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Araria
Constituency No. 49 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Araria
LS constituency	Araria
Established	1951
Total electors	318,978
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Avidur Rahaman
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2020

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

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 49 Araria Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Araria (community development block) including Araria nagar parishad.

Araria Assembly constituency is part of No 9 Araria (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

^by-election

Election results

2020

2015

1977-2010

In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Zakir Hussain Khan of LJP won the Araria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Narayan Kumar Jha of BJP. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Pradeep Kumar Singh of BJP defeated Moidur Rahman of Congress in October 2005 and February 2005. Vijay Kumar Mandal, Independent, defeated Moidur Rahman of Congress in 2000. Vijay Kumar Mandal of BPP defeated Durga Das Rathore of BJP in 1995. Vinod Kumar Roy, Independent, defeated Nand Kishore Mandal, Independent, in 1990. Halimuddin Ahmed of Congress defeated Nand Kishore Mandal of LD in 1985. Mohd. Taslimuddin of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) defeated Shrideo Jha of Congress in 1980. Srideo Jha of Congress defeated Deo Narayan Mishra of JP in 1977.

References

1. ^ "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.
2. "Araria Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
3. "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
4. "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
5. "Araria election results". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
6. "Bihar - Araria". Bihar Assembly Elections Nov 2010 Results. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
7. "130 - Araria Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2011.

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• Assembly constituencies of Bihar
• Politics of Araria district
• Constituencies established in 1951
• 1951 establishments in Bihar