Saharsa Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Saharsa district in the Indian state of Bihar.[1]
| Saharsa | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 75 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Saharsa |
| Established | 1957 |
| Reservation | None |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Overview
editAs 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
edit| 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
edit2020
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Alok Ranjan Jha | 103,538 | |||
| RJD | Lovely Anand | 83,859 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ "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.
External links
edit- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.