About Saharsa Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency
Saharsa is one of the 243 legislative assembly segments of the state of Bihar. It is in Saharsa district of the state. The Sau Bazaar Kahara community blocks, with Saharsa nagar parishad, is covered by the Saharsa assembly constituency as per the orders of the Delimitation Commission of India, 2008.
The Saharsa assembly constituency has a strong electorate of 3,18,057 eligible voters, among those are 1,66,892 men and 1,51,159 women. In the assembly elections held in November 2010, the Saharsa seat was captured by BJP's Alok Ranjan with 55,687 votes. Ranjan defeated Arun Kumar of RJD by 7,979 votes. Arun Kumar managed to win 47,708 votes in the elections. The assembly segment of Saharsa is a part of the Madhepura Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency of Bihar.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Saharsa Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Saharsa assembly elections conducted so far.
Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
2020 | 75 | Saharsa | GEN | Alok Rajan | M | BJP | 103538 | Lovely Anand | M | RJD | 83859 |
2015 | 75 | Saharsa | GEN | Arun Kumar | M | RJD | 102850 | Alok Ranjan | M | BJP | 63644 |
2010 | 75 | Saharsa | GEN | Alok Ranjan | M | BJP | 55687 | Arun Kumar | M | RJD | 47708 |
OCT 2005 | 117 | Saharsa | GEN | Sajeev Kumar Jha | M | BJP | 40816 | Dr. Abdul Gafoor | M | RJD | 34657 |
FEB 2005 | 117 | Saharsa | GEN | Sanjiv Kumar Jha | M | BJP | 43638 | Surya Narayan Yadav | M | RJD | 34232 |
2000 | 117 | Saharsa | GEN | Shankar Prasad Tekriwal | M | RJD | 63858 | Lovely Anand | F | BPSP | 49781 |
1995 | 117 | Saharsa | GEN | Shankar Prasad Tekriwal | M | JD | 57613 | Satish Chandra Jha | M | INC | 30663 |
1990 | 117 | Saharsa | GEN | Shankar Prasad Tekriwal | M | JD | 76049 | Satish Chander Jha | M | INC | 45104 |
1985 | 117 | Saharsa | GEN | Satish Chandra Jha | M | INC | 36930 | Shankar Pd. Tekariwal | M | LKD | 28748 |
1980 | 117 | Saharsa | GEN | Ramesh Jha | M | INC(I) | 63580 | Janardan Pandey | M | CPI | 10025 |
1977 | 117 | Saharsa | GEN | Shankar Pd Tekriwal | M | JNP | 37461 | Ramesh Jha | M | INC | 28510 |
1972 | 113 | Saharsa | GEN | Ramesh Jha | M | INC | 44665 | Suresh Chandra Yadav | M | NCO | 42726 |
1969 | 113 | Saharsa | GEN | Ramesh Jha | M | INC | 28016 | Suresh Chandra Yadav | M | SHD | 24607 |
1967 | 113 | Saharsa | GEN | R. Jha | M | INC | 23472 | C. Jha | M | BJS | 19272 |
1962 | 115 | Saharsa | GEN | Ramesh Jha | M | PSP | 26810 | Vishweshwari Devi | F | INC | 7286 |
1957 | 100 | Saharsa | GEN | Vishweshvari Devi | F | INC | 10921 | Ramesh Jha | M | PSP | 10543 |
Last Updated on Aug 14, 2021