Teghra Assembly 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
Lok Sabha constituency	Begusarai
Established	1951
Total electors	2,85,190 (2020)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ram Ratan Singh
Party	CPI
Alliance	Mahagathbandhan
Elected year	2020

Overview

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]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Teghra

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

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Teghra^[9]

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]