Belhar Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Bihar legislative assembly in India}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

|name = Belhar

|type= SLA

| map_image = 163-Belhar constituency.svg

| map_caption =

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|mla = Manoj Yadav

|party =Janata Dal (United)

|alliance =

| latest_election_year = 2020

|region =

|state = Bihar

|district = Banka

|division =

| loksabha_cons =

|constituency_no = 163

|established = 1962

|electors =

|reservation = None

|abolished =

}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

Belhar is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Banka Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Amarpur, Banka, Katoria and Dhoraiya.{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/bihar/parliamentary-constituencies/banka.html | title=Banka Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher=elections.in | access-date=10 March 2014}}

Overview

Belhar comprises CD Blocks Fullidumar, Belhar & Chandan.{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2013-12-20 }}

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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!Election

!Name

! colspan="2" |Party

1962

|Raghvendra Narain Singh{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3888-bihar-1962/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1962 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1967{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3889-bihar-1967/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1967 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}

| rowspan="2" |Chaturbhuj Prasad Singh

| {{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party|rowspan=2}}

1969{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3890-bihar-1969/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1969 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}
1972

|Shakuntala Devi{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3892-bihar-1972/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1972 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

1977

|Chaturbhuj Prasad Singh{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3893-bihar-1977/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1977 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}

|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}

1980

|Chandra Mauleshwar Singh{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3894-bihar-1980/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1980 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}

|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}

1985

|Siyaram Rai{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3896-bihar-1985/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1985 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}

1990

|Chandra Mouleshwar Singh{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3897-bihar-1990/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1990 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}

1995{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3899-bihar-1995/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1995 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}

| rowspan="3" |Ramdeo Yadav

|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}

2000{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3900-bihar-2000/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2000 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}

| {{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}

2005{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3901-bihar-2005/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2005 - Feb and Oct |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}
2005

|Janardan Manjhi

| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y|rowspan=3}}

2010{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3903-bihar-2010/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2010 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}

| rowspan="2" |Giridhari Yadav

2015
2019^{{cite news |last1=Zee News |date=25 October 2019 |title=By-election results 2019: List of winners in 51 Assembly and Satara, Samastipur |url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/by-election-results-2019-list-of-winners-in-51-assembly-and-satara-samastipur-2241916.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109071426/https://zeenews.india.com/india/by-election-results-2019-list-of-winners-in-51-assembly-and-satara-samastipur-2241916.html |archivedate=9 January 2024 |accessdate=9 January 2024 |language=en}}

|Ramdeo Yadav

|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}

2020

|Manoj Yadav

|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y}}

Election results

=2015=

{{Election box begin | title=2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Belhar{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2015 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Giridhari Yadav

|party = Janata Dal (United)

|votes = 70,348

|percentage = 47.03

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Manoj Yadav

|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes = 54,157

|percentage = 36.20

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 149,588

|percentage = 54.52

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 289,906

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{{Election box end}}

= 2020=

{{Election box begin |title=2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Belhar{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Janata Dal (United)

|candidate = Manoj Yadav

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|party = Lok Janshakti Party

|candidate = Kumari Archana Yadav

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal

|candidate = Ramdeo Yadav

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party

|candidate = Shailendra Kumar Singh

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Plurals Party

|candidate = Swati Kumari

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|candidate = None of the above

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See also

References

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