Biharsharif Assembly constituency

Biharsharif
Constituency No. 172 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictNalanda
Lok Sabha constituencyNalanda
Established1951 (as South Bihar)
1962 (as North Bihar)
1967 (as Biharsharif)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Dr. Sunil Kumar
PartyBJP
Elected year2020

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]

Overview

Biharsharif comprises CD Block Rahui & Bihar (M).[4] 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.[5]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Member[6] 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 (United)
2005
2010
2015 Bharatiya Janata Party
2020
  • ^by-election

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Biharsharif[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Sunil Kumar Father'S Name :-Bhagwat Prasad 81,888 44.55 +1.82
RJD Sunil Kumar 66,786 36.34
Independent Afreen Sultana 13,443 7.31
SDPI Shamim Akhtar 2,626 1.43
Independent Ritu Kumar Alias Bhosu Bhai Yadav 2,450 1.33
JD(S) Sudhanshu Kumar 1,937 1.05
Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party Md. Safir Alam 1,820 0.99
NOTA None of the above 1,152 0.63 −2.28
Majority 15,102 8.21 +6.9
Turnout 183,793 48.51 −2.65
BJP hold Swing


2015

Bihar assembly elections, 2015: Biharsharif[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sunil Kumar 76,201 42.73
JD(U) Mohammad Asghar Shamim 73,861 41.42
JAP(L) Afrin Sultana 12,635 7.09
Independent Md. Surkhab Alam 2,259 1.27
NOTA None of the above 5,191 2.91
Majority 2,340 1.31
Turnout 178,327 51.16
BJP gain from JD(U) Swing


References

  1. ^ "Nalanda Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ^ "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs". The Times of India.
  3. ^ "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Asthawan Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  7. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Archived from the original on 9 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2015.

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