Saharsa Assembly Constituency
Saharsa Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Saharsa district in the Indian state of Bihar.
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. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Saharsa will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.
Saharsa Assembly constituency is part of No. 13 Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency) .
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | 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 | |||
| RJD | Lovely Anand | 83,859 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ "Rampaging monkeys become election issue in India".
- ^ "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
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.