Gaighat (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Gaighat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (earlier called Gaighatti) is an assembly constituency in Muzaffarpur district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Gaighat
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Gaighat
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°05′06″N 85°40′01″E
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictMuzaffarpur
Constituency No.88
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency15. Muzaffarpur
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 88 Gaighat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Gaighat and Bandra community development blocks; Katra, Sonpur, Berai South, Dhanaur, Madhepura and Shivdaspur gram panchayats of Katra CD Block.[1]

Gaighat (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 15 Muzaffarpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Member of Legislative Assembly

Year Member Political Party
1967Nitishwar Prasad SinhaIndian National Congress
1969Nitishwar Prasad SinhaIndian National Congress
1972Nitishwar Prasad SinhaIndian National Congress
1977Vinodanand SinghJanata Party
1980Jitendra Prasad SinghBhartiya Janata Party
1985Virendra Kumar SinghIndian National Congress
1990Maheshwar Prasad YadavIND
1995Maheshwar Prasad YadavJanata Dal
2000Veerendra Kumar SinghJDU
2005(Feb)Maheshwar Prasad YadavRashtriya Janata Dal
2005(Nov)Maheshwar Prasad YadavRashtriya Janata Dal
2010Veena DeviBhartiya Janata Party
2015Maheshwar Prasad YadavRashtriya Janata Dal
TBA 2020TBATBA

Election Results

Assembly Elections 2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Gaighat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Maheshwar Prasad Yadav
LJP Komal Singh
RJD Niranjan Rai
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

References

  1. "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.
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