59.46 | |||
| 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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- "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.
- "Bihar Assembly Election 2015" (PDF). ceobihar.nic.in. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- "Teghra Election Results since 1977". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- "Saffron is the new red in Bihar's Leningrad | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.