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{{Short description|Constituency of the Bihar legislative assembly in India}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
|name = Belhar
|type= SLA
| map_image = 163-Belhar constituency.svg
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
|mla = [[Manoj Yadav (politician)|Manoj Yadav]]
| party = {{party index link|Janata Dal (United)}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|National Democratic Alliance}}
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]] 
|region =
|state = [[Bihar]]
|district = [[Banka district|Banka]]
|division =
| loksabha_cons =
|constituency_no = 163
|established = 1962
| electors = 319,717
|abolished = 
}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
''' Belhar''' is one of 243 constituencies of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly of Bihar]]. It is part of [[Banka (Lok Sabha constituency)|Banka]] Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Amarpur, Banka, Katoria and Dhoraiya.<ref name="election2014">{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/bihar/parliamentary-constituencies/banka.html | title=Banka Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher=elections.in | access-date=10 March 2014}}</ref>

==Overview==
Belhar comprises CD Blocks Fullidumar, Belhar & Chandan.<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 = 2013-12-20 }}</ref>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Name
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|Raghvendra Narain Singh<ref name=election1962>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3888-bihar-1962/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1962 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<ref name=election1967>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3889-bihar-1967/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1967 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |Chaturbhuj Prasad Singh
| {{Full party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<ref name=election1969>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3890-bihar-1969/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1969 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|-
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Shakuntala Devi<ref name=election1972>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3892-bihar-1972/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1972 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Chaturbhuj Prasad Singh<ref name=election1977>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3893-bihar-1977/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1977 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|Chandra Mauleshwar Singh<ref name=election1980>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3894-bihar-1980/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1980 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|{{Full party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|[[Siyaram Rai]]<ref name=election1985>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3896-bihar-1985/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1985 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|Chandra Mouleshwar Singh<ref name=election1990>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3897-bihar-1990/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1990 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|-
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]<ref name=election1995>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3899-bihar-1995/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 1995 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |[[Ramdeo Yadav]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]<ref name=election2000>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3900-bihar-2000/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2000 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
| {{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<ref name=election2005>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3901-bihar-2005/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2005 - Feb and Oct |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
|-
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|[[Janardan Manjhi]]<ref name=election2005/>
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]<ref name=election2010>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3903-bihar-2010/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2010 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" |[[Giridhari Yadav]]
|-
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]<ref name=election2015/>
|-
|2019^<ref name="By-election results 2019: List of winners in 51 Assembly and Satara, Samastipur">{{cite news |last1=Zee News |date=25 October 2019 |title=By-election results 2019: List of winners in 51 Assembly and Satara, Samastipur |url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/by-election-results-2019-list-of-winners-in-51-assembly-and-satara-samastipur-2241916.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109071426/https://zeenews.india.com/india/by-election-results-2019-list-of-winners-in-51-assembly-and-satara-samastipur-2241916.html |archivedate=9 January 2024 |accessdate=9 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
|[[Ramdeo Yadav]]
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Manoj Yadav (politician)|Manoj Yadav]]<ref name=election2020/>
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
|-
|}

==Election results==
=== 2025 ===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Belhar<ref name="2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Belhar">{{cite news |title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Belhar |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04163.htm |accessdate=16 December 2025 |work= |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=14 November 2025 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20251216190931/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04163.htm |archivedate=16 December 2025 |language=en}}</ref> }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Manoj Yadav (politician)|Manoj Yadav]]
|votes = {{formatnum:115393}}
|percentage = 50.66
|change = +10.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = Chanakya Prakash Ranjan
|votes = {{formatnum:78187}}
|percentage = 34.33
|change = -4.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jan Suraaj Party
|candidate = Braj Kishor Pandit
|votes = {{formatnum:7711}}
|percentage = 3.39
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Lalan Prasad Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:6065}}
|percentage = 2.66
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Rajesh Kumar Paswan
|votes = {{formatnum:4451}}
|percentage = 1.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Mithan Prasad Yadav
|votes = {{formatnum:3038}}
|percentage = 1.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:5462}}
|percentage = 2.4
|change = +0.53
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:37206}}
|percentage = 16.33
|change = +14.98
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:227772}}
|percentage = 71.24
|change = +11.64
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2020 ===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Belhar<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 |url-access=limited}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Manoj Yadav (politician)|Manoj Yadav]]
|votes = {{formatnum:73589}}
|percentage = 40.16
|change = -4.43
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|candidate = [[Ramdeo Yadav]]
|votes = {{formatnum:71116}}
|percentage = 38.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Brahmdev Ray
|votes = {{formatnum:6127}}
|percentage = 3.34
|change = +1.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Binod Pandit
|votes = {{formatnum:5463}}
|percentage = 2.98
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = [[Kumari Archana Yadav]]
|votes = {{formatnum:5312}}
|percentage = 2.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Swati Kumari
|votes = {{formatnum:4026}}
|percentage = 2.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
|candidate = [[Shailendra Kumar Singh]]
|votes = {{formatnum:3242}}
|percentage = 1.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bhartiya Sablog Party
|candidate = Bhola Pd Yadav
|votes = {{formatnum:2277}}
|percentage = 1.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Heman Besra
|votes = {{formatnum:2089}}
|percentage = 1.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:3430}}
|percentage = 1.87
|change = -3.32
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:2473}}
|percentage = 1.35
|change = -8.92
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:183245}}
|percentage = 59.6
|change = +5.18
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2015 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Belhar<ref name=election2015>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/ |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2015 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=11 February 2021 |url-access=limited}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Giridhari Yadav]]
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|votes = {{formatnum:70348}}
|percentage = 44.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Manoj Yadav
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:54157}}
|percentage = 34.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
|candidate = Raj Kishor Prasad Urf Pappu Yadav
|votes = {{formatnum:10408}}
|percentage = 6.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Naresh Kumar Priyadarshi
|votes = {{formatnum:3007}}
|percentage = 1.91
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Saryug Pandit
|votes = {{formatnum:2918}}
|percentage = 1.85
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Shiv Kumar Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:2463}}
|percentage = 1.56
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Pankaj Kumar Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:1434}}
|percentage = 0.91
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Samras Samaj Party
|candidate = Lakhan Lal Deo
|votes = {{formatnum:1422}}
|percentage = 0.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:8193}}
|percentage = 5.19
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:16191}}
|percentage = 10.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:157781}}
|percentage = 54.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==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}}

{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}
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[[Category:Politics of Banka district]]
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[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1962]]
[[Category:1962 establishments in Bihar]]

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