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{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Mahnar
| type = SLA
| map_image = 129-Mahnar constituency.svg
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Umesh Singh Kushwaha]]
| party = {{Party index link|Janata Dal (United)}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]] 
| region =
| state = [[Bihar]]
| district = [[Vaishali district|Vaishali]]
| division =
| loksabha_cons = [[Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|21. Hajipur (SC)]]
| constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|129]]
| established = 1957
| electors = 301,439
| incumbent_image = File:Umesh kushwaha with Leshi Singh (cropped).jpg
| abolished = 
}}
'''Mahnar''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Vaishali 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. 129 Mahnar Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Mahnar [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]]; Borhan urf Rasulpur Gaus, Basantpur, Mohiuddinpur Garahi, Harprasad, Mahipura, Sohrathi, Mahisaur, Chandsarai, Dihbuchauli, Peerapur, Rasalpur Purushottam, Bishunpur Bedauliya, Saiyad Mahammad urf Salha, Khopi, Arniyan, Hazrat Jandaha, Bahsi Saidpur, Mukundpur Bhath and [[Loma (Jandaha)|Loma]] [[gram panchayat]]s of Jandaha community development 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>

Mahnar Assembly constituency is part of No. 21 [[Hajipur (Lok Sabha constituency)]] (SC).<ref name=commission/>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Member<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |title=Manhar Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/manhar.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
|[[Deep Narayan Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|Banarsi Devi
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| rowspan="5" |Muneshwar Prasad Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|{{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|{{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|{{Full party name with color|Socialist Party}}
|-
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| rowspan="2" |Munshilal Rai
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|{{Full party name with color|Lok Dal}}
|-
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|Muneshwar Prasad Singh
|{{Full party name with color|Socialist Party-Lohia}}
|-
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|Munshilal Rai
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Rama Kishore Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y}}
|-
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{party color|Lok Janshakti Party}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Lok Janshakti Party]]
|-
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|-
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]
|[[Achyutanand Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
|[[Umesh Kushwaha]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y}}
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|[[Bina Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
|[[Umesh Kushwaha]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y}}
|-
|}

==Election results==
=== 2025 ===
{{Election box begin
| title = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2025]]: Mahnar<ref name="election2025">{{cite web|url= https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04129.htm|website=Election Commission of India|title=Mahnar Assembly constituency election 2025}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Umesh Singh Kushwaha]]
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|votes = {{formatnum:98050}}
|percentage = 48.59
|change = +16.05
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Ravindra Kumar Singh
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|votes = {{formatnum:59492}}
|percentage = 29.48
|change = -7.86
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Sanjay Kumar Ray
|party = Independent
|votes = {{formatnum:14153}}
|percentage = 7.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Vipin Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:7657}}
|percentage = 3.79
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jan Suraaj Party
|candidate = Dr. Rajesh Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:4512}}
|percentage = 2.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Achutanand
|votes = {{formatnum:2554}}
|percentage = 1.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Subodh Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:2029}}
|percentage = 1.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ramesh Sahni
|votes = {{formatnum:1974}}
|percentage = 0.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1321}}
|percentage = 0.65
|change = -2.06
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:38558}}
|percentage = 19.11
|change = +14.31
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:201787}}
|percentage = 66.94
|change = +12.56
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|loser = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2020 ===

