Araria Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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Araria Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Araria district in the Indian state of Bihar.
| Araria | |
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| Constituency No. 49 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Araria |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Araria |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 301,120 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | INC |
| Alliance | MGB |
| Elected year | 2025 |
Overview
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 49 Araria Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Araria (community development block) including Araria nagar parishad.[1]
Araria Assembly constituency is part of No 9 Araria (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name[2] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Ziaur Rahman Hazi | Independent | |
| 1957 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1962 | Balkrishna Jha | Independent | |
| 1967 | Shital Prasad Gupta | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | Azam | Samyukta Socialist Party | |
| 1977 | Srideo Jha | Indian National Congress | |
| 1980 | Taslimuddin | Janata Party (Secular) | |
| 1985 | Halimuddin Ahmed | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Vinod Kumar Roy | Independent | |
| 1995 | Vijay Kumar Mandal | Bihar People's Party | |
| 2000 | Independent | ||
| 2005 | Pradeep Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2009^ | Vijay Kumar Mandal | Lok Janshakti Party | |
| 2010 | Zakir Hussain Khan | ||
| 2015 | Avidur Rahman | Indian National Congress | |
| 2020 | |||
| 2025 | |||
^by-election
Election results
2025
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Avidur Rahman | 91,529 | 37.81 | −17.03 | |
| JD(U) | Shagufta Azim | 78,788 | 32.55 | +3.22 | |
| AIMIM | Md. Manzoor Alam | 53,421 | 22.07 | +17.32 | |
| Independent | Shivdeep W Lande | 4,085 | 1.69 | ||
| JSP | Farhat Ara Begum | 2,434 | 1.01 | ||
| RUC | Md. Rashid Anwer | 2,351 | 0.97 | ||
| AAP | Chandra Bhushan | 2,224 | 0.92 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,610 | 1.49 | −0.86 | |
| Majority | 12,741 | 5.26 | −20.25 | ||
| Turnout | 242,085 | 72.34 | +13.43 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Avidur Rahman | 103,054 | 54.84 | +2.07 | |
| JD(U) | Shagufta Azim | 55,118 | 29.33 | ||
| AIMIM | Md. Rashid Anwer | 8,924 | 4.75 | ||
| LJP | Chandra Shekhar Singh Baban | 8,203 | 4.37 | −25.6 | |
| The Plurals Party | Amit Anand Jha | 1,802 | 0.96 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 4,425 | 2.35 | +0.12 | |
| Majority | 47,936 | 25.51 | +2.71 | ||
| Turnout | 187,908 | 58.91 | −4.29 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Avidur Rahman | 92,667 | 52.77 | ||
| LJP | Ajay Kumar Jha | 52,623 | 29.97 | ||
| CPI | Captain S. R. Jha | 5,898 | 3.36 | ||
| JAP(L) | Haider Yasin | 4,862 | 2.77 | ||
| SP | Shad Ahmad | 3,377 | 1.92 | ||
| Independent | Vijay Kumar Mishra | 3,113 | 1.77 | ||
| Independent | Md. Sarvar Alam | 2,714 | 1.55 | ||
| Independent | Vinod Kumar | 2,344 | 1.33 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,924 | 2.23 | ||
| Majority | 40,044 | 22.8 | |||
| Turnout | 175,608 | 63.2 | |||
2010
In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Zakir Hussain Khan of LJP won the Araria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Narayan Kumar Jha of BJP. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners up are being mentioned. Pradeep Kumar Singh of BJP defeated Moidur Rahman of Congress in October 2005 and February 2005. Vijay Kumar Mandal, Independent, defeated Moidur Rahman of Congress in 2000. Vijay Kumar Mandal of BPP defeated Durga Das Rathore of BJP in 1995. Vinod Kumar Roy, Independent, defeated Nand Kishore Mandal, Independent, in 1990. Halimuddin Ahmed of Congress defeated Nand Kishore Mandal of LD in 1985. Mohd. Taslimuddin of Janata Party (Secular – Charan Singh) defeated Shrideo Jha of Congress in 1980. Srideo Jha of Congress defeated Deo Narayan Mishra of JP in 1977.[5][6][7]