{{Short description|Assembly constituency in Bihar, India}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency | name = Arrah Assembly constituency | type = SLA | map_image = 194-Arrah constituency.svg | map_caption = Arrah Assembly constituency in Bhojpur | mla = Sanjay Singh Tiger |party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |alliance = NDA | latest_election_year = 2025 | preceded_by = Amrendra Pratap Singh, {{Party index link|Bhartiya Janata Party}} | incumbent_image = | region = | state = Bihar | district = Bhojpur | division = | loksabha_cons = Arrah | constituency_no = 194 | established = 1951 | electors = 327,553 | abolished = }}
''' 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.<ref name=delimitation2008>{{cite web|url=https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/showfile?actid=AC_CEN_3_20_00030_200233_1517807324510&type=order&filename=Delimitation%20Order,2008.pdf|title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008|date=26 November 2008|access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref> Since 2015, Arrah has been one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref name="election1993">{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/EC-move-to-allay-fears-about-errors-in-EVMs/articleshow/49199345.cms|title=EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs|newspaper=The Times of India |date=2 October 2015 }}</ref><ref name="election2015">{{cite web|url=https://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/Current/ImpIns_24092015.pdf|title=General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg.}}</ref>
==Area/Wards== Arrah Assembly constituency comprises:<ref name=commission>{{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 = 20 December 2013 }}</ref>
* 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.<ref name="election1961">{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3950-dpaco-1961/ |title=DPACO (1961) - Archive Delimitation Orders - Election Commission of India |access-date= 25 October 2022}}</ref>
The list of the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Arrah constituency is as follows:
{| class="wikitable" !Year !Member<ref name="election2018">{{Cite web|title=Arrah Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/arrah.html|access-date=|website=Elections in India}}</ref> ! colspan="2" |Party |- |1952 | rowspan="2" |Rang Bahadur Prasad | {{Full party name with color|rowspan=4|Indian National Congress}} |- |1957 |- |1962 | rowspan="2" |Sumitra Devi |- |1967 |- |1969 |Ram Awdhesh Singh |{{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}} |- |1972 | rowspan="2" |Sumitra Devi |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |1977 |{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}} |- |1980 | rowspan="2" |S. M. Isha |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}} |- |1985 |{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} |- |1990 |Bashistha Narain Singh | {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Janata Dal}} |- |1995 |Abdul Malik |- |2000 | rowspan="4" |Amrendra Pratap Singh | {{Full party name with color|rowspan=4|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |2005 |- |2005 |- |2010 |- |2015 |Mohammad Nawaz Alam |{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}} |- |2020 |Amrendra Pratap Singh |{{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Bharatiya Janata Party}} |- |2025 |Sanjay Singh Tiger |}
== Election results == === 2025 === {{Election box begin |title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Arrah<ref name="2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Result: Arrah">{{cite news |title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Result: Arrah |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04194.htm |access-date=21 November 2025 |work= |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=14 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251121115042/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04194.htm |archive-date=21 November 2025 |language=en}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Sanjay Singh Tiger |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:94201}} |percentage = 50.98 |change = {{increase}}5.93 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Quyamuddin Ansari |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation |2 = CPI(ML) Liberation |votes = {{formatnum:74620}} |percentage = 40.38 |change = {{decrease}}2.79 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Dr. Vijay Kumar Gupta |party = Jan Suraaj Party |votes = {{formatnum:5800}} |percentage = 3.14 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:4154}} |percentage = 2.25 |change = {{increase}}0.49 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:19581}} |percentage = 10.6 |change = {{increase}}8.72 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:184778}} |percentage = 56.41 |change = {{increase}}8.06 }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2020 === {{Election box begin |title=2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Arrah<ref name=election2020>{{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}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Amrendra Pratap Singh |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:71781}} |percentage = 45.05 |change = +0.54 }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Quyamuddin Ansari |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation |2 = CPI(ML) Liberation |votes = {{formatnum:68779}} |percentage = 43.17 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Hakim Prasad |party = Independent |votes = {{formatnum:4360}} |percentage = 2.74 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Sheodas Singh |votes = {{formatnum:2991}} |percentage = 1.88 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:2811}} |percentage = 1.76 |change = -0.3 }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:3002}} |percentage = 1.88 |change = +1.45 }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:159332}} |percentage = 48.35 |change = -2.91 }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = Rashtriya Janata Dal |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
=== 2015 === {{Election box begin |title=2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Arrah<ref name="election2015"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Mohammad Nawaz Alam |party = Rashtriya Janata Dal |votes = {{formatnum:70004}} |percentage = 44.94 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Amrendra Pratap Singh |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = {{formatnum:69338}} |percentage = 44.51 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation |candidate = Kyamuddin Ansari |votes = {{formatnum:5035}} |percentage = 3.23 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = Independent |candidate = Jitendra Kumar |votes = {{formatnum:1710}} |percentage = 1.1 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link |party = None of the above |candidate = None of the above |votes = {{formatnum:3203}} |percentage = 2.06 |change = }} {{Election box majority |votes = {{formatnum:666}} |percentage = 0.43 |change = }} {{Election box turnout |votes = {{formatnum:155787}} |percentage = 51.26 |change = }} {{Election box gain with party link |winner = Rashtriya Janata Dal |loser = Bharatiya Janata Party |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
===2010=== {{Election box begin |title=2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Arrah<ref name="election2010">{{cite web |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2010 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3903-bihar-2010/ |access-date=11 February 2021 |publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link | |candidate = Amrendra Pratap Singh |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 56,504 |percentage = 49.81 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Shree Kumar Singh |party = Lok Janshakti Party |votes = 37,564 |percentage = 33.11 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Meena Tiwari |party = Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation | CPI(ML) Liberation |votes = 5,314 |percentage = 4.68 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link | |candidate = Mohd. Jawed Iqbal |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 2,717 |percentage = 2.39 |change = }} {{Election box majority | |votes = 18,940 |percentage = 16.70 |change = }} {{Election box turnout | |votes = 1,13,450 |percentage = 49.40 |change = }} {{Election box hold with party link |winner = Bharatiya Janata Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = }} {{Election box end}}
<ref name="election1969">{{cite web |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1969 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3890-bihar-1969/ |access-date=11 February 2021 |publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref><ref name="election1980">{{cite web |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1980 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3894-bihar-1980/ |access-date=11 February 2021 |publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref><ref name="election1995">{{cite web |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1995 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3899-bihar-1995/ |access-date=11 February 2021 |publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref><ref name="election2005">{{cite web |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2005 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3901-bihar-2005/ |access-date=11 February 2021 |publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref><ref name="election2010"/>
== See also == * List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}
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Category:Arrah Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar Category:Politics of Bhojpur district, India Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951 Category:1951 establishments in Bihar