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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
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Begusarai
LS constituency	Begusarai Lok Sabha
Established	1951-1967,2010-current
Total electors	2,85,190 (2020)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Ram Ratan Singh
Party	CPI
Alliance	Mahagathbandhan
Elected year	2020

Teghra
Assembly constituency
Teghra Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°29′31″N 85°56′19″E
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Begusarai
Constituency No.	143
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	24. Begusarai
Area code	06243

Overview

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

• Teghra community development block;
• Bihat I to IV, Malhipur (North), Malhipur (South), Papraur, Garahara I & II,
• Simaria I & II,[3] Rajwara, Amarpur, Peepra Dewas and Hajipur gram panchayats of Barauni CD Block.[4]

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

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				[5]
	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.[6] Since then Teghra has been bastion of CPI till 2010 when it was defeated.[7]

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Teghra[8]

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.[9][10]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election Year	Member	Party
1951	Ram Charitra Singh		Indian National Congress	INC
1957	Ram Charitra Singh		Independent	IND
1962	Chandrasekhar Singh		Communist Party of India	CPI
1967-1995	Dissolved (Barauni Assembly constituency)
1995	Rajendra Singh		Communist Party of India	CPI
2000			Communist Party of India
2005			Communist Party of India
2010	Lalan Kunwar		Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP
2015	Birendra Kumar Mahto		Rashtriya Janata Dal	RJD
2020	Ram Ratan Singh		Communist Party of India	CPI

Famous Place in Teghra Vidhan Sabha

• Barauni ,Begusarai
• Rajendra Setu ,Begusarai-Patna
• Dharmraj Ghat ,Ayodhya in Ayodhya Village Of Teghra
• Simaria Ghat, Barauni

References

External links

• "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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