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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
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{{Infobox settlement



|name = Saharsa 
|official_name =
|other_name =
|native_name = 
|settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
|total_type = 
|motto =

| pushpin_map = India Bihar
| map_caption = Location in Bihar
|coordinates = {{coord|25|52|14|N|86|36|05|E|region:IN-BR|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{IND}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Bihar|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Saharsa district|Saharsa]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar|Constituency No.]]
|subdivision_name3 = 75
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency)|13. Madhepura]]
|subdivision_type6 = [[Voting system|Electoral system]]
|subdivision_name6 = [[First past the post system|First past the post]]

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'''Saharsa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Saharsa district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-11582935|title=Rampaging monkeys become election issue in India}}</ref>

==Overview==
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 75 Saharsa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Kahara [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]] including [[Saharsa]] nagar parishad; Saur Bazar CD Block.<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref> In [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], Saharsa will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/36-seats-in-bihar-to-have-electronic-voting-machines-with-paper-trail-facility-1204308|title=36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/poll-bound-bihar-to-get-36-evms-with-paper-trail-facility/|title=Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility}}</ref>

Saharsa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 13 [[Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency)]] .<ref name=commission/>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Assembly
!Duration
!Name of the Member
!Political Party
|-
| First||1951-1957 || -|| -
|-
| Second||1957-1962 || -|| -
|-
| Third||1962-67|| -|| -
|-
| Fourth||1967-1969|| -|| -
|-
| Fifth||1969-1972|| -|| -
|-
| Sixth||1972-1977|| -|| -
|-
| Seventh||1977-1980|| Shankar Prasad Tekriwal || [[Janata Party|JP]]
|-
| Eighth||1980-1985|| Ramesh Jha || [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| Ninth||1985-1990|| Satish Chandra Jha || [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| Tenth||1990-1995|| Shankar Prasad Tekiwal || [[Janata Dal]]
|-
| Eleventh||1995-2000|| Shankar Prasad Tekiwal || [[Janata Dal]]
|-
| Tweleth||2000-2005|| Shankar Prasad Tekriwal || [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|-
| Thirteenth||2005-2010|| Sanjeev Kumar Jha || [[BJP]]
|-
| Fourteenth||2010 - 2015|| [[Alok Ranjan Jha]]|| [[BJP]]
|-
| Fifteenth ||2015- 2020|| [[Arun Kumar Yadav(Saharsa)|Arun Kumar Yadav]] || [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|-
| Sixteenth||2020 - [[Incumbent]]|| [[Alok Ranjan Jha]]|| [[BJP]]
|-

|}

==Election Results==
===Assembly Elections 2020===
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|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Saharsa]]}}
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|candidate = [[Alok Ranjan Jha]]
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|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Lovely Anand]]
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|candidate = [[None of the above]]
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==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}
{{Kosi Division topics}}

{{Bihar elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Politics of Saharsa district]]

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