| Teghra | |
| Type: | SLA |
| Mla: | Ram Ratan Singh |
| Party: | CPI |
| Alliance: | Mahagathbandhan |
| State: | Bihar |
| Loksabha Cons: | Begusarai |
| Constituency No: | 143 |
| Established: | 1951 |
| Electors: | 2,85,190 (2020) |
| Reservation: | None |
Teghra is an assembly constituency in Begusarai district in the Indian state of Bihar.[1] It was earlier called Barauni Assembly constituency.[2]
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 143 Teghra Assembly constituency is composed of the following:
Teghra Assembly constituency is part of No. 24 Begusarai (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]
| Year | Name[5] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Ram Charitra Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1962 | Chandrasekhar Singh | ||
| 2010 | Lalan Kumar | ||
| 2015 | Birendra Kumar | ||
| 2020 | Ram Ratan Singh | ||
In 1962, Chandra Shekhar Singh won from Barauni seat as the first Left party member to the state legislative assembly.[6] Since then Teghra has been bastion of CPI till 2010 when it was defeated.[7]
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.[8] [9]