Manihari Assembly constituency


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

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 67. Manihari Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Manihari, Mansahi and Amdabad community development blocks.
Manihari Assembly constituency is part of No 11 Katihar Lok Sabha constituency. 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

*Two elections took place in 2005, one in February and one in October
^denotes by-elections

Election results

2010

Source:
In the [2010 Bihar legislative Vidhan Sabha|assembly election|2010 state assembly elections], Manohar Prasad Singh of JD(U) won the Minihari assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Gita Kisku of [Nationalist Indian National Congress|Congress Party|NCP]. 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 in October 2005 and Sagir Ahmad of NCP in February 2005. Vishwanath Singh of JD 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 defeated Mubarak Hussain of Congress in 1980. Ram Sipahi Yadav of JP defeated Amarnath Singh Yadav of Congress in 1977.