| Manihari | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No.67 for theBihar 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 anassembly constituency inKatihar district in theIndianstate ofBihar. It is reserved forscheduled tribes now, but earlier was an open seat.
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 67. Manihari Assembly constituency (ST) is composed of the following:Manihari, Mansahi and Amdabadcommunity development blocks.[1]
Manihari Assembly constituency is part of No 11Katihar Lok Sabha constituency.[1] Muslims, particularlyShershabadias, 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.
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Manohar Prasad Singh | 114,754 | 48.16 | ||
| JD(U) | Shambhu Prasad | 99,586 | 41.80 | ||
| NCP | Saif Ali Khan | 4,865 | 2.04 | ||
| RLJP | Ram Ratan Prasad | 3,761 | 1.58 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,941 | 1.23 | ||
| Majority | 15,168 | ||||
| Turnout | 238,259 | ||||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | |||
Source:[6]
In the2010 state assembly elections, Manohar Prasad Singh ofJD(U) won the Minihari (ST) assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Gita Kisku ofNCP.[6] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. In the Manihari open constituency Mubarak Hussain ofCongress defeated Vishwanath Singh of JD(U) inOctober 2005 and Sagir Ahmad of NCP inFebruary 2005. Vishwanath Singh of JD(U) defeated Sagir Ahmad of NCP in 2000. Mubarak Hussain of Congress defeated Viswanath Singh ofJD in 1995. Viswanath Singh of JD defeated Mubarak Hussain of Congress in 1990. Mubarak Hussain of Congress defeated Ram Sipahi Yadav ofJP 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]
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