Barauni was an
assembly constituency in
Begusarai district
Begusarai District is one of the thirty-eight Districts of Bihar, districts of the Indian state of Bihar. The city of Begusarai is its administrative headquarters and is part of the Munger division.
History
Begusarai was established in 1870 as ...
in the
India
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state
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of
Bihar
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.
As a consequence of the orders of the
Delimitation Commission of India
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, Ballia Assembly constituency ceased to exist in 2010.
It is now renamed as Teghra
Teghra Assembly constituency.
It was part of
Balia Lok Sabha constituency.
Results
1977-2005
In the
October 2005 Bihar Assembly elections, Rajendra Prasad Singh of
CPI won the Barauni seat defeating his nearest rival Surendra Mehta of
BJP
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. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Rajendra Prasad Singh of CPI defeated Pradip Rai of
LJP in
February 2005, Ram Lakhan Singh of BJP in 2000 and 1995. Shivdani Singh of CPI defeated Kamla Devi of
Congress
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in 1990. Shakuntala Sinha of CPI defeated Kamla Devi of Congress in 1985. Rameshwar Singh of CPI defeated Sidhweshar Prasad Singh of Congress (I) in 1980. Suryanarayan Singh of CPI defeated Kapil Dev Singh of
Janata Party
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The JP was established as an amalgam of Indian political partie ...
in 1977.
References
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Former assembly constituencies of Bihar
Politics of Begusarai district
Barauni
Constituencies established in 1972
1972 establishments in Bihar
Constituencies disestablished in 2010
2010 disestablishments in India