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{{Infobox Indian state legislative assembly constituency
|name = Gaighat Assembly constituency
|parl_name = [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
|image =
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|party = 
|alliance = 
|year =[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]] 
|region =
|state = [[Bihar]]
|district =
|division =
|constituency =
|constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|-]]
|established = 
|electors =
|reservation =
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement



|name = Gaighat 
|official_name =
|other_name =
|native_name = 
|settlement_type = Assembly constituency 
|total_type = 
|motto =

| pushpin_map = India Bihar
| map_caption = Location in Bihar
|coordinates = {{coord|26|05|06|N|85|40|01|E|region:IN-BR|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{IND}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Bihar|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Muzaffarpur district|Muzaffarpur]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar|Constituency No.]]
|subdivision_name3 = 88
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Muzaffarpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|15. Muzaffarpur]]
|subdivision_type6 = [[Voting system|Electoral system]]
|subdivision_name6 = [[First past the post system|First past the post]]

|area_code =
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'''Gaighat Assembly constituency''' (earlier called Gaighatti) is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Muzaffarpur district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]].

==Overview==
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 88 Gaighat Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Gaighat and Bandra [[Community Development Block in India|community development blocks]]; Katra, Sonpur, Berai South, Dhanaur, Madhepura and Shivdaspur [[gram panchayat]]s of Katra CD Block.<ref name=commission>{{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 }}</ref>

Gaighat Assembly constituency is part of No. 15 [[Muzaffarpur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/>

==Member of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable" width=70%
|-
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2"|Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Member
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Political Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|1967||Nitishwar Prasad Singh||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|1969||Nitishwar Prasad Singh||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|1972||Nitishwar Prasad Singh||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|1977||Vinodanand Singh||[[Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|1980||Jitendra Prasad Singh||[[Bhartiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|1985||Virendra Kumar Singh||[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |
|1990||[[Maheshwar Prasad Yadav]]||[[Independent politician|IND]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
|1995||[[Maheshwar Prasad Yadav]]||[[Janata Dal]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|2000||Veerendra Kumar Singh||[[JDU]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
|2005(Feb)||[[Maheshwar Prasad Yadav]]||[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
|2005(Nov)||[[Maheshwar Prasad Yadav]]||[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|2010||[[Veena Devi]]||[[Bhartiya Janata Party]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
|2015||[[Maheshwar Prasad Yadav]]||[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
|2020 || [[Niranjan Rai]] || [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|-
|}

