Harnaut Assembly constituency
SLA
MlaHari Narayan Singh
Latest election year2025
StateBihar
DistrictNalanda
Constituency no177
Established1972
Electors319,850

Harnaut is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is a part of Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Rajgir, Nalanda, Islampur, Hilsa, Asthawan and Biharsharif.[1]

Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has contested from this seat four times. He lost in 1977 as member of Janata Party, lost again in 1980 as member of Charan Singh's Janata Party (Secular) which changed its name later to Lok Dal, won in 1985 as member of Lok Dal, did not contest in 1990, and won in 1995 as member of Samata Party. He has never contested assembly election since, and has been elected to the upper house as MLC in 2006, 2012, and 2018. He has been elected to Lok Sabha 6 times.[2]

Overview

Harnaut comprises CD Blocks Harnaut, Chandi & Nagar Nausa.[3]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMember[4]Party
1977Bhola Prasad Singh
1980Arun Kumar Singh
1985Nitish Kumar
1990Braj Nandan Yadav
1995Nitish Kumar
1996^Arun Kumar Singh
2000Vishwamohan Choudhary
2005Er. Sunil Kumar
2005
2010Hari Narayan Singh
2015
2020
2025

References

  1. ^ "Nalanda Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  2. ^ "1996 India General (11th Lok Sabha) Elections Results"
  3. ^ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India". Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
  4. ^ "Harnaut Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India