Manihari Assembly constituency

Manihari Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled tribes now, but earlier was an open seat.

Manihari
Constituency No. 67 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictKatihar
LS constituency11. Katihar
Established1951
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2020

Overview

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As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 67. Manihari Assembly constituency (ST) is composed of the following: Manihari, Mansahi and Amdabad community development blocks.[1]

Manihari Assembly constituency is part of No 11 Katihar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Name[2] Party
1952 Parwathi Devi Indian National Congress
1957 Yuvraj Praja Socialist Party
1962
1967
1972 Samyukta Socialist Party
1977 Ram Sipahi Yadav Janata Party
1980
1985 Mubarak Hussain Indian National Congress
1990 Vishwanath Singh Janata Dal
1995 Mubarak Hussain Indian National Congress
2000 Vishwanath Singh Janata Dal
2005 Mubarak Hussain Indian National Congress
2005
2006^ Vishwanath Singh Janata Dal
2010 Manohar Prasad Singh
2015 Indian National Congress
2020

^denotes by-elections

Election results

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2020

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2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Manihari
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Manohar Prasad Singh 83,032
JD(U) Shambhu Suman 61823
LJP Anil Kumar Oraon
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

1977-2010[3]

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In the 2010 state assembly elections, Manohar Prasad Singh of JD(U) won the Minihari (ST) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Gita Kisku of NCP.[4] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. In the Manihari open constituency Mubarak Hussain of Congress defeated Vishwanath Singh of JD(U) in October 2005 and Sagir Ahmad of NCP in February 2005. Vishwanath Singh of JD(U) defeated Sagir Ahmad of NCP in 2000. Mubarak Hussain of Congress defeated Viswanath Singh of JD in 1995. Viswanath Singh of JD defeated Mubarak Hussain of Congress in 1990. Mubarak Hussain of Congress defeated Ram Sipahi Yadav of JP in 1985. Ram Sipahi Yadav of Janata Party (JP) defeated Mubarak Hussain of Congress in 1980. Ram Sipahi Yadav of JP defeated Amarnath Singh Yadav of Congress in 1977.[5]

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. ^ "Manihari Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "Manihari Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  4. ^ "Bihar - Manihari". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  5. ^ "146 - Manihari Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
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