Gaighat Assembly constituency

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Gaighat Assembly constituency
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
StateBihar
Member of Legislative Assembly
Elected year2020
Gaighat
Assembly constituency
Gaighat is located in Bihar
Gaighat
Gaighat
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°05′06″N 85°40′01″E / 26.08500°N 85.66694°E / 26.08500; 85.66694Coordinates: 26°05′06″N 85°40′01″E / 26.08500°N 85.66694°E / 26.08500; 85.66694
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictMuzaffarpur
Constituency No.88
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency15. Muzaffarpur
Electoral systemFirst past the post

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

Overview[edit | edit source]

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 88 Gaighat Assembly 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 Assembly constituency is part of No. 15 Muzaffarpur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Member of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Year Member Political Party
1967 Nitishwar Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
1969 Nitishwar Prasad Singh Indian National Congress
1972 Nitishwar Prasad Singh 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
2020 Niranjan Rai Rashtriya Janata Dal

Villages in katra bolak[edit | edit source]

# Villages Administrative Division Population
1 Arazi Pirhari Gaighat 4
2 Asia Gaighat 1,928
3 Bagha Khal urf Nabipur Gaighat 5,338
4 Bahadurpur Gaighat 1,438
5 Bakhri Gaighat 2,673
6 Balha Gaighat 1,263
7 Baraila Gaighat 2,467
8 Barhmotra urf Parmanandpur Gaighat 1,199
9 Baruari urf Jagdishpur Baruari Gaighat 5,134
10 Bela Gopi Gaighat 1,325
11 Belaur Nidhi urf BelaurThana Gaighat 3,118
12 Berwa urf Ibrahimpur Pirahari Gaighat 8,157
13 Bhagwatpur Gaighat 2,427
14 Bharampur Sital Gaighat 239
15 Bhorpura Garib Gaighat 372
16 Bhusra Gaighat 5,874
17 Bihari urf Bhatgawan Gaighat 2,276
18 Bitwara urf Bahadurpur Gaighat 1,782
19 Boaridih Gaighat 6,306
20 Chauth urf Jamalpur Kodai Gaighat 1,146
21 Chhitwara Gaighat 275
22 Chiraila Gaighat 659
23 Dahila Patsawan Gaighat 5,733
24 Dhubauli Lakhmi Gaighat 987
25 Dhubauli Piar Bhela Gaighat 2,284
26 Dhubauli Sube Gaighat 3,647
27 Dumrawan Gaighat 459
28 Ghyasuddinpur Gaighat 1,341
29 Godanpatti Gaighat 850
30 Harkhauli Gaighat 825
31 Harpur urfKamalpurBhadwaraDih Gaighat 2,092
32 Hasna Gaddi Gaighat 2,082
33 Jahangirpur Gaighat 1,609
34 Jamalpur Kodai Gaighat 1,880
35 Janta Tok Gaighat 8,906
36 Jarang Gaighat 21,145
37 Jaya urf Jia Gaighat 4,170
38 Kakrahia Gaighat 2,029
39 Kalyanpur urf BishunpurKalyan Gaighat 1,540
40 Kamarthu Gaighat 5,348
41 Kanta Pirauchha Gaighat 25,953
42 Keotas urf Keotsa Gaighat 4,488
43 Khajuri Gaighat 1,609
44 Kothia urf Madhaul Gaighat 3,656
45 Kumhrauli Gaighat 2,643
46 Kutubpur urf Rosara Gaighat 1,122
47 Lachhman Nagar Gaighat 5,283
48 Ladaura Gaighat 5,763
49 Lodi Yusufpur Ladi Gaighat 809
50 Lohbandra Gaighat 1,600
51 Loma urf Loama Gaighat 7,086
52 Madhura Patti urf Manorathpatti Gaighat 1,160
53 Mahamadpur Sura Gaighat 3,833
54 Maheshwara Gaighat 2,898
55 Mahwara Gaighat 1,596
56 Majithi urf Basatpur Majithi Gaighat 6,778
57 Makrandpur urf Makrampur Gaighat 3,129
58 Manipur Dahila Gaighat 3,378
59 Misrauli Gaighat 1,969
60 Paga Gaighat 3,408
61 Pakri urf Rasnajagan Gaighat 1,297
62 Patsawan Donimaknawan Gaighat 44
63 Raghopur Gaighat 2,056
64 Raila Narayan Gaighat 715
65 Ram Patti Gaighat 2,134
66 Ramauli Gaighat 2,065
67 Ramnagar Gaighat 7,464
68 Rona Gaighat 1,365
69 Santha Gaighat 485
70 Shakarwara Nur Gaighat 2,624
71 Shakarwara Sabik Gaighat 2,172
72 Sinia Gaighat 461
73 Subas Kesho Gaighat 2,570
74 Subas Kunaimai SubasGangwasubas Gaighat 1,779
75 Susta Gaighat 9,186
76 Tal Boari Gaighat 4,623
77 TarukTolia urf JagdishpurBarua Gaighat 1,193
78 Tejauli Buzurg Gaighat 1,771
79 Tharma Gaighat 2,115
80 Thika Pahi Gaighat 272
81 Tirsatha Gaighat 2,840

Election Results[edit | edit source]

2020[edit | edit source]

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Gaighat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Niranjan Rai 59,778 32.92
JD(U) Maheshwar Prasad Yadav 52,212 28.75
LJP Komal Singh 36,851 20.29
Independent Ganesh Jha 3,142 1.73
JP Sudhir Kumar Jha 3,019 1.66
Independent Subhash Chaudhary 2,606 1.43
NOTA None of the above 2,277 1.25
Rest of the candidates ~20,000 11.00
Majority 7,566
Turnout
RJD hold Swing

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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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