Harlakhi Assembly constituency

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Harlakhi Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 31 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
StateBihar
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLASudhanshu Shekhar
PartyJanata Dal (United)
Elected year2020
Harlakhi
Assembly constituency
Harlakhi is located in Bihar
Harlakhi
Harlakhi
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°37′30″N 85°58′14″E / 26.62500°N 85.97056°E / 26.62500; 85.97056Coordinates: 26°37′30″N 85°58′14″E / 26.62500°N 85.97056°E / 26.62500; 85.97056
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictMadhubani
Constituency No31
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency6. Madhubani
Electoral systemFirst past the post

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

Overview[edit]

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]

Member of Legislative Assembly[edit]

Year Name Party
2005 (Feb.) Ram Naresh Pandey Communist Party of India
2005 (Oct.)
2010 Shaligram Yadav Janata Dal
2015 Basant Kumar Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
2016 (By Poll) Sudanshu Shekhar
2020 Sudanshu Shekhar Janata Dal

Election Results[edit]

2020[edit]

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Harlakhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Sudhanshu Shekhar 60,393 36.10
CPI Ram Naresh Pandey 42,800 25.58
[[Rashtriya Lok Samta Party|Template:Rashtriya Lok Samta Party/meta/shortname]] Santosh Kumar Singh 6,807 4.07
LJP Vikash Kumar Mishra 6,177 3.69
Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the above) ~23,000 14.00
Majority 17,593
Turnout
JD(U) gain from Rashtriya Lok Samta Party Swing

Bypoll 2016[edit]

Bye-election, 2016: Harlakhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
[[Rashtriya Lok Samta Party|Template:Rashtriya Lok Samta Party/meta/shortname]] 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
[[Rashtriya Lok Samta Party|Template:Rashtriya Lok Samta Party/meta/shortname]] hold Swing

2015[edit]

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Harlakhi constituency[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
[[Rashtriya Lok Samta Party|Template:Rashtriya Lok Samta Party/meta/shortname]] Basant Kumar 40,468 27.93
INC Muhammad Shabbir 36,576 25.25
CPI Rishi Kumar Rai 22,709 15.68
Turnout 144,866 56.09
Registered electors 258,296
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party gain from JD(U) Swing

1977-2010[edit]

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.[3][4]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "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. "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
  3. "Harlakhi election results from 1977". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  4. "75 - Harlakhi Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 January 2011.

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