Biharsharif Assembly constituency explained

Biharsharif
Constituency No:172
Mla:Dr. Sunil Kumar
Party:BJP
Established:1951 (as South Bihar)
1962 (as North Bihar)
1967 (as Biharsharif)
Latest Election Year:2020
State:Bihar
District:Nalanda
Reservation:None
Type:SLA
Loksabha Cons:Nalanda

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

YearMember[6] Party
1952Md. Aquil Syed
1957
1960^Syed Wasiuddin Ahmad
1962
1967B. P. Jawahar
1969
1972Virendra Prasad
1977Deo Nath Prasad
1980
1985Shakeel Uzzaman Ansari
1990Deo Nath Prasad
1995
2000Syed Naushad Un Nabi
2005Sunil Kumar
2005
2010
2015
2020

Election results

2015

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nalanda Parliamentary Constituencies . elections.in . 10 March 2014.
  2. Web site: EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs. .
  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 . 2013-12-20 .
  5. Web site: Will Ram Navami Communal Tensions Help BJP's Political Goal in Bihar. the wire. 2 May 2023. 20 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230420180012/https://thewire.in/politics/ram-navami-bihar-tensions. live.
  6. Web site: Asthawan Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs . Elections in India.