Biharsharif | |
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Constituency No. 172 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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.[1] In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Biharsharif will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[2][3]
Biharsharif comprises CD Block Rahui & Bihar (M).[4]
Year | Member[5] | Party | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | [6] | ||||
BJP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |