Saharsa Assembly constituency

Saharsa
Constituency No. 75 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictSaharsa
Established1957
Total electors370,709
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  IIP
Alliance  MGB
Elected year2025

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

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 75 Saharsa Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kahara community development block including Saharsa nagar parishad; Saur Bazar CD Block. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Saharsa will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.

Saharsa Assembly constituency is part of No. 13 Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency) .

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name Party
1957 Vishweshvari Devi Indian National Congress
1962 Ramesh Jha Praja Socialist Party
1967 Indian National Congress
1969
1972
1977 Shankar Prasad Tekriwal Janata Party
1980 Ramesh Jha Indian National Congress
1985 Satish Chandra Jha
1990 Shankar Prasad Tekriwal Janata Dal
1995
2000 Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 Sanjeev Kumar Jha Bharatiya Janata Party
2005
2010 Alok Ranjan Jha
2015 Arun Kumar Yadav Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020 Alok Ranjan Jha Bharatiya Janata Party
2025 Er. I. P. Gupta Indian Inclusive Party

Election results

2025

Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2025: Saharsa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
IIP Indrajeet Prasad Gupta 115,036 44.28
BJP Alok Ranjan Jha 112,998 43.5 Decrease2.09
JSP Kishor Kumar 12,786 4.92
Independent Devchandra Yadav 4,353 1.68
Swadhinta Party Amar Shankar 2,964 1.14
NOTA None of the above 2,607 1.0 Decrease1.34
Majority 2,038 0.78 Decrease7.88
Turnout 259,763 70.07 Increase8.85
IIP gain from BJP Swing

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Saharsa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Alok Ranjan Jha 103,538 45.59 +12.77
RJD Lovely Anand 83,859 36.93 −16.1
Independent Kishor Kumar 12,592 5.54
Independent Ranjit Kumar Rana 9,994 4.4
Independent Siyaram Paswan 3,276 1.44
NOTA None of the above 5,307 2.34 −0.35
Majority 19,679 8.66 −11.55
Turnout 227,106 61.22 +3.51
BJP gain from RJD Swing


2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Saharsa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Arun Kumar Yadav 102,850 53.03
BJP Alok Ranjan Jha 63,644 32.82
JAP(L) Sanjana Devi 6,618 3.41
Independent Ramesh Kumar Sharma 3,853 1.99
CPI(M) Vinod Kumar 3,253 1.68
Independent Ranveer Kumar 1,878 0.97
NOTA None of the above 5,211 2.69
Majority 39,206 20.21
Turnout 193,947 57.71
RJD gain from BJP Swing


References

  1. ↑ "Rampaging monkeys become election issue in India".
  2. 1 2 "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.
  3. ↑ "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
  4. ↑ "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility".
  5. ↑ "Saharsa Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  6. ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 15 December 2025.
  7. ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018.

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