Morwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Morwa
—  Vidhan Sabha constituency  —
Morwa Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°47′12″N 85°40′13″E / 25.78667°N 85.67028°E / 25.78667; 85.67028Coordinates: 25°47′12″N 85°40′13″E / 25.78667°N 85.67028°E / 25.78667; 85.67028
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Samastipur
Constituency No.	135
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	22. Ujiarpur
Electorate (year)

Morwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Hindi: मोरवा विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is an assembly constituency in Samastipur district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Extent

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 135 Morwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Morwa community development block; Muradpur Bangra, Gauspur Sarsauna, Kothiya, Manpura, Harishankarpur Baghauni, Madhopur, Dhgharua, Kaswe Aahar, Ramapur Maheshpur, Rahimabad, Rajwa and Fatehpur gram panchayats of Tajpur CD Block; Sirdilpur Supaul, Hasanpur Surat, Jorpura, Shahpur Undi, Chaksalem, Darba, Imansarai and Bahadurpur Patori of Patori CD Block.^[1]

Morwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 22 Ujiarpur (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Results

2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Baidhnath Sahani of JD(U) won the newly-constituted Morwa seat defeating his nearest rival Ashok Singh of RJD. ^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India". Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-25. 
2. ^ "Morwa Election Results since 1977". Travel India Guide. http://www.travelindia-guide.com/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-results/morwa.php. Retrieved 2011-10-25.