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

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. As a consequence of the orders of the

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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

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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

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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

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in 1977.

References

{{coords, 25.47, 85.99, display=title 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