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 |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Muzaffarpur |
| Constituency No. | 88 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 15. Muzaffarpur |
| Electoral system | First 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Nitishwar Prasad Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Nitishwar Prasad Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Nitishwar Prasad Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1977 | Vinodanand Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Jitendra Prasad Singh | Bhartiya Janata Party | |
| 1985 | Virendra Kumar Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Maheshwar Prasad Yadav | IND | |
| 1995 | Maheshwar Prasad Yadav | Janata Dal | |
| 2000 | Veerendra Kumar Singh | JDU | |
| 2005(Feb) | Maheshwar Prasad Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2005(Nov) | Maheshwar Prasad Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2010 | Veena Devi | Bhartiya Janata Party | |
| 2015 | Maheshwar Prasad Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| TBA | 2020 | TBA | TBA |
Election Results
Assembly Elections 2020
| 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
- "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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