Barauni Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Legislative assembly constituency in Bihar, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

|name=Barauni

|state=Bihar

|type=SLA

|district=Begusarai

|loksabha_cons=Balia

|established=1972

|reservation=None

|abolished=2010

}}

Barauni was an assembly constituency in Begusarai district in the Indian state of Bihar.

As a consequence of the orders of the Delimitation Commission of India, Ballia Assembly constituency ceased to exist in 2010.{{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 = 2011-01-10 }} It is now renamed as Teghra Teghra Assembly constituency.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/elections/loksabha2014/left-has-golden-chance-for-a-turnaround-in-bihar/article5951855.ece|title=Left has golden chance for a turnaround in Bihar}}

It was part of Balia Lok Sabha constituency.{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_III_LS_2004.pdf |title = General Elections, 2004 - Details for Assembly Segments of Parliamentary Constituencies |work = 19. Balia | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-11-01 }}

Results

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!Election Year

!Member

! colspan="2" |Party

1972

|Chandra Sekhar Singh

| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=8}}

1977

|Suryanarayan Singh

1980

|Rameshwar Singh

1985

|Shakuntala Sinha

1990

|Shivdani Singh

1995

| rowspan="3" |Rajendra Prasad Singh

2000
2005 (Feb and Oct)

=1977-2005=

In the October 2005 Bihar Assembly elections, Rajendra Prasad Singh of CPI won the Barauni seat defeating his nearest rival Surendra Mehta of BJP. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Rajendra Prasad Singh of CPI defeated Pradip Rai of LJP in February 2005, Ram Lakhan Singh of BJP in 2000 and 1995. Shivdani Singh of CPI defeated Kamla Devi of Congress in 1990. Shakuntala Sinha of CPI defeated Kamla Devi of Congress in 1985. Rameshwar Singh of CPI defeated Sidhweshar Prasad Singh of Congress (I) in 1980. Suryanarayan Singh of CPI defeated Kapil Dev Singh of Janata Party in 1977.{{cite web |url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp106.htm |title = 106 - Barauni Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 |publisher = Election Commission of India |access-date = 2011-03-30 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120425122516/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp106.htm |archive-date = 25 April 2012 |url-status = dead }}

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