Harlakhi Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Harlakhi
Constituency No. 31 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Madhubani
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sudhanshu Shekhar
Party	Janata Dal (United)
Elected year	2020

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

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 31. Harlakhi Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Harlakhi and Madhwapur community development blocks; Karhara, Samada, Salha, Teoth, Mahamadpur, Betauna and Manpaur gram panchayats of Benipatti CD Block.^[1]

Harlakhi Assembly constituency is part of No. 6. Madhubani (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name^[2]
1952	Anak Kishore Devi	Indian National Congress
1962	Baidyanath Yadav	Communist Party of India
1967	Baidyanath Yadav	Communist Party of India
1969	Shakur Ahmed	Indian National Congress
1972	Shakur Ahmed	Indian National Congress
1977	Baidyanath Yadav	Communist Party of India
1980	Mithilesh Pandey	Indian National Congress
1985	Mithilesh Pandey	Indian National Congress
1990	Veena Pandey	Indian National Congress
1995	Ram Naresh Pandey	Communist Party of India
2000	Sitaram Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Ram Naresh Pandey	Communist Party of India
2005	Ram Naresh Pandey	Communist Party of India
2010	Shaligram Yadav	Janata Dal
2015	Basant Kumar	Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
2016^	Sudhanshu Shekhar	Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
2020	Sudhanshu Shekhar	Janata Dal

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Harlakhi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(U)	Sudhanshu Shekhar	60,393	36.10
	CPI	Ram Naresh Pandey	42,800	25.58
	RLSP	Santosh Kumar Singh	6,807	4.07
	LJP	Vikash Kumar Mishra	6,177	3.69
		Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the above)	~23,000	14.00
Majority			17,593
Turnout
	JD(U) gain from RLSP		Swing

2016 by-poll

By-election, 2016: Harlakhi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RLSP	Sudhanshu Shekhar	62,434	46.32
	INC	Muhammad Shabbir	43,784	32.48
	CPI	Ram Naresh Pandey	19,835	14.71
	NOTA	None of the above	8,326	5.81
Majority			18,650	13.03
Turnout			1,43,127	55.38
	RLSP hold		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Harlakhi constituency^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RLSP	Basant Kumar	40,468	27.93
	INC	Muhammad Shabbir	36,576	25.25
	CPI	Rishi Kumar Rai	22,709	15.68
Turnout			144,866	56.09
Registered electors			258,296
	RLSP gain from JD(U)		Swing

1977-2010

In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Aditya Thakur of JD(U) won the Harlakhi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI defeated Anuj Kumar of RJD in October 2005 and February 2005. Anuj Kumar of RJD defeated Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI in 2000. Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI defeated Vanya Yadav of Congress in 1995. Vanya Yadav of Congress defeated Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI in 1990. Bhuneshwar Jha of Congress defeated Vipul Borraha of CPI in 1985 and 1980. Pandey of CPI defeated sarpanch of Congress in 1977.^[4]^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Harlakhi Elections and Results 2020, Current and Previous MLA, Candidate list". Elections in India.
^ "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
^ "Harlakhi election results from 1977". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
^ "75 - Harlakhi Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 10 January 2011.