In 2015 [[Janata Dal (United)]] deflected from the [[National Democratic Alliance]] and allied with its chief rival [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] to form a coalition called [[Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)|Mahagathbandhan]]. In the elections to Mahnar constituency in 2015 [[Umesh Kushwaha]] of JD (U) defeated [[Achyutanand Singh]] with a large margin of 27000 votes.<ref name="election2020-1">{{cite web|url=https://www.aajtak.in/elections/bihar-assembly-elections/story/mehnar-assembly-seat-election-2020-bihar-assembly-election-2020-mehnar-mla-umesh-singh-kushwaha-nitish-kumar-lalu-yadav-lbs-1137882-2020-09-30|title=महनार विधानसभा सीट: इस सीट पर NDA की मजबूत पकड़, RJD के लिए कठिन होगा सफर|website=Aaj Tak|first=अजीत|last=तिवारी |access-date=2020-10-13|quote=Transl:The 2015 mandate was won by JDU's Umesh Singh Kushwaha from the Mahanar seat in the 2015 assembly elections. He defeated [[Achyutanand Singh]] of BJP by a margin of over 27 thousand votes. [[Umesh Singh Kushwaha]] received 69825 votes in this election, while only 43370 votes were cast in [[Achyutanand Singh]]'s court. }}</ref> However, in 2020 [[Umesh Kushwaha]] lost to [[Bina Singh]], the wife of [[Rama Kishore Singh]] who contested the 2020 election on [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] symbol.<ref name="election2020-2">{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/bihar-assembly-elections-2020/umesh-singh-kushwaha-mahnar-candidate-s04a129c03/|title=Mahnar election result 2020|website=News18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115182737/https://www.news18.com/bihar-assembly-elections-2020/umesh-singh-kushwaha-mahnar-candidate-s04a129c03/|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-date=15 November 2020}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title = [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Mahnar<ref name="election2020"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = Bina Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:61721}}
|percentage = 37.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Umesh Singh Kushwaha
|votes = {{formatnum:53774}}
|percentage = 32.54
|change = {{decrease}}14.58
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Rabindra Kr. Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:31315}}
|percentage = 18.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
|candidate = Triveni Kumar Choudhary
|votes = {{formatnum:2547}}
|percentage = 1.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Sathi Aur Aapka Faisala Party
|candidate = Shyam Babu Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:1960}}
|percentage = 1.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janshakti Vikas Party (Democratic)
|candidate = Hareram Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:1840}}
|percentage = 1.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)
|candidate = Raghupati Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:1507}}
|percentage = 0.91
|change = {{decrease}}2.75
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:4481}}
|percentage = 2.71
|change = {{increase}}1.66
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:7947}}
|percentage = 4.8
|change = {{decrease}}13.05
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:165274}}
|percentage = 54.38
|change = {{increase}}0.09
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|loser = Janata Dal (United)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2015 ===
{{Election box begin
|title = [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Mahnar<ref name="election2015">{{cite web |date=2018-08-20 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2015 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Umesh Singh Kushwaha]]
|votes = {{formatnum:69825}}
|percentage = 47.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dr. Achuta Nand
|votes = {{formatnum:43370}}
|percentage = 29.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)
|candidate = Amod Kumar Ray
|votes = {{formatnum:5425}}
|percentage = 3.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Rabindra Kumar Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:2881}}
|percentage = 1.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Braj Nandan Kumar Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:2777}}
|percentage = 1.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rastriya Sadabahar Party
|candidate = Ram Sagar Hajra
|votes = {{formatnum:2733}}
|percentage = 1.84
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Lok Dal
|candidate = Sanjit Thakur
|votes = {{formatnum:2601}}
|percentage = 1.76
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Arjun Das
|votes = {{formatnum:2307}}
|percentage = 1.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Annpurna Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:1993}}
|percentage = 1.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party
|candidate = Kundan Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:1598}}
|percentage = 1.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Mahesh Paswan
|votes = {{formatnum:1546}}
|percentage = 1.04
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1561}}
|percentage = 1.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:26455}}
|percentage = 17.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:148186}}
|percentage = 54.29
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2010===
In the [[2010 Bihar legislative assembly election|2010 state assembly elections]], Dr. [[Achyutanand Singh]] of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] won the Mahnar assembly seat defeating [[Rama Kishore Singh]] of [[Lok Janshakti Party|LJP]].<ref name="election2010">{{cite web| url = http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS04129.htm |title = Bihar - Manhar |work =Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-02-07 }}</ref> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned.
[[Rama Kishore Singh]] of [[Lok Janshakti Party|LJP]] defeated Munshilal Rai of RJD in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Oct 2005|October 2005]] and [[Bihar Assembly Election, Feb 2005|February 2005]]. Rama Kishore Singh of JD(U) defeated Munshilal Rai of RJD in 2000.
Munshilal Rai of [[Janata Dal|JD]] defeated Rama Kishore Singh, Independent, in 1995.
Muneshwar Prasad Singh of SOP(L) defeated Raghupati of JD in 1990.
Munshilal Rai of [[Lok Dal|LD]] defeated Mithleshwar Prasad of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1985.
Munshilal Rai of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) defeated Ram Prasad Singh of Congress in 1980.
Muneshwar Prasad Singh of [[Janata Party|JP]] defeated Akhilesh Kumar Ray of Congress in 1977.<ref name="election1977">{{cite web| url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp47.htm |title = 47 - Mahnar Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-02-07 }}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

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