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Harlakhi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Madhubani district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Harlakhi
Assembly constituency
Harlakhi Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°37′30″N 85°58′14″E
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	Madhubani
Constituency No	31
Type	Open
Lok Sabha constituency	6. Madhubani
Electoral system	First past the post

Harlakhi Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 31 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Bihar
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Sudhanshu Shekhar
Party	Janata Dal (United)
Elected year	2020

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 31. Harlakhi Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Harlakhi and Madhwapur community development blocks; Karhara, Samada, Salha, Teoth, Mahamadpur, Betauna and Manpaur gram panchayats of Benipatti CD Block.[1]

Harlakhi Assembly constituency is part of No. 6. Madhubani (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Member of Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party
2005 (Feb.)	Ram Naresh Pandey		Communist Party of India
2005 (Oct.)
2010	Shaligram Yadav		Janata Dal
2015	Basant Kumar		Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
2016 (By Poll)	Sudanshu Shekhar
2020	Sudanshu Shekhar		Janata Dal

Election Results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Harlakhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Sudhanshu Shekhar	60,393	36.10
	CPI	Ram Naresh Pandey	42,800	25.58
	RLSP	Santosh Kumar Singh	6,807	4.07
	LJP	Vikash Kumar Mishra	6,177	3.69
		Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the above)	~23,000	14.00
Majority			17,593
Turnout
	JD(U) gain from RLSP		Swing

Bypoll 2016

Bye-election, 2016: Harlakhi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RLSP	Sudhanshu Shekhar	62,434	46.32
	INC	Muhammad Shabbir	43,784	32.48
	CPI	Ram Naresh Pandey	19,835	14.71
	NOTA	None of the above	8,326	5.81
Majority			18,650	13.03
Turnout			1,43,127	55.38
	RLSP hold		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Harlakhi constituency[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RLSP	Basant Kumar	40,468	27.93
	INC	Muhammad Shabbir	36,576	25.25
	CPI	Rishi Kumar Rai	22,709	15.68
Turnout			144,866	56.09
Registered electors			258,296
	RLSP gain from JD(U)		Swing

1977-2010

In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Aditya Thakur of JD(U) won the Harlakhi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI defeated Anuj Kumar of RJD in October 2005 and February 2005. Anuj Kumar of RJD defeated Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI in 2000. Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI defeated Vanya Yadav of Congress in 1995. Vanya yadav of Congress defeated Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI in 1990. Bhuneshwar Jha of Congress defeated Vipul Borraha of CPI in 1985 and 1980. Pandey of CPI defeated sarpanch of Congress in 1977.[3][4]

References

External links

• "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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