| Manjhi | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 114 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| Reservation | None |
| Elected year | 2020 |
25°50′23″N 84°34′55″E / 25.83972°N 84.58194°E
Manjhi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar.
As per the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 114 Manjhi Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Jalalpur Community Development Block; Sarbisarya, Sitalpur, Tajpur, Adarsh Gram Bareja, Madan Sath, Ghorhat, Dumari, Jaitpur, Inayatpur, Nasira, Baleshra, Daudpur, Lejuar, Bangara, Sonbarsa, Marhan, Manjhi Purbi, Manjhi Pashchimi and Kouru-Dhouru Gram Panchayats of Manjhi CD Block; Karhi, Manikpura and Lauwa Kala gram panchayats of Baniapur CD Block.[1]
Manjhi Assembly constituency is a part of No. 19 Maharajganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
| Year | Name[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Girish Tiwari | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | Ram Bahadur Singh | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1969 | Rameshwar Dut Sharma | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Ram Bahadur Singh | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1977 | Janata Party | ||
| 1980 | Rameshwar Dut Sharma | Indian National Congress (I) | |
| 1985 | Budhan Prasad Yadav | Independent | |
| 1990 | Hazari Singh | Janata Dal | |
| 1995 | Budhan Prasad Yadav | Indian National Congress | |
| 2000 | Ravindra Nath Mishra | Independent | |
| 2005 | Gautam Singh | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2015 | Vijay Shanker Dubey | Indian National Congress | |
| 2020 | Satyendra Yadav | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Dr Satyendra Yadav | 59324 | 37.56% | ||
| Independent | Rana Pratap Singh | 33938 | 21.49% | ||
| Janata Dal (united) | Madhavi Kumari | 29155 | 18.46% | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | [3] | ||||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Vijay Shankar Dubey | 29,558 | 20.57 | ||
| LJP | Keshav Singh | 20,692 | 14.40 | ||
| CPI(M) | Dr. Satyendra Yadav | 17,803 | 12.39 | ||
| Independent | Rana Pratap Singh | 14,322 | 9.97 | ||
| Turnout | 143,720 | 50.70 | |||
| Registered electors | 283,478 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Gautam Singh | 28,687 | 26.88 | ||
| RJD | Hem Narayan Singh | 20,783 | 19.47 | ||
| Independent | Rabindra Nath Mishra | 8,423 | 7.89 | ||
| Independent | Om Prakash Prasad | 7,012 | 6.57 | ||
| Turnout | 106,721 | 49.35 | |||
| Registered electors | 216,242 | ||||
In the 2015 state assembly elections Vijay Shanker Dubey of Congress [INC] won the Manjhi assembly seat defeating Keshav Singh of LJP. In the 2010 state assembly elections, Gautam Singh of JD(U) won the Manjhi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Hem Narayan Singh of RJD.[6] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Gautam Singh of JD(U) defeated Ravindra Nath Mishra of Congress in October 2005 and February 2005. Ravindranath Mishra, Independent, defeated Gautam Singh of SAP in 2000. Budhan Prasad Yadav of Congress defeated Ram Bahadur Singh of SJP(R) in 1995. Hazari Singh of JD defeated Budhan Prasad Yadav of Congress in 1990. Budhan Prasad Yadav, Independent, defeated Hazari Singh of JP in 1985. Rameshwar Dutta Sharma of Congress defeated Ram Bahadur Singh of Janata Party (JP) in 1980. Ram Bahadur Singh of JP defeated Rameshwar Dutta Sharma of Congress in 1977.[7]