Ara Assembly constituency

Arrah Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 194 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Arrah Assembly constituency in Bhojpur
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictBhojpur
Lok Sabha constituencyArrah
Established1951
Total electors327,553
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
AllianceNDA
Elected year2025
Preceded byAmrendra Pratap Singh,   BJP

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, Agiaon (SC), Tarari, Jagdishpur and Shahpur.[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:

YearMember[6]Party
1952Rang Bahadur PrasadIndian National Congress
1957
1962Sumitra Devi
1967
1969Ram Awdhesh SinghSamyukta Socialist Party
1972Sumitra DeviIndian National Congress
1977Janata Party
1980S. M. IshaIndian National Congress
1985Indian National Congress
1990Bashistha Narain SinghJanata Dal
1995Abdul Malik
2000Amrendra Pratap SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2005
2005
2010
2015Mohammad Nawaz AlamRashtriya Janata Dal
2020Amrendra Pratap SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2025Sanjay Singh Tiger

Election results

2025

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Arrah[7][8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPSanjay Singh Tiger 94,201 50.98
CPI(ML)LQuyamuddin Ansari74,62040.38
JSPDr. Vijay Kumar Gupta5,8003.14
IndependentAmardeep Kumar Jha1,1830.64
NOTANone of the above4,1542.25
Majority19,581
Turnout184,778
BJP holdSwing

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Arrah[9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPAmrendra Pratap Singh 71,781 45.05 +0.54
CPI(ML)LQuyamuddin Ansari68,77943.17
IndependentHakim Prasad4,3602.74
IndependentSheodas Singh2,9911.88
NOTANone of the above2,8111.76−0.3
Majority3,0021.88+1.45
Turnout159,33248.35−2.91
BJP gain from RJDSwing


2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Arrah[3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJDMohammad Nawaz Alam 70,004 44.94
BJPAmrendra Pratap Singh69,33844.51
CPI(ML)LKyamuddin Ansari5,0353.23
IndependentJitendra Kumar1,7101.1
NOTANone of the above3,2032.06
Majority6660.43
Turnout155,78751.26
RJD gain from BJPSwing


2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Arrah[10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPAmrendra Pratap Singh 56,504 49.81
LJPShree Kumar Singh37,56433.11
CPI(ML)LMeena Tiwari5,3144.68
INCMohd. Jawed Iqbal2,7172.39
Majority18,94016.70
Turnout1,13,45049.40
Registered electors2,29,649


BJP holdSwing

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See also

References

  1. ^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs". The Times of India. 2 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  5. ^ "DPACO (1961) - Archive Delimitation Orders - Election Commission of India". Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Arrah Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  7. ^ "2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Result: Arrah". Election Commission of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 21 November 2025. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  8. ^ "Arrah Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025". The Times of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 21 November 2025. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  9. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2010". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 1969". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 1980". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 1995". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  15. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2010". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  • "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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