Teghra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Teghra is an assembly constituency in Begusarai district in the Indian state of Bihar.[1] It was earlier called Barauni (Vidhan Sabha constituency).[2]

Teghra
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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 code(s)06243

Overview

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

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

Election results

In 1962, Chandra Shekhar Singh won from Barauni seat as the first Left party member to the state legislative assembly.[5] Since then Teghra has been bastion of CPI till 2010 when it was defeated.[6]

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.[7][8]

2015
Bihar Legislative 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

Members of Legislative Assembly

Famous People Of Teghra Vidhansabha

Famous Place in Teghra Vidhansabha

References
  1. "Direct contest betweet NDA and grand alliance".
  2. "Left has golden chance for a turnaround in Bihar".
  3. "Poor paean to poet Dinkar's memory".
  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. "Tough time for Left parties in 'Leningrad of East'".
  6. http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2010-10-30/news/27593022_1_cpi-nitish-kumar-wave
  7. "Teghra Election Results since 1977". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
  8. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Saffron-is-the-new-red-in-Bihars-Leningrad/articleshow/49030326.cms
  9. Bihar Assembly Election 2015
  10. "Bihar: One more RJD MLA joins JD(U) ahead of polls". Times of India. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
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