# Gaighat Assembly constituency

Gaighat (earlier called Gaighatti) is an assembly constituency in Muzaffarpur district in the Indian 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 blocks; Katra, Sonpur, Berai South, Dhanaur, Madhepura and Shivdaspur gram panchayats of Katra CD Block.
Gaighat Assembly constituency is part of No. 15 Muzaffarpur (Lok Sabha constituency).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Name | Party |
| 1967 | Nitishwar Prasad Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | Nitishwar Prasad Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Nitishwar Prasad Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1977 | Vinodanand Singh | Janata Party |
| 1980 | Jitendra Prasad Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 1985 | Virendra Kumar Singh | Indian National Congress |
| 1990 | Maheshwar Prasad Yadav | Independent politician |
| 1995 | Maheshwar Prasad Yadav | Janata Dal |
| 2000 | Virendra Kumar Singh | Janata Dal (United) |
| 2005 | Maheshwar Prasad Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 2005 | Maheshwar Prasad Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 2010 | Veena Devi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2015 | Maheshwar Prasad Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| 2020 | Niranjan Roy | Rashtriya Janata Dal |

## Villages in Gaighat bolak

| # | 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
### 2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Gaighat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | RJD | Niranjan Rai | 59,778 |
| | JD(U) | Maheshwar Prasad Yadav | 52,212 |
| | LJP | Komal Singh | 36,851 |
| | JP | Sudhir Kumar Jha | 31,019 |
| | Independent | Subhash Chaudhary | 2,9606 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 2,277 |
| | | Rest of the candidates | ~20,000 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 7,566 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| | RJD hold | RJD hold | Swing |