# Araria Assembly constituency

Araria Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Araria district in the Indian state of Bihar.

## 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.
Araria Assembly constituency is part of No 9 Araria (Lok Sabha constituency) (SC).

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Name | Party |
| 1952 | Ziaur Rahman Hazi | Independent politician |
| 1957 | Ziaur Rahman Hazi | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | Balkrishna Jha | Independent politician |
| 1967 | Shital Prasad Gupta | Indian National Congress |
| 1969 | Shital Prasad Gupta | Indian National Congress |
| 1972 | Azam | Samyukta Socialist Party |
| 1977 | Srideo Jha | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Taslimuddin | Janata Party |
| 1985 | Halimuddin Ahmed | Indian National Congress |
| 1990 | Vinod Kumar Roy | Independent politician |
| 1995 | Vijay Kumar Mandal | Bihar People's Party |
| 2000 | Vijay Kumar Mandal | Independent politician |
| 2005 | Pradeep Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2005 | Pradeep Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 2009^ | Vijay Kumar Mandal | Lok Janshakti Party |
| 2010 | Zakir Hussain Khan | Lok Janshakti Party |
| 2015 | Avidur Rahman | Indian National Congress |
| 2020 | Avidur Rahman | Indian National Congress |
^by-election

## Election results
### 2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Araria :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Avidur Rahman | 103,054 | 54.84 |
| | 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 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 4,425 | 2.35 |
| | PP | Amit Anand Jha | 1,802 | 0.96 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47,936 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,87,908 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 318,978 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |

### 2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Araria constituency :
| Party | 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 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 175,608 | 63.20 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 277,857 | |

### 1977-2010

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.