Teghra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
| Teghra | |
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| Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
 Teghra
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| Coordinates: 25°29′31″N 85°56′19″E / 25.49194°N 85.93861°ECoordinates: 25°29′31″N 85°56′19″E / 25.49194°N 85.93861°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Bihar |
| District | Begusarai |
| Constituency No. | 143 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 24. Begusarai |
Teghra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Hindi: टेघरा विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is an assembly constituency in Begusarai district in the Indian state of Bihar. It was earlier called Barauni (Vidhan Sabha constituency).
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 143 Teghra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following:
Teghra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 24 Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency).
In 1962, Chandra Shekhar Singh won from Barauni seat as the first Left party member to the state legislative assembly. Since then Teghra has been bastion of CPI till 2010 when it was defeated.
In the 2010 state assembly elections, Lalan Kunwar of Bharatiya Janata Party won the newly constituted Teghra seat defeating his nearest rival Ram Ratan Singh of CPI.
RJD's Birendra Kumar Mahto defeated Ram Lakhan Singh of BJP by over 18,000 votes.
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