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Ara Assembly constituency

Ara Assembly constituency

Assembly constituency in Bihar, India

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, Tarari, Jagdishpur, Shahpur and Agiaon (SC).[1] Since 2015, Arrah has been one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[2][3]

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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:

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Election results

2020

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2015

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. [2]
    "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs". The Times of India. 2 October 2015.
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    "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).
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    "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. [5]
    "DPACO (1961) - Archive Delimitation Orders - Election Commission of India". Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Arrah Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  7. [7]
    "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  8. [8]
    "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  9. [9]
    "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.
  10. [10]
    "Bihar General Legislative Election 1969". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  11. [11]
    "Bihar General Legislative Election 1980". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  12. [12]
    "Bihar General Legislative Election 1995". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  13. [13]
    "Bihar General Legislative Election 2005". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  14. [14]
    "Bihar General Legislative Election 2010". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.

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