About Araria Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Araria is a Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency as well as one of the 243 legislative assembly constituencies in Bihar. It is home to 2,77,857 eligible voters as per the Bihar election 2015. Of them, 1,47,952 are males, 1,29,898 females, and 7 third gender. The polling percentage for Bihar Assembly Election 2015 was 63.25 % from Araria constituency.
In that election, Congress�s Avidur Rahman was elected by winning 92,667 votes. LJP�s Ajay Kumar Jha came as a runner up with 52,623 votes. They had a massive margin of 40,044 votes between them. Bihar Assembly Election 2020 is expected to commence in October or November 2020.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Araria Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Araria assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 2015 | 49 | Araria | GEN | Avidur Rahman | M | INC | 103058 | Shagufta Azim | M | JD(U) | 55118 |
| 2015 | 49 | Araria | GEN | Avidur Rahman | M | INC | 92667 | Ajay Kumar Jha | M | LJP | 52623 |
| 2010 | 49 | Araria | GEN | Zakir Hussain Khan | M | LJP | 49532 | Narayan Kumar Jha | M | BJP | 31471 |
| 2009 | By Polls | Araria | GEN | Vijay Kr.Mandal | M | LJSP | 50568 | Ajay Kr. Jha | M | BJP | 37100 |
| OCT 2005 | 130 | Araria | GEN | Pradeep Kumar Singh | M | BJP | 36089 | Moidur Rahman | M | INC | 32938 |
| FEB 2005 | 130 | Araria | GEN | Pradeep Kumar Singh | M | BJP | 32580 | Moidur Rahman | M | INC | 31937 |
| 2000 | 130 | Araria | GEN | Bijay Kumar Mandal | M | IND | 21698 | Moidur Rahman | M | INC | 20981 |
| 1995 | 130 | Araria | GEN | Vijoy Kumar Mandal | M | BPP | 23061 | Durga Das Rathor | M | BJP | 16829 |
| 1990 | 130 | Araria | GEN | Vinod Ku. Roy | M | IND | 15859 | Nand Kishore Mandal | M | IND | 15636 |
| 1985 | 130 | Araria | GEN | Halimuddin Ahmed | M | INC | 32918 | Nand Kishore Mandal | M | LKD | 31819 |
| 1980 | 130 | Araria | GEN | Moh. Tasilmuddin | M | JNP(SC) | 26665 | Shrideo Jha | M | INC(I) | 16182 |
| 1977 | 130 | Araria | GEN | Srideo Jha | M | INC | 13901 | Deo Narain Mishra | M | JNP | 8963 |
| 1972 | 125 | Araria | GEN | Azam | M | SOP | 28205 | Shital Prasad Gupta | M | INC | 18913 |
| 1969 | 125 | Araria | GEN | Sital Prasad Gupta | M | INC | 15170 | Bal Krishna Jha | M | BJS | 12421 |
| 1967 | 125 | Araria | GEN | S.P. Gupta | M | INC | 15151 | J. Jha | M | BJS | 9591 |
| 1962 | 125 | Araria | GEN | Balkrishna Jha | M | IND | 15245 | Zahiruddin | M | SWA | 10300 |
| 1957 | 105 | Araria | GEN | Ziaur Rehman | M | INC | 13060 | Zahiruddin | M | CNPSPJP | 8406 |
| 1951 | 201 | Araria | GEN | Ziaur Rahman Hazi | M | IND | 8873 | Shaikh Hamiddur Rehman | M | INC | 7608 |
Last Updated on Aug 10, 2021