| Harlakhi | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 31 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Madhubani |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | None |
| 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.
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]
| Year | Name [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 (I) | |
| 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 (United) | |
| 2015 | Basant Kumar | Rashtriya Lok Samta Party | |
| 2016^ | Sudhanshu Shekhar | ||
| 2020 | Janata Dal (United) | ||
| 2025 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Sudhanshu Shekhar | 60,393 | 36.1 | ||
| CPI | Ram Naresh Pandey | 42,800 | 25.58 | +9.9 | |
| Independent | Md. Shabbir | 27,499 | 16.44 | ||
| RLSP | Santosh Kumar Singh | 6,807 | 4.07 | −23.86 | |
| LJP | Vikash Kumar Mishra | 6,177 | 3.69 | ||
| Independent | Shravan Kumar Yadav | 3,698 | 2.21 | ||
| Independent | Mangesh Jha | 3,039 | 1.82 | ||
| JAP(L) | Santosh Kumar Jha | 2,960 | 1.77 | ||
| Independent | Mandakini Chaudhary | 2,932 | 1.75 | ||
| Independent | Ajay Bhagat | 1,865 | 1.11 | ||
| Independent | Archana Devi | 1,854 | 1.11 | ||
| Sanyukt Vikas Party | Devan Mukhiya | 1,665 | 1.0 | ||
| Independent | Satish Kumar | 1,591 | 0.95 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,242 | 0.74 | −1.2 | |
| Majority | 17,593 | 10.52 | +7.84 | ||
| Turnout | 167,300 | 57.52 | +1.43 | ||
| JD(U) gain from RLSP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RLSP | Sudhanshu Shekhar | 62,434 | 46.32 | ||
| INC | Muhammad Shabbir | 43,784 | 32.48 | ||
| CPI | Ram Naresh Pandey | 19,835 | 14.71 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 8,326 | 5.81 | ||
| Majority | 18,650 | 13.03 | |||
| Turnout | 1,43,127 | 55.38 | |||
| RLSP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RLSP | Basant Kumar | 40,468 | 27.93 | ||
| INC | Muhammad Shabbir | 36,576 | 25.25 | ||
| CPI | Rishi Kumar Rai | 22,709 | 15.68 | ||
| Independent | Ramashish Yadav | 21,670 | 14.96 | ||
| Independent | Madan Chandra Jha | 5,085 | 3.51 | ||
| Independent | Vishweshwar Chaupal | 3,054 | 2.11 | ||
| BSP | Hiralal Sah | 2,109 | 1.46 | ||
| SS | Rajnish Ram | 1,608 | 1.11 | ||
| Independent | Purushottam Jha | 1,512 | 1.04 | ||
| SP | Shaligram Yadav | 1,474 | 1.02 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,810 | 1.94 | ||
| Majority | 3,892 | 2.68 | |||
| Turnout | 144,866 | 56.09 | |||
| RLSP gain from JD(U) | Swing | ||||
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]