Saharsa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)


Saharsa is an assembly constituency in Saharsa district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 75 Saharsa is composed of the following: Kahara community development block including Saharsa nagar parishad; Saur Bazar CD Block. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Saharsa will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.
Saharsa is part of No. 13 Madhepura .

Election results

Members of Legislative Assembly

AssemblyDurationName of the MemberPolitical Party
First1951-1957--
Second1957-1962--
Third1962-67--
Fourth1967-1969--
Fifth1969-1972--
Sixth1972-1977--
Seventh1977-1980Shankar Prasad TekriwalJP
Eighth1980-1985Ramesh JhaIndian National Congress
Ninth1985-1990Satish Chandra JhaIndian National Congress
Tenth1990-1995Shankar Prasad TekiwalJanata Dal
Eleventh1995-2000Shankar Prasad TekiwalJanata Dal
Tweleth2000-2005Shankar Prasad TekriwalRashtriya Janata Dal
Thirteenth2005-2010Sanjeev Kumar JhaBJP
Fourteenth2010 - 2015Alok RanjanBJP
Fifteenth2015-IncumbentArun Kumar YadavRashtriya Janata Dal