Harlakhi Assembly constituency

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Harlakhi
Constituency No. 31 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
District Madhubani
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Sudhanshu Shekhar
Party Janata Dal (United)
Elected year 2020

Harlakhi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Madhubani district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Contents

Overview

As 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

YearName [2] Party
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

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Harlakhi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JD(U) Sudhanshu Shekhar 60,393 36.10
CPI Ram Naresh Pandey42,80025.58
RLSP Santosh Kumar Singh6,8074.07
LJP Vikash Kumar Mishra6,1773.69
Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the above)~23,00014.00
Majority17,593
Turnout
JD(U) gain from RLSP Swing

2016 by-poll

By-election, 2016: Harlakhi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RLSP Sudhanshu Shekhar 62,43446.32
INC Muhammad Shabbir43,78432.48
CPI Ram Naresh Pandey19,83514.71
NOTA None of the above 8,3265.81
Majority18,65013.03
Turnout 1,43,12755.38
RLSP hold Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Harlakhi constituency [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RLSP Basant Kumar 40,46827.93
INC Muhammad Shabbir36,57625.25
CPI Rishi Kumar Rai 22,70915.68
Turnout 144,86656.09
Registered electors 258,296
RLSP gain from JD(U) Swing

1977-2010

In 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]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. "Harlakhi Elections and Results 2020, Current and Previous MLA, Candidate list". Elections in India.
  3. "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India .
  4. "Harlakhi election results from 1977". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  5. "75 - Harlakhi Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 January 2011.

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