Matihani Assembly constituency is 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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.
Overview
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 144 Matihani Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Matihani and Shambo Akha Kurha
community development blocks; Kaithma, Laduwara, Bhairwar, Maniappa, Chilmil, Dumri, Ulao, Sighaul, Pachmba, Mahmadpur Raghunathpur, Mohan Eghu, Shahpur, Bishanpur, Dhabauli, Bindpur, Puspura, Bahadarpur, Amraur Kiratpur, Rachiyahi
gram panchayats of Begusarai CD Block; Barauni IOC Township (CT); and Keshawe, Noorpur, Mahna and Mosadpur gram panchayats of Barauni CD Block.
Matihani Assembly constituency is part of No. 24
Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency)
Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. This constituency is a stronghold of the Bhumihar caste.
Assembly segments
From the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, Begusarai ...
[ and as per the delimitation in 2008, falls within ]Begusarai
Begusarai is the industrial and financial capital of Bihar and the administrative headquarters of the Begusarai district, which is one of the 38 districts of the Indian state of Bihar. The district lies on the northern bank of the river Gan ...
town.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
^by-election
Election results
2020
2015
1957 general elections
The first instance of booth capturing in India was recorded in 1957 in the General Elections
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of that year in Rachiyahi, in Begusarai's Matihani assembly seat.
1977-2010
In the 2010 state assembly elections, Narendra Kumar Singh of JD(U)
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won the Matihani seat defeating his nearest rival Abhay Kumar Sarjan of Congress
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. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Narendra Kumar Singh, Independent, defeated Abhay Kumar Singh of Congress in Bihar Assembly Election, October 2005
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and Rajendra Rajan of CPI in February 2005. Rajendra Rajan of CPI defeated Pramod Kumar Sharma of Congress in 2000, 1995 and 1990, Pramod Kumar Sharma of Congress/ Congress(I) defeated Deoki Nandan Singh of CPI in 1985 and 1980, Sitaram Mishra of CPI defeated Mithilesh Kumar Singh of Janata Party
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in 1977.
References
External links
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{{Bihar elections
Assembly constituencies of Bihar
Politics of Begusarai district
Constituencies established in 1977
1977 establishments in Bihar