Mahnar Assembly constituency

Mahnar Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Vaishali district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Mahnar Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 129 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictVaishali
LS constituency21. Hajipur (SC)
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyRashtriya Janata Dal
Elected year2020

Mahnar
129
Assembly constituency
Mahnar is located in Bihar
Mahnar
Mahnar
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°36′40″N 85°29′38″E

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 129 Mahnar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Mahnar community development block; Borhan urf Rasulpur Gaus, Basantpur, Mohiuddinpur Garahi, Harprasad, Mahipura, Sohrathi, Mahisaur, Chandsarai, Dihbuchauli, Peerapur, Rasalpur Purushottam, Bishunpur Bedauliya, Saiyad Mahammad urf Salha, Khopi, Arniyan, Hazrat Jandaha, Bahsi Saidpur, Mukundpur Bhath and Loma gram panchayats of Jandaha community development block.[1]

Mahnar Assembly constituency is part of No. 21 Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Year Member[2] Party
1957 Banarsi Devi Indian National Congress
1962-2010 : Constituency did not exist
2010 Achyutanand Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2015 Umesh Kushwaha Janata Dal (United)
2020 Bina Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

2020
Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Mahnar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Bina Singh 61,721 37.34
JD(U) Umesh Singh Kushwaha 53,774 32.54
LJP Rabindra Kumar Singh 31,315 18.95
NOTA None of the above 4,481 2.71
RLSP Triveni Kumar Choudhary 2,547 1.54
Sathi Aur Aapka Faisala Party Shyam Babu Singh 1,960 1.19
Janshakti Vikas Party (Democratic) Hareram Kumar 1,840 1.11
JAP(L) Raghupati Singh 1,507 0.91
Bhartiya Sablog Party Annpurna Singh 1,463 0.89
Independent Karuna Verma 1,381 0.84
Majority 7,947 4.8
Turnout 165274 54.38
Registered electors 303,945 [3]
RJD gain from JD(U) Swing

1977-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Dr. Achyuatanand of BJP won the Mahnar assembly seat defeating Rama Kishor Singh of LJP.[4] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Rama Kishore Singh of LJP defeated Munshilal Rai of RJD in October 2005 and February 2005. Rama Kishore Singh of JD(U) defeated Munshilal Rai of RJD in 2000. Munshilal Rai of JD defeated Rama Kishore Singh, Independent, in 1995. Muneshwar Prasad Singh of SOP(L) defeated Raghupati of JD in 1985. Munshilal Rai of LD defeated Mithleshwar Prasad of Congress in 1985. Munshilal Rai of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) defeated Ram Prasad Singh of Congress in 1980. Munshwar Prasad Singh of JP defeated Akhilesh Kumar Ray of Congress in 1977.[5]

2015 and 2020

In 2015 Janata Dal (United) deflected from the National Democratic Alliance and allied with its chief rival Rashtriya Janata Dal to form a Grand Alliance called Mahagathbandhan. In the elections to Mahnar constituency in 2015 Umesh Kushwaha of JD (U) defeated Achyuthanand Singh with a large margin of 27000 votes.[6] However, in 2020 Umesh Kushwaha lost to Bina Singh, the wife of Rama Kishor Singh who contested the 2020 election on Rashtriya Janata Dal symbol.[7]

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Manhar Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  4. "Bihar - Manhar". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  5. "47 - Mahnar Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  6. तिवारी, अजीत. "महनार विधानसभा सीट: इस सीट पर NDA की मजबूत पकड़, RJD के लिए कठिन होगा सफर". Aaj Tak. Retrieved 13 October 2020. Transl:The 2015 mandate was won by JDU's Umesh Singh Kushwaha from the Mehanar seat in the 2015 assembly elections. He defeated Achuthanand of BJP by a margin of over 27 thousand votes. Umesh Singh Kushwaha received 69825 votes in this election, while only 43370 votes were cast in Achuthanand's court.
  7. "Mahnar election result 2020". News18. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
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