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{{Infobox settlement



|name = Maharajganj 
|official_name =
|other_name =
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|settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
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| pushpin_map = India Bihar
| map_caption = Location in Bihar
|coordinates = {{coord|26|1|N|84|20|E|region:IN-BR|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = India
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Bihar|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Siwan district|Siwan]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar|Constituency No.]]
|subdivision_name3 = 112
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Maharajganj (Bihar) (Lok Sabha constituency)|19. Maharajganj]]
|subdivision_type6 = [[Voting system|Electoral system]]
|subdivision_name6 = [[First past the post system|First past the post]]

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'''Maharajganj''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Siwan district]] in the Indian state of [[Bihar]].

==Overview==
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 112 Maharajganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Maharajganj and Bhagwanpur Hat [[Community Development Block in India|community development blocks]].<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 10 January 2011 }}</ref>

Maharajganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 19 [[Maharajganj (Bihar) (Lok Sabha constituency)|Maharajganj (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/>

==Election results==
===1977–2020===
In the 2015 [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]] [[Elections]], [[Hemnarayan Sah]] of [[Janata Dal United|JDU]] won by defeating [[Devranjan Singh]] of [[Bharatiya Janta Party]].In the [[2010 Bihar legislative assembly election|2010 state assembly elections]], Damodar Singh of [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]] won the Maharajganj assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Manik Chand Rai of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS04112.htm |title = Bihar – Maharajganj |work =Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 February 2011 }}</ref> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Damodar Singh of JD(U) defeated Uma Shakar Singh of RJD in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Oct 2005|October 2005]] and [[Bihar Assembly Election, Feb 2005|February 2005]]. Uma Shankar Singh representing [[Samajwadi Party|SAP]] defeated Damodar Singh, Independent, in 2000. Baidya Nath Pande of [[Janata Dal|JD]] defeated Damodar Singh of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1995. Uma Shanker Singh of JD Anusuya Devi of Congress in 1990. Uma Shankar Singh of [[Janata Party|JP]] defeated Anusya Jayaswal of Congress in 1985. Uma Shankar Singh of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) defeated Anusuya Jayaswal of Congress in 1980. Uma Shankar Singh of JP defeated Nand Kishore Singh, Independent, in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp33.htm |title = 33 – Maharajganj Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 25 February 2011 }}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}
{{Saran Division topics}}

{{Bihar elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Politics of Siwan district]]

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