Saharsa Assembly constituency
| Saharsa | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 75 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Saharsa |
| Established | 1957 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2020 |
| Preceded by | RJD Arun Kumar Yadav |
Saharsa Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Saharsa district in the Indian state of Bihar.[1]
Overview
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 75 Saharsa Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kahara community development block including Saharsa nagar parishad; Saur Bazar CD Block.[2] In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Saharsa will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[3][4]
Saharsa Assembly constituency is part of No. 13 Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency) .[2]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name[5] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Vishweshvari Devi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Ramesh Jha | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1967 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Shankar Prasad Tekriwal | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Ramesh Jha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1985 | Satish Chandra Jha | ||
| 1990 | Shankar Prasad Tekriwal | Janata Dal | |
| 1995 | |||
| 2000 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | ||
| 2005 | Sanjeev Kumar Jha | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | Alok Ranjan Jha | ||
| 2015 | Arun Kumar Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2020 | Alok Ranjan Jha | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Election results
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Alok Ranjan Jha | 103,538 | 45.59 | +12.77 | |
| RJD | Lovely Anand | 83,859 | 36.93 | −16.1 | |
| Independent | Kishor Kumar | 12,592 | 5.54 | ||
| Independent | Ranjit Kumar Rana | 9,994 | 4.4 | ||
| Independent | Siyaram Paswan | 3,276 | 1.44 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 5,307 | 2.34 | −0.35 | |
| Majority | 19,679 | 8.66 | −11.55 | ||
| Turnout | 227,106 | 61.22 | +3.51 | ||
| BJP gain from RJD | Swing | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Arun Kumar Yadav | 113,850 | 57.41 | ||
| BJP | Alok Ranjan Jha | 63,644 | 32.09 | ||
| JAP(L) | Sanjana Devi | 6,618 | 3.41 | ||
| Independent | Ramesh Kumar Sharma | 3,853 | 1.99 | ||
| CPI(M) | Vinod Kumar | 3,253 | 1.68 | ||
| Independent | Ranveer Kumar | 1,878 | 0.97 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 5,211 | 2.69 | ||
| Majority | 50,206 | 25.32 | |||
| Turnout | 1,98,307 | 59.71 | |||
References
- ^ "Rampaging monkeys become election issue in India".
- ^ a b "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
- ^ "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility".
- ^ "Saharsa Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021.
- ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018.
External links
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.