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{{Infobox Indian state legislative assembly constituency
|name = Harlakhi Assembly constituency
|parl_name = [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
|image =
|image_size =
|caption =
|alt =
|mla = Sudhanshu Shekhar
|party = [[Janata Dal (United)]]
|alliance = 
|year =[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]] 
|region =
|state = [[Bihar]]
|district =
|division =
|constituency =
|constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|31]]
|established = 
|electors =
|reservation =
|abolished = 
}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement



|name = Harlakhi
|official_name =
|other_name =
|native_name = 
|settlement_type = Assembly constituency 
|total_type = 
|motto =

| pushpin_map = India Bihar
| map_caption = Location in Bihar
|coordinates = {{coord|26|37|30|N|85|58|14|E|region:IN-BR|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{IND}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Bihar|District]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Madhubani district|Madhubani]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar|Constituency No]]
|subdivision_name3 = 31
|subdivision_type4 = Type
|subdivision_name4 = Open
|subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
|subdivision_name5 = [[Madhubani (Lok Sabha constituency)|6. Madhubani]]
|subdivision_type6 = [[Voting system|Electoral system]]
|subdivision_name6 = [[First past the post system|First past the post]]

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'''Harlakhi Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Madhubani district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]].

==Overview==
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 31. Harlakhi Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Harlakhi and Madhwapur [[Community Development Block in India|community development blocks]]; Karhara, Samada, Salha, Teoth, Mahamadpur, Betauna and Manpaur [[gram panchayat]]s of [[Benipatti]] CD Block.<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 = 2011-01-10 }}</ref>

Harlakhi Assembly constituency is part of No. 6. [[Madhubani (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/>

==Member of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
|-
| 2005 (Feb.)
| rowspan="2" |[[Ram Naresh Pandey]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}
|-
| 2005 (Oct.)
|-
| 2010
| [[Shaligram Yadav]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
|-
| 2015
|[[Basant Kumar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Lok Samta Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
| 2016 (By Poll) || [[Sudanshu Shekhar]]
|-
| 2020
| [[Sudanshu Shekhar]]
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}
|-
|}

==Election Results==

=== 2020===
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: Harlakhi }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Sudhanshu Shekhar
|votes = 60,393
|percentage = 36.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Ram Naresh Pandey
|votes = 42,800
|percentage = 25.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
|candidate = Santosh Kumar Singh
|votes = 6,807
|percentage = 4.07
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Vikash Kumar Mishra
|votes = 6,177
|percentage = 3.69
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =
|candidate = Rest of the candidates + NOTA (None of the above)
|votes = ~23,000
|percentage = 14.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 17,593
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Janata Dal (United)
|loser = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Bypoll 2016===
{{Election box begin|
|title=Bye-election, 2016: Harlakhi}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Rashtriya Lok Samta Party|candidate=Sudhanshu Shekhar|votes=62,434|percentage=46.32|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Muhammad Shabbir|votes=43,784|percentage=32.48|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=Ram Naresh Pandey|votes=19,835|percentage=14.71|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 8,326
|percentage = 5.81
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 18,650
|percentage = 13.03
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,43,127
|percentage = 55.38
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2015 ===

{{Election box begin|title=[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Harlakhi constituency<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/|title=Bihar 2015|website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Rashtriya Lok Samta Party|candidate=[[Basant Kumar]]|votes=40,468|percentage=27.93|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Muhammad Shabbir|votes=36,576|percentage=25.25|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=[[Rishi Kumar Rai]]|votes=22,709|percentage=15.68|change=|}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=144,866|percentage=56.09|change=}}
{{Election box registered electors|reg. electors=258,296|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
|loser = Janata Dal (United)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1977-2010===
In the [[2010 Bihar legislative assembly election|November 2010 state assembly elections]], Aditya Thakur of [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]] won the Harlakhi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Rishi Kumar Rai of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI defeated Anuj Kumar of [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]] in [[Bihar Assembly Election, Oct 2005|October 2005]] and [[Bihar Assembly Election, Feb 2005|February 2005]]. Anuj Kumar of RJD defeated Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI in 2000. Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI defeated Vanya Yadav of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] in 1995. Vanya yadav of Congress defeated Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI in 1990. Bhuneshwar Jha of Congress defeated Vipul Borraha of CPI in 1985 and 1980. Pandey of CPI defeated sarpanch of Congress in 1977.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.travelindia-guide.com/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-results/harlakhi.php |title = Harlakhi election results from 1977 | publisher = Travel India Guide |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp75.htm |title =75 - Harlakhi Assembly Constituency |work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://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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{{Bihar elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Politics of Madhubani district]]

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