Harlakhi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Madhubani district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Harlakhi | |
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Constituency No. 31 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | East India |
State | Bihar |
District | Madhubani |
Established | 1951 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent Sudhanshu Shekhar | |
Party | Janata Dal (United) |
Elected year | 2020 |
Overview
editAs per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 31. Harlakhi Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Harlakhi and Madhwapur community development blocks; Karhara, Samada, Salha, Teoth, Mahamadpur, Betauna and Manpaur gram panchayats of Benipatti CD Block.[1]
Harlakhi Assembly constituency is part of No. 6. Madhubani (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
editYear | Name[2] | Party | |
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1952 | Anak Kishore Devi | Indian National Congress | |
1962 | Baidyanath Yadav | Communist Party of India | |
1967 | |||
1969 | Shakur Ahmed | Indian National Congress | |
1972 | |||
1977 | Baidyanath Yadav | Communist Party of India | |
1980 | Mithilesh Pandey | Indian National Congress | |
1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
1990 | Veena Pandey | ||
1995 | Ram Naresh Pandey | Communist Party of India | |
2000 | Sitaram Yadav | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
2005 | Ram Naresh Pandey | Communist Party of India | |
2005 | |||
2010 | Shaligram Yadav | Janata Dal | |
2015 | Basant Kumar | Rashtriya Lok Samta Party | |
2016^ | Sudhanshu Shekhar | ||
2020 | Janata Dal |
Election results
edit2020
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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JD(U) | Sudhanshu Shekhar | 60,393 | 36.10 | ||
CPI | Ram Naresh Pandey | 42,800 | 25.58 | ||
RLSP | Santosh Kumar Singh | 6,807 | 4.07 | ||
LJP | Vikash Kumar Mishra | 6,177 | 3.69 | ||
Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the above) | ~23,000 | 14.00 | |||
Majority | 17,593 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
JD(U) gain from RLSP | Swing |
2016 by-poll
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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RLSP | Sudhanshu Shekhar | 62,434 | 46.32 | ||
INC | Muhammad Shabbir | 43,784 | 32.48 | ||
CPI | Ram Naresh Pandey | 19,835 | 14.71 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 8,326 | 5.81 | ||
Majority | 18,650 | 13.03 | |||
Turnout | 1,43,127 | 55.38 | |||
RLSP hold | Swing |
2015
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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RLSP | Basant Kumar | 40,468 | 27.93 | ||
INC | Muhammad Shabbir | 36,576 | 25.25 | ||
CPI | Rishi Kumar Rai | 22,709 | 15.68 | ||
Turnout | 144,866 | 56.09 | |||
Registered electors | 258,296 | ||||
RLSP gain from JD(U) | Swing |
1977-2010
editIn the November 2010 state assembly elections, Aditya Thakur of JD(U) won the Harlakhi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI defeated Anuj Kumar of RJD in October 2005 and February 2005. Anuj Kumar of RJD defeated Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI in 2000. Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI defeated Vanya Yadav of Congress in 1995. Vanya Yadav of Congress defeated Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI in 1990. Bhuneshwar Jha of Congress defeated Vipul Borraha of CPI in 1985 and 1980. Pandey of CPI defeated sarpanch of Congress in 1977.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Harlakhi Elections and Results 2020, Current and Previous MLA, Candidate list". Elections in India.
- ^ "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
- ^ "Harlakhi election results from 1977". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ "75 - Harlakhi Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
External links
edit- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.