Harnaut Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 177 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictNalanda
Established1972
ReservationNone
Elected year2020

Harnaut 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. Rajgir, Nalanda, Islampur, Hilsa, Asthawan and Biharsharif.[1]

Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has contested from this seat four times. He lost in 1977 as member of Janata Party, lost again in 1980 as member of Charan Singh's Janata Party (Secular) which changed its name later to Lok Dal, won in 1985 as member of Lok Dal, did not contest in 1990, and won in 1995 as member of Samata Party. He has never contested assembly election since, and has been elected to the upper house as MLC in 2006, 2012, and 2018. He has been elected to Lok Sabha 6 times.[2]

Overview

Harnaut comprises CD Blocks Harnaut, Chandi & Nagar Nausa.[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Member[4] Party
1977 Bhola Prasad Singh Independent
1980 Arun Kumar Singh
1985 Nitish Kumar Lokdal
1990 Braj Nandan Yadav Independent
1995 Nitish Kumar Samata Party
1996^ Arun Kumar Singh
2000 Vishvamohan Choudhary
2005 Sunil Kumar Janata Dal (United)
2005
2010 Hari Narayan Singh
2015
2020

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Harnaut
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD (U) Harinarayan Singh
LJP Mamta Devi
INC Kundan Gupta
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

2015

Bihar Assembly election, 2015: Harnaut[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD (U) Hari Narayan Singh 71,933 47.58 0.27
LJP Arun Kumar 57,638 38.12 3.33

2010

Bihar assembly elections, 2010: Harnaut[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD (U) Harinarayan Singh 56827 47.31
LJP Arun Kumar 41785 34.79

References

  1. ^ "Nalanda Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ^ "1996 India General (11th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Harnaut Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  5. ^ Bihar Assembly Election 2015
  6. ^ Bihar Assembly Election 2010

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