Matihani Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Matihani
Constituency No. 144 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Begusarai
LS constituency	Begusarai
Established	1977
Total electors	3,38,858 (2020)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Raj Kumar Singh
Party	JD(U)
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance
Elected year	2020

Matihani Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Begusarai district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 144 Matihani Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Matihani and Shambo Akha Kurha community development blocks; Kaithma, Laduwara, Bhairwar, Maniappa, Chilmil, Dumri, Ulao, Sighaul, Pachmba, Mahmadpur Raghunathpur, Mohan Eghu, Shahpur, Bishanpur, Dhabauli, Bindpur, Puspura, Bahadarpur, Amraur Kiratpur, Rachiyahi gram panchayats of Begusarai CD Block; Barauni IOC Township (CT); and Keshawe, Noorpur, Mahna and Mosadpur gram panchayats of Barauni CD Block.^[1]

Matihani Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency)^[1] and as per the delimitation in 2008, falls within Begusarai town.^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name^[3]
Until 1977: Constituency did not exist
1977	Sitaram Mishra	Communist Party of India
1979^	Devkinandan Singh	Communist Party of India
1980	Pramod Kumar Sharma	Indian National Congress (I)
1985	Pramod Kumar Sharma	Indian National Congress
1990	Rajendra Rajan	Communist Party of India
1995
2000
2005	Narendra Kumar Singh	Independent
2005		Independent
2010		Janata Dal (United)
2015		Janata Dal (United)
2020	Rajkumar Singh^[a]	Lok Janshakti Party

^ won as LJP candidate but defected to JDU

^by-election

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Matihani
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LJP	Rajkumar Singh	61,364	29.64	*New*
	JD(U)	Narendra Kumar Singh	61,031	29.48	-19.46
	CPI(M)	Rajendra Prasad Singh	60,599	29.27	-
	NOTA	None of the above	6,733	3.25
Majority			333
Turnout			2,07,048
Registered electors			3,38,858	^[4]
	LJP gain from JD(U)		Swing

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Matihani^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Narendra Kumar Singh	89,297	48.97
	BJP	Sarvesh Kumar	66,609	36.53
Turnout			182,458	59.81
Registered electors			305,043
	JD(U) hold		Swing

1957 general elections

The first instance of booth capturing in India was recorded in 1957 in the General Elections of that year in Rachiyahi, in Begusarai's Matihani assembly seat.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

1977-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Narendra Kumar Singh of JD(U) won the Matihani seat defeating his nearest rival Abhay Kumar Sarjan of Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Narendra Kumar Singh, Independent, defeated Abhay Kumar Singh of Congress in Bihar Assembly Election, October 2005 and Rajendra Rajan of CPI in February 2005. Rajendra Rajan of CPI defeated Pramod Kumar Sharma of Congress in 2000, 1995 and 1990, Pramod Kumar Sharma of Congress/ Congress(I) defeated Deoki Nandan Singh of CPI in 1985 and 1980, Sitaram Mishra of CPI defeated Mithilesh Kumar Singh of Janata Party in 1977.^[10]^[11]

References

^ ^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.
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order 2008".
^ "Matihani Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
^ Bihar Assembly Election 2015
^ "Where booth capturing was born".
^ "In central Bihar, development runs into caste wall".
^ "Empty words in legend's forgotten village". Archived from the original on 13 October 2015.
^ "The myth of history's first booth capturing taking place in Begusarai's Rachiyahi".
^ "Matihani Election Results since 1977". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
^ "104 - Matihani Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 March 2011.