Araria Assembly constituency

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

Araria
Constituency No. 49 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictAraria
LS constituencyAraria
Established1951
Total electors318,978
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2020

Overview

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As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 49 Araria Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Araria (community development block) including Araria nagar parishad.[1]

Araria Assembly constituency is part of No 9 Araria (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Name[2] Party
1952 Ziaur Rahman Hazi Independent politician
1957 Indian National Congress
1962 Balkrishna Jha Independent politician
1967 Shital Prasad Gupta Indian National Congress
1969
1972 Azam Samyukta Socialist Party
1977 Srideo Jha Indian National Congress
1980 Taslimuddin Janata Party
1985 Halimuddin Ahmed Indian National Congress
1990 Vinod Kumar Roy Independent politician
1995 Vijay Kumar Mandal Bihar People's Party
2000 Independent politician
2005 Pradeep Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2005
2009^ Vijay Kumar Mandal Lok Janshakti Party
2010 Zakir Hussain Khan
2015 Avidur Rahman Indian National Congress
2020

^by-election

Election results

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2020

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Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Araria
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Avidur Rahman 103,054 54.84
JD(U) Shagufta Azim 55,118 29.33
AIMIM MD. Rashid Anwer 8,924 4.75
LJP Chandra Shekhar Singh Baban 8,203 4.37
NOTA None of the above 4,425 2.35
PP Amit Anand Jha 1,802 0.96
Majority 47,936
Turnout 1,87,908
Registered electors 318,978 [3]
INC hold Swing

2015

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2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Araria constituency[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Avidur Rahman 92,667 52.77
LJP Ajay Kumar Jha 52,623 29.97
CPI Captain S. R. Jha 5,898 3.36
Turnout 175,608 63.20
Registered electors 277,857

1977-2010

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In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Zakir Hussain Khan of LJP won the Araria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Narayan Kumar Jha of BJP. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Pradeep Kumar Singh of BJP defeated Moidur Rahman of Congress in October 2005 and February 2005. Vijay Kumar Mandal, Independent, defeated Moidur Rahman of Congress in 2000. Vijay Kumar Mandal of BPP defeated Durga Das Rathore of BJP in 1995. Vinod Kumar Roy, Independent, defeated Nand Kishore Mandal, Independent, in 1990. Halimuddin Ahmed of Congress defeated Nand Kishore Mandal of LD in 1985. Mohd. Taslimuddin of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) defeated Shrideo Jha of Congress in 1980. Srideo Jha of Congress defeated Deo Narayan Mishra of JP in 1977.[5][6][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ "Araria Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
  5. ^ "Araria election results". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  6. ^ "Bihar - Araria". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  7. ^ "130 - Araria Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2011.

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