Teghra Assembly constituency
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Teghra is an assembly constituency in Begusarai district in the Indian state of Bihar.[1] It was earlier called Barauni Assembly constituency.[2]
Teghra | |
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Constituency No. 143 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | Bihar |
District | Begusarai |
LS constituency | Begusarai |
Established | 1951 |
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 Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]
Year | Name[5] | Party | |
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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 |
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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}}} |
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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