Manihari Assembly constituency
| Manihari | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 67 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Katihar |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Katihar |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | ST |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | INC |
| Alliance | MGB |
| Elected year | 2025 |
| Preceded by | Vishwanath Singh |
Manihari Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled tribes now, but earlier was an open seat.
Overview
[edit]As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 67. Manihari Assembly constituency (ST) is composed of the following: Manihari, Mansahi and Amdabad community development blocks.[1]
Manihari Assembly constituency is part of No 11 Katihar Lok Sabha constituency.[1] Muslims, particularly Shershabadias, are the largest community in this constituency with 41% of the population in 2011. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 7% and 13% of the population in 2011.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Year | Name[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Parwathi Devi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Yuvraj | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | |||
| 1972 | Samyukta Socialist Party | ||
| 1977 | Ram Sipahi Yadav | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | |||
| 1985 | Mubarak Hussain | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Vishwanath Singh | Janata Dal | |
| 1995 | Mubarak Hussain | Indian National Congress | |
| 2000 | Vishwanath Singh | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2005 | Mubarak Hussain | Indian National Congress | |
| 2005* | |||
| 2006^ | Vishwanath Singh | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2010 | Manohar Prasad Singh | ||
| 2015 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2020 | |||
*Two elections took place in 2005, one in February and one in October
^denotes by-elections
Election results
[edit]2025
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Manohar Prasad Singh | 114,754 | |||
| JD(U) | Shambhu Prasad | 99,586 | |||
| NCP | Saif Ali Khan | 4,865 | |||
| RLJP | Ram Ratan Prasad | 3,761 | |||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,941 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2020
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Manohar Prasad Singh | 83,032 | 45.81 | +7.12 | |
| JD(U) | Shambhu Suman | 61,823 | 34.11 | ||
| LJP | Anil Kumar Oraon | 20,441 | 11.28 | −18.84 | |
| Independent | Rameshwar Hembram | 2,568 | 1.42 | ||
| AIMIM | Goreti Murmu | 2,475 | 1.37 | ||
| Independent | Shobha Soren | 1,840 | 1.02 | ||
| Independent | Minakshi Shweta | 1,667 | 0.92 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,456 | 1.91 | +1.14 | |
| Majority | 21,209 | 11.7 | +3.13 | ||
| Turnout | 181,260 | 63.1 | −1.3 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2015
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Manohar Prasad Singh | 61,704 | 38.69 | ||
| LJP | Anil Kumar Oraon | 48,024 | 30.12 | ||
| NCP | Gita Kisku | 7,009 | 4.4 | ||
| SS | Nagendra Chandra Mandal | 6,134 | 3.85 | ||
| Independent | Shambhu Kumar Suman | 6,123 | 3.84 | ||
| Independent | Champay Kisku | 5,723 | 3.59 | ||
| CPI | Anirudh Prasad Singh | 5,129 | 3.22 | ||
| Independent | Braj Lal Soren | 2,976 | 1.87 | ||
| JAP(L) | Lila Madi | 1,972 | 1.24 | ||
| BSP | Abhilashita Uraon | 1,881 | 1.18 | ||
| Independent | Nirma Devi | 1,873 | 1.17 | ||
| SDPI | Prabhulal Uraon | 1,817 | 1.14 | ||
| JMM | Fulmani Hembram | 1,779 | 1.12 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,233 | 0.77 | ||
| Majority | 13,680 | 8.57 | |||
| Turnout | 159,465 | 64.4 | |||
2010
[edit]Source:[6]
In the 2010 state assembly elections, Manohar Prasad Singh of JD(U) won the Minihari (ST) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Gita Kisku of NCP.[6] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. In the Manihari open constituency Mubarak Hussain of Congress defeated Vishwanath Singh of JD(U) in October 2005 and Sagir Ahmad of NCP in February 2005. Vishwanath Singh of JD(U) defeated Sagir Ahmad of NCP in 2000. Mubarak Hussain of Congress defeated Viswanath Singh of JD in 1995. Viswanath Singh of JD defeated Mubarak Hussain of Congress in 1990. Mubarak Hussain of Congress defeated Ram Sipahi Yadav of JP in 1985. Ram Sipahi Yadav of Janata Party (JP) defeated Mubarak Hussain of Congress in 1980. Ram Sipahi Yadav of JP defeated Amarnath Singh Yadav of Congress in 1977.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "Manihari Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
election2025was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021.
- ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Manihari Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Cite error: The named reference "election2010" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "146 - Manihari Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
External links
[edit]- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.