Manjhi Assembly constituency

Manjhi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Manjhi
Constituency No. 114 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Saran
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Elected year	2020

Overview

As per the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 114 Manjhi Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Jalalpur Community Development Block; Sarbisarya, Sitalpur, Tajpur, Adarsh Gram Bareja, Madan Sath, Ghorhat, Dumari, Jaitpur, Inayatpur, Nasira, Baleshra, Daudpur, Lejuar, Bangara, Sonbarsa, Marhan, Manjhi Purbi, Manjhi Pashchimi and Kouru-Dhouru Gram Panchayats of Manjhi CD Block; Karhi, Manikpura and Lauwa Kala gram panchayats of Baniapur CD Block.^[1]

Manjhi Assembly constituency is a part of No. 19 Maharajganj (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name[2]	Party
1952	Girish Tiwari		Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967	Ram Bahadur Singh		Samyukta Socialist Party
1969	Rameshwar Dut Sharma		Indian National Congress
1972	Ram Bahadur Singh		Samyukta Socialist Party
1977			Janata Party
1980	Rameshwar Dut Sharma		Indian National Congress
1985	Budhan Prasad Yadav		Independent politician
1990	Hazari Singh		Janata Dal
1995	Budhan Prasad Yadav		Indian National Congress
2000	Ravindra Nath Mishra		Independent politician
2005	Gautam Singh		Janata Dal (United)
2005
2010
2015	Vijay Shanker Dubey		Indian National Congress
2020	Satyendra Yadav		Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Manjhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Dr Satyendra Yadav	59,324	37.56%
	Independent	Rana Pratap Singh	33938	21.49%
	JD(U)	Madhavi Kumari	29155	18.46%
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors				[3]
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Manjhi^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vijay Shankar Dubey	29,558	20.57
	LJP	Keshav Singh	20,692	14.40
	CPI(M)	Dr. Satyendra Yadav	17,803	12.39
	Independent	Rana Pratap Singh	14,322	9.97
Turnout			143,720	50.70
Registered electors			283,478

2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Manjhi^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Gautam Singh	28,687	26.88
	RJD	Hem Narayan Singh	20,783	19.47
	Independent	Rabindra Nath Mishra	8,423	7.89
	Independent	Om Prakash Prasad	7,012	6.57
Turnout			106,721	49.35
Registered electors			216,242

1977-2010

In the 2015 state assembly elections Vijay Shanker Dubey of Congress won the Manjhi assembly seat defeating Keshav Singh of LJP. In the 2010 state assembly elections, Gautam Singh of JD(U) won the Manjhi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Hem Narayan Singh of RJD.^[6] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Gautam Singh of JD(U) defeated Ravindra Nath Mishra of Congress in October 2005 and February 2005. Ravindranath Mishra, Independent, defeated Gautam Singh of SAP in 2000. Budhan Prasad Yadav of Congress defeated Ram Bahadur Singh of SJP(R) in 1995. Hazari Singh of JD defeated Budhan Prasad Yadav of Congress in 1990. Budhan Prasad Yadav, Independent, defeated Hazari Singh of JP in 1985. Rameshwar Dutta Sharma of Congress defeated Ram Bahadur Singh of Janata Party (JP) in 1980. Ram Bahadur Singh of JP defeated Rameshwar Dutta Sharma of Congress in 1977.^[7]