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| Constituency No. 49 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Araria |
| LS constituency | Araria |
| Total electors | 318,978 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Araria Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Araria district in the Indian state of Bihar.
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.[1]
Araria Assembly constituency is part of No 9 Araria (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]
| Year | Name[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Ziaur Rahman Hazi | Independent politician | |
| 1957 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1962 | Balkrishna Jha | Independent politician | |
| 1967 | Shital Prasad Gupta | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | Azam | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1977 | Srideo Jha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1980 | Taslimuddin | Janata Party | |
| 1985 | Halimuddin Ahmed | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Vinod Kumar Roy | Independent politician | |
| 1995 | Vijay Kumar Mandal | Bihar People's Party | |
| 2000 | Independent politician | ||
| 2005 | Pradeep Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2009^ | Vijay Kumar Mandal | Lok Janshakti Party | |
| 2010 | Zakir Hussain Khan | ||
| 2015 | Avidur Rahman | Indian National Congress | |
| 2020 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Avidur Rahman | 103,054 | 54.84 | ||
| JD(U) | Shagufta Azim | 55,118 | 29.33 | ||
| AIMIM | MD. Rashid Anwer | 8,924 | 4.75 | ||
| LJP | Chandra Shekhar Singh Baban | 8,203 | 4.37 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,425 | 2.35 | ||
| PP | Amit Anand Jha | 1,802 | 0.96 | ||
| Majority | 47,936 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,87,908 | ||||
| Registered electors | 318,978 | [3] | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Avidur Rahman | 92,667 | 52.77 | ||
| LJP | Ajay Kumar Jha | 52,623 | 29.97 | ||
| CPI | Captain S. R. Jha | 5,898 | 3.36 | ||
| Turnout | 175,608 | 63.20 | |||
| Registered electors | 277,857 | ||||
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.[5][6][7]