Teghra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)


Teghra is an assembly constituency in Begusarai district in the Indian state of Bihar. It was earlier called Barauni.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 143 Teghra is composed of the following:
Teghra is part of No. 24 Begusarai.

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 Bhartiya Janata Party by over 53,364votes. The reason of the big margin win was a simple caste and political equation. CPI member and BJP member both were from the same community so the vote bank get shared and BJP as well as CPI lost the vidhan sabha battle. RJD is in Mahagathbandhan and muslim voters always leaned with the congress and RJD so the RJD won the seat.

Members of Legislative Assembly