Saharsa Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 75 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Elected year2020

Saharsa
Assembly constituency
Saharsa is located in Bihar
Saharsa
Saharsa
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°52′14″N 86°36′05″E / 25.87056°N 86.60139°E / 25.87056; 86.60139
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictSaharsa
Constituency No.75
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency13. Madhepura
Electoral systemFirst past the post

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 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

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Saharsa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Alok Ranjan Jha
RJD Lovely Anand
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

References

  1. "Rampaging monkeys become election issue in India".
  2. 1 2 "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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