Saharsa Assembly constituency

Saharsa Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Saharsa district in the Indian state of Bihar.^[1]

Saharsa
Constituency No. 75 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Alok Ranjan Jha
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2020
Preceded by	RJD Arun Kumar Yadav

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 75 Saharsa Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Kahara community development block including Saharsa nagar parishad; Saur Bazar CD Block.^[2] In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Saharsa will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.^[3][4]

Saharsa Assembly constituency is part of No. 13 Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency) .^[2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name[5]	Party
1957	Vishweshvari Devi		Indian National Congress
1962	Ramesh Jha		Praja Socialist Party
1967			Indian National Congress
1969
1972
1977	Shankar Prasad Tekriwal		Janata Party
1980	Ramesh Jha		Indian National Congress
1985	Satish Chandra Jha
1990	Shankar Prasad Tekriwal		Janata Dal
1995
2000			Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Sanjeev Kumar Jha		Bharatiya Janata Party
2005
2010	Alok Ranjan Jha
2015	Arun Kumar Yadav		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020	Alok Ranjan Jha		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Saharsa

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Alok Ranjan Jha	103,538
	RJD	Lovely Anand	83,859
Majority
Turnout
	gain from		Swing