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Teghra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

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Country
  
India

District
  
Begusarai

Type
  
Open

State
  
Bihar

Constituency No.
  
143

Lok Sabha constituency
  
24. Begusarai

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Teghra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Hindi: टेघरा विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is an assembly constituency in Begusarai district in the Indian state of Bihar. It was earlier called Barauni (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

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Overview

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

  • Teghra community development block;
  • Maestro Academy, Oppsite New Block station Road, Teghra
  • Bihat I to IV, Malhipur (North), Malhipur (South), Papraur, Garahara I & II,
  • Simaria I & II, Rajwara, Amarpur, Peepra Dewas and Hajipur gram panchayats of Barauni CD Block.

    • Teghra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 24 Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency).

    Election results

    In 1962, Chandra Shekhar Singh won from Barauni seat as the first Left party member to the state legislative assembly. Since then Teghra has been bastion of CPI till 2010 when it was defeated.

    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.

    2015

    RJD's Birendra Kumar Mahto defeated Ram Lakhan Singh of BJP by over 18,000 votes.

    Members of Legislative Assembly

  • 1951: Ram Charitra Sinha, Indian National Congress
  • 1957: Ram Charitra Sinha, Independent
  • 1962: Chandrasekhar Singh, Communist Party of India
  • 2010: Lalan Kumar, Bhartiya Janata Party
  • 2015: Birendra Kumar, Rastriya Janata Party

    • References

    Teghra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Wikipedia
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