Harsidhi Assembly constituency

Harsidhi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purvi Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes. It was an open seat earlier.

Harsidhi Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 13 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
ReservationSC
Elected year2020

Harsidhi
Assembly constituency
Harsidhi is located in Bihar
Harsidhi
Harsidhi
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°42′36″N 84°44′48″E
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictPurvi Champaran
Constituency No13
TypeReserved for SC
Lok Sabha constituency3. Purvi Champaran
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Overview

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 13. Harsidhi Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Harsidhi and Turkaulia community development blocks.[1]

Harsidhi Assembly constituency is part of 3. Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Motihari (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Name[2] Party
1952 Haribansh Sahai Indian National Congress
1957 Parabati Devi
1962 Nageshwar Dutt Pathak
1967 S.M. Abdulla Communist Party of India
1969 Nageshwar Dutt Pathak Indian National Congress
1972 Md Hidaytullah Khan Indian National Congress (O)
1977 Yagul Kishore Prasad Singh Janata Party
1980 Md Hidaytullah Khan Indian National Congress
1985
1990
1995 Awadhesh Prasad Kushwaha Janata Dal
2000 Maheshwar Singh Samata Party
2005 Awadhesh Prasad Kushwaha Lok Janshakti Party
2005 Maheshwar Singh
2010 Krishnanandan Paswan Bharatiya Janata Party
2015 Rajendra Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020 Krishnanandan Paswan Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Harsidhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Krishnanandan Paswan 84,615 49.71
RJD Kumar Nagendra 68,930 40.50
NOTA None of the above 2,938 1.73%
Majority
Turnout 63.23
BJP gain from RJD Swing BJP

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Harsidhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Rajendra Kumar 75,203 49.87
BJP Krishnandan Paswan 64,936 43.07
none of the above None Of The Above 3,133 2.08
CPI Vidya Sagar Arya 2,867 1.90
Majority 10,267 6.8
Turnout 1,50,980 64.29
RJD gain from BJP Swing

2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Harsidhi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Krishnandan Paswan 48,130 46.87
RJD Surendra Kumar 30,066 29.28
INC Vijay Kumar Ram 6,202 6.04
Independent Suresh Kumar 3,353 3.27
Majority 18,064 17.59
Turnout 1,02,692 54.89
BJP gain from LJP Swing

References

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