| Biharsharif | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 172 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Nalanda |
| LS constituency | Nalanda |
| Established | 1951 (as South Bihar) 1962 (as North Bihar) 1967 (as Biharsharif) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Dr. Sunil Kumar | |
| Party | BJP |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Biharsharif Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is a part of Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Islampur, Harnaut, Hilsa, Nalanda, Asthawan and Rajgir. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Biharsharif will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.
Overview
Biharsharif comprises CD Block Rahui & Bihar (M). Although Nalanda district has a substantial Kurmi population across all the assembly constituencies falling within this district, Biharsharif is a Koeri dominated constituency. It was represented for four terms by Sunil Kumar of Bharatiya Janata Party from the same caste group.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Md. Aquil Syed | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1960^ | Syed Wasiuddin Ahmad | ||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | B. P. Jawahar | Communist Party of India | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | Virendra Prasad | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1977 | Deo Nath Prasad | Communist Party of India | |
| 1980 | |||
| 1985 | Shakeel Uzzaman Ansari | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Deo Nath Prasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1995 | Janata Dal | ||
| 2000 | Syed Naushad Un Nabi | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2005 | Sunil Kumar | Janata Dal | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2015 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2020 | |||
- ^by-election
Election results
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sunil Kumar | 81,888 | 44.55 | +1.82 | |
| RJD | Sunil Kumar | 66,786 | 36.34 | New | |
| Independent | Afreen Sultana | 13,443 | 7.31 | ||
| Majority | 15,102 | 8.21 | |||
| Turnout | 1,83,793 | 48.51 | −2.65 | ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sunil Kumar | 76,201 | 44.01 | ||
| JD(U) | Mohammad Asghar Shamim | 73,861 | 42.72 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| BJP gain from JD(U) | Swing | ||||
References
- "Nalanda Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs". The Times of India.
- "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).
- "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.
- "Will Ram Navami Communal Tensions Help BJP's Political Goal in Bihar". the wire. Archived from the original on 20 April 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- "Asthawan Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
- "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
- "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
External links
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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