Saharsa Assembly constituency

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
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictSaharsa
Established1957
ReservationNone
Elected year2020

Overview

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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

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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

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2020

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2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Saharsa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Alok Ranjan Jha 103,538
RJD Lovely Anand 83,859
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Rampaging monkeys become election issue in India".
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
  4. ^ "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility".
  5. ^ "Saharsa Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
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