Harnaut Assembly constituency

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Harnaut Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 177 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
StateBihar
DistrictNalanda
Established1972
Member of Legislative Assembly
Elected year2020

Harnaut Assembly constituency is one of 243 legislative assembly of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is a part of Nalanda lok sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz Rajgir, Nalanda, Islampur, Hilsa, Asthawan and Biharsharif.[1]

Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has contested from this seat four times. He lost in 1977 as member of Janata Party, lost again in 1980 as member of Charan Singh's Janata Party (Secular) which changed its name later to Lok Dal, won in 1985 as member of Lok Dal, did not contest in 1990, and won in 1995 as member of Samata Party. He has never contested assembly election since, and has been elected to the upper house as MLC in 2006, 2012, and 2018. He has been elected to Lok Sabha 6 times.[2]

Overview[]

Harnaut comprises CD Blocks Harnaut, Chandi & Nagar Nausa.[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly[]

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 Bhola Prasad Singh Independent
Eighth 1980-1985 Arun Kumar Singh Independent
Ninth 1985-1990 Nitish Kumar Lok Dal
Tenth 1990-1995 Braj Nandan Yadav Independent
Eleventh 1995-2000 Nitish Kumar Samata Party
Twelfth 2000-2005 Vishvamohan Choudhary Samata Party
Thirteenth 2005-2010 Sunil Kumar Janata Dal (United)
Fourteenth 2010 - Incumbent Harinarayan singh Janata Dal (United)

2020[]

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Harnaut
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U)
LJP Mamta Devi
INC Kundan Gupta
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

2015[]

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Harnaut[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Hari Narayan Singh 71,933 47.58 0.27
LJP Arun Kumar 57,638 38.12 3.33

2010[]

Bihar assembly elections, 2010: Harnaut[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Harinarayan Singh 56827 47.31
LJP Arun Kumar 41785 34.79

References[]

  1. ^ "Nalanda Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ^ "1996 India General (11th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
  3. ^ "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 20 December 2013.
  4. ^ Bihar Assembly Election 2015
  5. ^ Bihar Assembly Election 2010

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