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 Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 143 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictBegusarai
LS constituencyBegusarai Lok Sabha
Established1951-1967,2010-current
Total electors2,85,190 (2020)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI
AllianceMahagathbandhan
Elected year2020

Teghra
Assembly constituency
Teghra is located in Bihar
Teghra
Teghra
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°29′31″N 85°56′19″E
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictBegusarai
Constituency No.143
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency24. Begusarai
Area code06243

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 143 Teghra Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

Teghra Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]

Members of 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
Bihar Assembly election, 2020: 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]

References
  1. "Direct contest between NDA, grand alliance on 5 Begusarai seats | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  2. Balchand, K. (27 April 2014). "Left has golden chance for a turnaround in Bihar" – via www.thehindu.com.
  3. "Poor paean to poet Dinkar's memory | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  4. "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.
  5. "Bachwara Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  6. "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  7. "Tough time for Left parties in 'Leningrad of East' | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  8. "Business News Today: Read Latest Business news, India Business News Live, Share Market & Economy News". The Economic Times.
  9. "Bihar Assembly Election 2015" (PDF). ceobihar.nic.in. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  10. "Teghra Election Results since 1977". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  11. "Saffron is the new red in Bihar's Leningrad | Patna News - Times of India". The Times of India.

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