Ara Assembly constituency explained

Arrah Assembly constituency
Type:	SLA
Mla:	A. P. Singh
Alliance:	NDA
Latest Election Year:	2020
Preceded By:	Mohammad Nawaz Alam,
Incumbent Image:	Amrendra Pratap Singh.jpg
State:	Bihar
District:	Bhojpur
Loksabha Cons:	Arrah
Constituency No:	194
Established:	1951
Reservation:	None

Arrah Assembly constituency is one of 243 assembly seats of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. It is part of Arrah Lok Sabha constituency along with 6 other assembly constituencies named Sandesh, Barhara, Tarari, Jagdishpur, Shahpur and Agiaon (SC).^[1] Since 2015, Arrah has been one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.^{[2] [3]}

Area/Wards

Arrah Assembly constituency comprises:^[4]

• Gram Panchayats: Ganghar, Ramapur Sandia, Piraunta, Sandia, Makhdumpur Dumra, Daulatpur, Bhakura, Jamira, Hasanpura, Gothahula, Karari, Mahuli & Arrah (MC) of Arrah CD Block.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

From 1952 to 1967, Arrah had two assembly seats: Arrah and Arrah Muffasil. Later in 1967, Arrah Muffasil was merged into the Arrah constituency.

Ambika Sharan Singh of the Indian National Congress (INC) had won the Arrah Muffasil Assembly constituency in 1952, 1957 and 1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly elections.^[5]

The list of the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Arrah constituency is as follows:

Year	Name^[6]	Party
1952	Rang Bahadur Prasad
1957
1962	Sumitra Devi
1967
1969	Ram Awdhesh Singh
1972	Sumitra Devi
1977
1980	S. M. Isha
1985
1990	Bashistha Narain Singh
1995	Abdul Malik
2000	Amrendra Pratap Singh
2005
2005
2010
2015	Mohammad Nawaz Alam
2020	Amrendra Pratap Singh

Election results

2015

^{[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

See also

• List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar

External links

• Web site: Results of all Bihar Assembly elections . eci.gov.in . Election Commission of India . 15 March 2022.

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008. 26 November 2008. 24 June 2021.
2. News: EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs. The Times of India . 2 October 2015 .
3. Web site: General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg..
4. Web site: Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India. Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies . 20 December 2013 .
5. Web site: DPACO (1961) - Archive Delimitation Orders - Election Commission of India . 25 October 2022.
6. Web site: Arrah Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs. Elections in India.
7. Web site: Bihar General Legislative Election 1969 . 11 February 2021 . Election Commission of India.
8. Web site: Bihar General Legislative Election 1980 . 11 February 2021 . Election Commission of India.
9. Web site: Bihar General Legislative Election 1995 . 11 February 2021 . Election Commission of India.
10. Web site: Bihar General Legislative Election 2005 . 11 February 2021 . Election Commission of India.
11. Web site: Bihar General Legislative Election 2010 . 11 February 2021 . Election Commission of India.