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Manjhi Assembly constituency

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Manjhi
Constituency No. 114 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictSaran
Established1951
ReservationNone
Elected year2020

Manjhi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

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As per the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 114 Manjhi Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Jalalpur Community Development Block; Sarbisarya, Sitalpur, Tajpur, Adarsh Gram Bareja, Madan Sath, Ghorhat, Dumari, Jaitpur, Inayatpur, Nasira, Baleshra, Daudpur, Lejuar, Bangara, Sonbarsa, Marhan, Manjhi Purbi, Manjhi Pashchimi and Kouru-Dhouru Gram Panchayats of Manjhi CD Block; Karhi, Manikpura and Lauwa Kala gram panchayats of Baniapur CD Block.[1]

Manjhi Assembly constituency is a part of No. 19 Maharajganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Name[2] Party
1952 Girish Tiwari Indian National Congress
1957
1962
1967 Ram Bahadur Singh Samyukta Socialist Party
1969 Rameshwar Dut Sharma Indian National Congress
1972 Ram Bahadur Singh Samyukta Socialist Party
1977 Janata Party
1980 Rameshwar Dut Sharma Indian National Congress
1985 Budhan Prasad Yadav Independent politician
1990 Hazari Singh Janata Dal
1995 Budhan Prasad Yadav Indian National Congress
2000 Ravindra Nath Mishra Independent politician
2005 Gautam Singh Janata Dal
2005
2010
2015 Vijay Shanker Dubey Indian National Congress
2020 Satyendra Yadav Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Election results

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2020

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2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Manjhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Dr Satyendra Yadav 59,324 37.56%
Independent Rana Pratap Singh 33938 21.49%
JD(U) Madhavi Kumari 29155 18.46%
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors [3]
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

2015

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2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Manjhi[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Vijay Shankar Dubey 29,558 20.57
LJP Keshav Singh 20,692 14.40
CPI(M) Dr. Satyendra Yadav 17,803 12.39
Independent Rana Pratap Singh 14,322 9.97
Turnout 143,720 50.70
Registered electors 283,478

2010

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2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Manjhi[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Gautam Singh 28,687 26.88
RJD Hem Narayan Singh 20,783 19.47
Independent Rabindra Nath Mishra 8,423 7.89
Independent Om Prakash Prasad 7,012 6.57
Turnout 106,721 49.35
Registered electors 216,242

1977-2010

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In the 2015 state assembly elections Vijay Shanker Dubey of Congress won the Manjhi assembly seat defeating Keshav Singh of LJP. In the 2010 state assembly elections, Gautam Singh of JD(U) won the Manjhi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Hem Narayan Singh of RJD.[6] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Gautam Singh of JD(U) defeated Ravindra Nath Mishra of Congress in October 2005 and February 2005. Ravindranath Mishra, Independent, defeated Gautam Singh of SAP in 2000. Budhan Prasad Yadav of Congress defeated Ram Bahadur Singh of SJP(R) in 1995. Hazari Singh of JD defeated Budhan Prasad Yadav of Congress in 1990. Budhan Prasad Yadav, Independent, defeated Hazari Singh of JP in 1985. Rameshwar Dutta Sharma of Congress defeated Ram Bahadur Singh of Janata Party (JP) in 1980. Ram Bahadur Singh of JP defeated Rameshwar Dutta Sharma of Congress in 1977.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "Manjhi Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
  5. ^ "Bihar 2010". Election Commission of India.
  6. ^ "Bihar - Manjhi". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  7. ^ "35 - Manjhi Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
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