Matihani Assembly constituency

Matihani Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Begusarai district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Matihani Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 144 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictBegusarai
LS constituencyBegusarai Lok Sabha constituency
Established1980
Total electors3,38,858 (2020)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Raj Kumar Singh
PartyJDU, (switched from LJP )
AllianceMahagathbandhan
Elected year2020
This article is about the assembly constituency. For its eponymous village, see Matihani, India.

Matihani
Assembly constituency
Matihani is located in Bihar
Matihani
Matihani
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°21′34″N 86°10′57″E
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictBegusarai
Constituency No.144
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency24. Begusarai

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 144 Matihani Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Matihani and Shambo Akha Kurha community development blocks; Kaithma, Laduwara, Bhairwar, Maniappa, Chilmil, Dumri, Ulao, Sighaul, Pachmba, Mahmadpur Raghunathpur, Mohan Eghu, Shahpur, Bishanpur, Dhabauli, Bindpur, Puspura, Bahadarpur, Amraur Kiratpur, Rachiyahi gram panchayats of Begusarai CD Block; Barauni IOC Township (CT); and Keshawe, Noorpur, Mahna and Mosadpur gram panchayats of Barauni CD Block.[1]

Matihani Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency)[1] and as per the delimitation in 2008, falls within Begusarai town.[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly
Year Name[3] Party
Till 1977 : Constituency did not exist
1977 Sitaram Mishra Communist Party of India
1979^ Devkinandan Singh
1980 Pramod Kumar Sharma Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Indian National Congress
1990 Rajiv Nandan Communist Party of India
1995
2000
2005 Narendra Kumar Singh Independent
2005
2010 Janata Dal (United)
2015
2020 Rajkumar Singh[lower-alpha 1]
  1. won as LJP candidate but defected to JDU

Election results

2020
Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Matihani
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LJP Raj Kumar Singh 61,364 29.64% New
JD(U) Narendra Kumar Singh 61,031 61,031 -19.46
CPI Rajendra Prasad Singh 60,599 29.27% -
[[NOTA|NOTA]] None of the above 6,733 3.25%
Majority 333
Turnout 2,07,048
Registered electors 3,38,858 [4]
LJP gain from JD(U) Swing 0.16%

2015
Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Matihani [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Narendra Kumar Singh 89,297 48.94
BJP Sarvesh Kumar 66609 36.51
Turnout 182,458 59.81
Registered electors 305,043
Janata Dal (United) hold Swing {{{swing}}}

1957 General elections

The first instance of booth capturing in India was recorded in 1957 in the General Elections of that year in Rachiyahi, in Begusarai's Matihani assembly seat.[6][7][8][9]

1977-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Narendra Kumar Singh of JD(U) won the Matihani seat defeating his nearest rival Abhay Kumar Sarjan of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Narendra Kumar Singh, Independent, defeated Abhay Kumar Singh of Congress in Bihar Assembly Election, October 2005 and Rajendra Rajan of CPI in February 2005. Rajendra Rajan of CPI defeated Pramod Kumar Sharma of Congress in 2000, 1995 and 1990, Pramod Kumar Sharma of Congress/ Congress(I) defeated Deoki Nandan Singh of CPI in 1985 and 1980, Sitaram Mishra of CPI defeated Mithilesh Kumar Singh of Janata Party in 1977.[10][11]

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. "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order 2008".
  3. "Matihani Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  4. "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  5. Bihar Assembly Election 2015
  6. "Where booth capturing was born".
  7. "In central Bihar, development runs into caste wall".
  8. "Empty words in legend's forgotten village". Archived from the original on 13 October 2015.
  9. "The myth of history's first booth capturing taking place in Begusarai's Rachiyahi".
  10. "Matihani Election Results since 1977". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  11. "104 - Matihani Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
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