== Villages in katra bolak ==
{| class="wikitable"
!#
!Villages
!Administrative Division
!Population
|-
|1
|Arazi Pirhari
|Gaighat
|4
|-
|2
|Asia
|Gaighat
|1,928
|-
|3
|Bagha Khal urf Nabipur
|Gaighat
|5,338
|-
|4
|Bahadurpur
|Gaighat
|1,438
|-
|5
|Bakhri
|Gaighat
|2,673
|-
|6
|Balha
|Gaighat
|1,263
|-
|7
|Baraila
|Gaighat
|2,467
|-
|8
|Barhmotra urf Parmanandpur
|Gaighat
|1,199
|-
|9
|Baruari urf Jagdishpur Baruari
|Gaighat
|5,134
|-
|10
|Bela Gopi
|Gaighat
|1,325
|-
|11
|[[Belaur Nidhi urf BelaurThana]]
|Gaighat
|3,118
|-
|12
|Berwa urf Ibrahimpur Pirahari
|Gaighat
|8,157
|-
|13
|Bhagwatpur
|Gaighat
|2,427
|-
|14
|Bharampur Sital
|Gaighat
|239
|-
|15
|Bhorpura Garib
|Gaighat
|372
|-
|16
|Bhusra
|Gaighat
|5,874
|-
|17
|Bihari urf Bhatgawan
|Gaighat
|2,276
|-
|18
|Bitwara urf Bahadurpur
|Gaighat
|1,782
|-
|19
|Boaridih
|Gaighat
|6,306
|-
|20
|Chauth urf Jamalpur Kodai
|Gaighat
|1,146
|-
|21
|Chhitwara
|Gaighat
|275
|-
|22
|Chiraila
|Gaighat
|659
|-
|23
|Dahila Patsawan
|Gaighat
|5,733
|-
|24
|Dhubauli Lakhmi
|Gaighat
|987
|-
|25
|Dhubauli Piar Bhela
|Gaighat
|2,284
|-
|26
|Dhubauli Sube
|Gaighat
|3,647
|-
|27
|Dumrawan
|Gaighat
|459
|-
|28
|Ghyasuddinpur
|Gaighat
|1,341
|-
|29
|Godanpatti
|Gaighat
|850
|-
|30
|Harkhauli
|Gaighat
|825
|-
|31
|Harpur urfKamalpurBhadwaraDih
|Gaighat
|2,092
|-
|32
|Hasna Gaddi
|Gaighat
|2,082
|-
|33
|Jahangirpur
|Gaighat
|1,609
|-
|34
|Jamalpur Kodai
|Gaighat
|1,880
|-
|35
|Janta Tok
|Gaighat
|8,906
|-
|36
|Jarang
|Gaighat
|21,145
|-
|37
|Jaya urf Jia
|Gaighat
|4,170
|-
|38
|Kakrahia
|Gaighat
|2,029
|-
|39
|Kalyanpur urf BishunpurKalyan
|Gaighat
|1,540
|-
|40
|Kamarthu
|Gaighat
|5,348
|-
|41
|Kanta Pirauchha
|Gaighat
|25,953
|-
|42
|Keotas urf Keotsa
|Gaighat
|4,488
|-
|43
|Khajuri
|Gaighat
|1,609
|-
|44
|Kothia urf Madhaul
|Gaighat
|3,656
|-
|45
|Kumhrauli
|Gaighat
|2,643
|-
|46
|Kutubpur urf Rosara
|Gaighat
|1,122
|-
|47
|Lachhman Nagar
|Gaighat
|5,283
|-
|48
|Ladaura
|Gaighat
|5,763
|-
|49
|Lodi Yusufpur Ladi
|Gaighat
|809
|-
|50
|Lohbandra
|Gaighat
|1,600
|-
|51
|Loma urf Loama
|Gaighat
|7,086
|-
|52
|Madhura Patti urf Manorathpatti
|Gaighat
|1,160
|-
|53
|Mahamadpur Sura
|Gaighat
|3,833
|-
|54
|Maheshwara
|Gaighat
|2,898
|-
|55
|Mahwara
|Gaighat
|1,596
|-
|56
|Majithi urf Basatpur Majithi
|Gaighat
|6,778
|-
|57
|Makrandpur urf Makrampur
|Gaighat
|3,129
|-
|58
|Manipur Dahila
|Gaighat
|3,378
|-
|59
|Misrauli
|Gaighat
|1,969
|-
|60
|Paga
|Gaighat
|3,408
|-
|61
|Pakri urf Rasnajagan
|Gaighat
|1,297
|-
|62
|Patsawan Donimaknawan
|Gaighat
|44
|-
|63
|Raghopur
|Gaighat
|2,056
|-
|64
|Raila Narayan
|Gaighat
|715
|-
|65
|Ram Patti
|Gaighat
|2,134
|-
|66
|Ramauli
|Gaighat
|2,065
|-
|67
|Ramnagar
|Gaighat
|7,464
|-
|68
|Rona
|Gaighat
|1,365
|-
|69
|Santha
|Gaighat
|485
|-
|70
|Shakarwara Nur
|Gaighat
|2,624
|-
|71
|Shakarwara Sabik
|Gaighat
|2,172
|-
|72
|Sinia
|Gaighat
|461
|-
|73
|Subas Kesho
|Gaighat
|2,570
|-
|74
|Subas Kunaimai SubasGangwasubas
|Gaighat
|1,779
|-
|75
|Susta
|Gaighat
|9,186
|-
|76
|Tal Boari
|Gaighat
|4,623
|-
|77
|TarukTolia urf JagdishpurBarua
|Gaighat
|1,193
|-
|78
|Tejauli Buzurg
|Gaighat
|1,771
|-
|79
|Tharma
|Gaighat
|2,115
|-
|80
|Thika Pahi
|Gaighat
|272
|-
|81
|Tirsatha
|Gaighat
|2,840
|}

==Election Results==

=== 2020===
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: [[Gaighat, Patna|Gaighat]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Rashtriya Janata Dal|candidate=Niranjan Rai|votes=59,778|percentage=32.92|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janata Dal (United)|candidate=Maheshwar Prasad Yadav|votes=52,212|percentage=28.75|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Lok Janshakti Party|candidate=Komal Singh|votes=36,851|percentage=20.29|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Ganesh Jha|votes=3,142|percentage=1.73|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Janata Party|candidate=Sudhir Kumar Jha|votes=3,019|percentage=1.66|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Subhash Chaudhary|votes=2,606|percentage=1.43|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=[[None of the above]]|votes=2,277|percentage=1.25|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=|candidate=Rest of the candidates|votes=~20,000|percentage=11.00|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=7,566|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}
{{Tirhut Division topics}}

{{Bihar elections}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Politics of Muzaffarpur district]]

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