Manihari Assembly constituency

Manihari Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled tribes now, but earlier was an open seat.

Manihari
Constituency No. 67 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Lok Sabha constituency	11. Katihar
Established	1951
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Manohar Prasad Singh
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2020

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 67. Manihari Assembly constituency (ST) is composed of the following: Manihari, Mansahi and Amdabad community development blocks.^[1]

Manihari Assembly constituency is part of No 11 Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name[2]	Party
1952	Parwathi Devi		Indian National Congress
1957	Yuvraj		Praja Socialist Party
1962
1967
1972			Samyukta Socialist Party
1977	Ram Sipahi Yadav		Janata Party
1980
1985	Mubarak Hussain		Indian National Congress
1990	Vishwanath Singh		Janata Dal
1995	Mubarak Hussain		Indian National Congress
2000	Vishwanath Singh		Janata Dal (United)
2005	Mubarak Hussain		Indian National Congress
2005
2006^	Vishwanath Singh		Janata Dal (United)
2010	Manohar Prasad Singh
2015			Indian National Congress
2020

^denotes by-elections

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Manihari

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manohar Prasad Singh	83,032
	JD(U)	Shambhu Suman	61823
	LJP	Anil Kumar Oraon
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

1977-2010

Source:^[3]

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Manohar Prasad Singh of JD(U) won the Minihari (ST) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Gita Kisku of NCP.^[4] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. In the Manihari open constituency Mubarak Hussain of Congress defeated Vishwanath Singh of JD(U) in October 2005 and Sagir Ahmad of NCP in February 2005. Vishwanath Singh of JD(U) defeated Sagir Ahmad of NCP in 2000. Mubarak Hussain of Congress defeated Viswanath Singh of JD in 1995. Viswanath Singh of JD defeated Mubarak Hussain of Congress in 1990. Mubarak Hussain of Congress defeated Ram Sipahi Yadav of JP in 1985. Ram Sipahi Yadav of Janata Party (JP) defeated Mubarak Hussain of Congress in 1980. Ram Sipahi Yadav of JP defeated Amarnath Singh Yadav of Congress in 1977.^[5]