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. Since 2015, Arrah has been one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.

Area/Wards

Arrah Assembly constituency comprises:

  • 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.

The list of the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Arrah constituency is as follows:

YearMemberParty
1952Rang Bahadur PrasadIndian National Congress
1957
1962Sumitra Devi
1967
1969Ram Awdhesh SinghSamyukta Socialist Party
1972Sumitra DeviIndian National Congress
1977Janata Party
1980S. M. IshaIndian National Congress
1985Indian National Congress
1990Bashistha Narain SinghJanata Dal
1995Abdul Malik
2000Amrendra Pratap SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2005
2005
2010
2015Mohammad Nawaz AlamRashtriya Janata Dal
2020Amrendra Pratap SinghBharatiya Janata Party
2025Sanjay Singh Tiger

Election results

2025

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Arrah
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPSanjay Singh Tiger94,20150.985.93
CPI(ML)LQuyamuddin Ansari74,62040.382.79
JSPDr. Vijay Kumar Gupta5,8003.14
NOTANone of the above4,1542.250.49
Majority19,58110.68.72
Turnout184,77856.418.06
BJP holdSwing

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Arrah
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPAmrendra Pratap Singh71,78145.05+0.54
CPI(ML)LQuyamuddin Ansari68,77943.17
IndependentHakim Prasad4,3602.74
IndependentSheodas Singh2,9911.88
NOTANone of the above2,8111.76−0.3
Majority3,0021.88+1.45
Turnout159,33248.35−2.91
BJP gain from RJDSwing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Arrah
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJDMohammad Nawaz Alam70,00444.94
BJPAmrendra Pratap Singh69,33844.51
CPI(ML)LKyamuddin Ansari5,0353.23
IndependentJitendra Kumar1,7101.1
NOTANone of the above3,2032.06
Majority6660.43
Turnout155,78751.26
RJD gain from BJPSwing

2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Arrah
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJPAmrendra Pratap Singh56,50449.81
LJPShree Kumar Singh37,56433.11
CPI(ML)LMeena Tiwari5,3144.68
INCMohd. Jawed Iqbal2,7172.39
Majority18,94016.70
Turnout1,13,45049.40
BJP holdSwing

See also

External links

  • . eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India.

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