Harnaut (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Harnaut Vidhan Sabha constituency (Devnagari Hindi : हरनौत) 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]

177 Harnaut
Constituency
DistrictNalanda
StateBihar
Current constituency
Created1972
PartyJDU
MLAHarinarayan Singh
ReservationNone

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][3]

Overview

Harnaut comprises CD Blocks Harnaut, Chandi & Nagar Nausa.[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly
Assembly Duration Name of the Member Political Party
First1951-1957--
Second1957-1962--
Third1962-67--
Fourth1967-1969--
Fifth1969-1972--
Sixth1972-1977
Seventh1977-1980Bhola Prasad SinghIndependent
Eighth1980-1985Arun Kumar SinghIndependent
Ninth1985-1990Nitish KumarLok Dal
Tenth1990-1995Braj Nandan YadavIndependent
Eleventh1995-2000Nitish KumarSamata Party
Twelfth2000-2005Vishvamohan ChoudharySamata Party
Thirteenth2005-2010Sunil KumarJanata Dal (United)
Fourteenth2010 - IncumbentHarinarayan singhJanata Dal (United)

Election

Assembly Elections 2020
2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Harnaut
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Harinarayan Singh
LJP Mamta Devi
INC Kundan Gupta
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

2015
Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2015: Harnaut[5]
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[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(U) Harinarayan Singh 56827 47.31
LJP Arun Kumar 41785 34.79

See also

Sources

References
  1. "Nalanda Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1996-election-results.html
  3. Barh (Lok Sabha constituency)
  4. "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.
  5. Bihar Assembly Election 2015
  6. Bihar Assembly Election 2010
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