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{{Short description|Constituency of the Bihar legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Biharsharif
| map_image = 172-Biharsharif constituency.svg
| constituency_no = 172
| image = File:Nitish Kumar meeting newly appointed minister from BJP Dr Sunil Kumar (cropped).jpg
| mla = [[Sunil Kumar (born 1957)|Sunil Kumar]]
| party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
| established = 1951 (as South Bihar)<br />1962 (as North Bihar) <br/> 1967 (as Biharsharif)
| state = [[Bihar]]
| district = [[Nalanda district|Nalanda]]
| reservation = None
| type = SLA
| loksabha_cons = [[Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency|Nalanda]]
}}
'''Biharsharif Assembly constituency''' is one of 243 constituencies of [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly of Bihar]]. It is a part of [[Nalanda (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nalanda]] Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Islampur, Harnaut, Hilsa, Nalanda, Asthawan and Rajgir.<ref name="election2014">{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/bihar/parliamentary-constituencies/nalanda.html | title=Nalanda Parliamentary Constituencies | publisher=elections.in | access-date=10 March 2014}}</ref> In [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], Biharsharif will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref name="election1993">{{cite web|url=http://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|website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref><ref name="election2015">{{cite web|url=http://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>

==Overview==
Biharsharif comprises CD Block Rahui & Bihar (M).<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> Although Nalanda district has a substantial [[Kurmi]] population across all the assembly constituencies falling within this district, Biharsharif is a [[Koeri]] dominated constituency. It was represented for four terms by Sunil Kumar of Bharatiya Janata Party from the same caste group.<ref name="election2023">{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/politics/ram-navami-bihar-tensions|title=Will Ram Navami Communal Tensions Help BJP's Political Goal in Bihar|website=the wire|accessdate=2 May 2023|archive-date=20 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420180012/https://thewire.in/politics/ram-navami-bihar-tensions|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Member<ref name="election2018">{{Cite web |title=Asthawan Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/asthawan.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
| rowspan="2" | Md. Aquil Syed
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}
|-
|[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|-
| 1960^
| rowspan="2" | Syed Wasiuddin Ahmad
|-
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
|-
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| rowspan="2" |B. P. Jawahar
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]
|-
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]
|Virendra Prasad
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}
|-
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Deo Nath Prasad]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|-
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|[[Shakeel Uzzaman Ansari]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Deo Nath Prasad]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|Syed Naushad Un Nabi
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}
|-
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Sunil Kumar (born 1957)|Sunil Kumar]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|-
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]
|-
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=3}}
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|-
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
|-
|}
* ^by-election

==Election results==
=== 2025 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2025]]: Biharsharif<ref name="2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Biharsharif">{{cite news |title=2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Results: Biharsharif |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04172.htm |accessdate=12 December 2025 |work= |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=14 November 2025 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20251212190657/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/candidateswise-S04172.htm |archivedate=12 December 2025 |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Sunil Kumar (born 1957)|Sunil Kumar]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:109304}}
|percentage = 50.83
|change = +6.28
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Omair Khan
|party = Indian National Congress
|votes = {{formatnum:80136}}
|percentage = 37.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Manoj Kumar Tanti
|votes = {{formatnum:6315}}
|percentage = 2.94
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jan Suraaj Party
|candidate = Dinesh Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:6044}}
|percentage = 2.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Mohit Kumar Alias Kundan Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:3405}}
|percentage = 1.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Shiv Kumar Yadav
|votes = {{formatnum:2736}}
|percentage = 1.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:3524}}
|percentage = 1.64
|change = +1.01
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:29168}}
|percentage = 13.56
|change = +5.35
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:215019}}
|percentage = 55.17
|change = +6.66
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = BJP
|loser =
|swing = NDA
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2020 ===
{{Election box begin |title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: Biharsharif<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |date=2021-01-13 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Sunil Kumar (born 1957)|Sunil Kumar]]
|votes = {{formatnum:81888}}
|percentage = 44.55
|change = +1.82
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Sunil Kumar
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal
|votes = {{formatnum:66786}}
|percentage = 36.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Afreen Sultana
|party = Independent
|votes = {{formatnum:13443}}
|percentage = 7.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Social Democratic Party of India
|candidate = Shamim Akhtar
|votes = {{formatnum:2626}}
|percentage = 1.43
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ritu Kumar Alias Bhosu Bhai Yadav
|votes = {{formatnum:2450}}
|percentage = 1.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (Secular)
|candidate = Sudhanshu Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:1937}}
|percentage = 1.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party
|candidate = Md. Safir Alam
|votes = {{formatnum:1820}}
|percentage = 0.99
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1152}}
|percentage = 0.63
|change = -2.28
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:15102}}
|percentage = 8.21
|change = +6.9
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:183793}}
|percentage = 48.51
|change = -2.65
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|
|winner = BJP
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2015 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2010 Bihar legislative assembly election|Bihar assembly elections, 2015]]: Biharsharif<ref name="election2015-1">{{Cite web |url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS04172.htm?ac=172 |title=Constituencywise-All Candidates |access-date=11 November 2015 |archive-date=9 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309050249/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS04172.htm?ac=172 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Sunil Kumar (born 1957)|Sunil Kumar]]
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes = {{formatnum:76201}}
|percentage = 42.73
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Mohammad Asghar Shamim
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|votes = {{formatnum:73861}}
|percentage = 41.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)
|candidate = Afrin Sultana
|votes = {{formatnum:12635}}
|percentage = 7.09
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Md. Surkhab Alam
|votes = {{formatnum:2259}}
|percentage = 1.27
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:5191}}
|percentage = 2.91
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:2340}}
|percentage = 1.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:178327}}
|percentage = 51.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = BJP
|loser = JD(U)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==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 Nalanda district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Bihar]]

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