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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
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{{Short description|Constituency of the Bihar legislative assembly in India}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Harnaut Assembly constituency
| type = SLA
| map_image = 177-Harnaut constituency.svg
| map_caption =
| map_alt =
| mla = [[Hari Narayan Singh (Bihar politician)|Hari Narayan Singh]]
| 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 = [[Nalanda district|Nalanda]]
| division =
| loksabha_cons =
| constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|177]]
| established = 1972 
| electors = 319,850
| abolished = 
}}
'''Harnaut''' 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. Rajgir, Nalanda, Islampur, Hilsa, Asthawan and Biharsharif.<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>

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.<ref name="election1996">{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1996-election-results.html|title = 1996 India General (11th Lok Sabha) Elections Results}}</ref>

==Overview==
Harnaut comprises CD Blocks Harnaut, Chandi & Nagar Nausa.<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"
!Year
!Member<ref name="election2018">{{Cite web |title=Harnaut Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/harnaut.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|Bhola Prasad Singh
| {{party name with color|Independent|rowspan=2}}
|-
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|Arun Kumar Singh
|-
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|[[Nitish Kumar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Lokdal}}
|-
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|[[Braj Nandan Yadav]]
|{{party name with color|Independent}}
|-
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|[[Nitish Kumar]]
| {{Full party name with color|Samata Party|rowspan=3}}
|-
|1996^
|Arun Kumar Singh
|-
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|Vishwamohan Choudhary
|-
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
| rowspan="2" |Er. Sunil Kumar
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)|dab=y|rowspan=6}}
|-
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]
|-
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Hari Narayan Singh (Bihar politician)|Hari Narayan Singh]]
|-
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|-
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]
|}

==Election results==
=== 2025 ===
{{Election box begin
|title = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Harnaut<ref name="election2025">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-15 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ae/2025/16 |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref>

}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Hari Narayan Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:106954}}
|percentage = 55.66
|change = +14.42
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Arun Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:58619}}
|percentage = 30.5
|change = +17.17
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jan Suraaj Party
|candidate = Kamlesh Paswan
|votes = {{formatnum:7927}}
|percentage = 4.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Pintu Paswan
|votes = {{formatnum:2785}}
|percentage = 1.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|candidate = Dharmendra Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:2387}}
|percentage = 1.24
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Sanatan Party
|candidate = Indrasen Priyadarshi
|votes = {{formatnum:1840}}
|percentage = 0.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bhartiya Party (Loktantrik)
|candidate = Kanhaiya Lal Yadav
|votes = {{formatnum:1782}}
|percentage = 0.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:5380}}
|percentage = 2.8
|change = +1.98
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:48335}}
|percentage = 25.16
|change = +7.98
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:192162}}
|percentage = 60.08
|change = +8.61
}}
{{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]]: Harnaut<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 = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = [[Hari Narayan Singh (Bihar politician)|Hari Narayan Singh]]
|votes = {{formatnum:65404}}
|percentage = 41.24
|change = {{decrease}}4.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|candidate = Mamta Devi
|votes = {{formatnum:38163}}
|percentage = 24.06
|change = {{decrease}}12.72
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Kundan Gupta
|votes = {{formatnum:21144}}
|percentage = 13.33
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Kaushlendra Kumar Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:6846}}
|percentage = 4.32
|change = {{increase}}3.07
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Ashok Kumar Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:2980}}
|percentage = 1.88
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)
|candidate = Sanjay Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:2420}}
|percentage = 1.53
|change = {{decrease}}0.47
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Rashtriya Jan Jan Party
|candidate = Karuna Kumari
|votes = {{formatnum:2250}}
|percentage = 1.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Proutist Bloc
|candidate = Ashutosh Kumar Sinha
|votes = {{formatnum:1844}}
|percentage = 1.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Pragatisheel Magahi Samaj
|candidate = Vijay Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:1800}}
|percentage = 1.13
|change = {{increase}}0.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Purvanchal Mahapanchayat
|candidate = Rekha Kumari
|votes = {{formatnum:1780}}
|percentage = 1.12
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Mukesh Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:1607}}
|percentage = 1.01
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Jagatnarayan
|votes = {{formatnum:1528}}
|percentage = 0.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:1299}}
|percentage = 0.82
|change = {{decrease}}2.7
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:27241}}
|percentage = 17.18
|change = {{increase}}8.05
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:158608}}
|percentage = 51.47
|change = {{decrease}}2.95
}}
{{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|Bihar Assembly election, 2015]]: Harnaut<ref name="election2015">[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/ Bihar Assembly Election 2015]</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|candidate = [[Hari Narayan Singh (Bihar politician)|Hari Narayan Singh]]
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|votes = {{formatnum:71933}}
|percentage = 45.91
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Arun Kumar
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|votes = {{formatnum:57638}}
|percentage = 36.78
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Dharmendra Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:4146}}
|percentage = 2.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)
|candidate = Brij Nandan Yadav
|votes = {{formatnum:3128}}
|percentage = 2.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate = Neelam Kumari Singh
|votes = {{formatnum:2858}}
|percentage = 1.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Santosh Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:2093}}
|percentage = 1.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Sitaram Paswan
|votes = {{formatnum:1959}}
|percentage = 1.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Pintu Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:1692}}
|percentage = 1.08
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Chandra Uday Kumar
|votes = {{formatnum:1450}}
|percentage = 0.93
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]
|votes = {{formatnum:5523}}
|percentage = 3.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority
|votes = {{formatnum:14295}}
|percentage = 9.13
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = {{formatnum:156695}}
|percentage = 54.42
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2010===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2010 Bihar legislative assembly election|Bihar assembly elections, 2010]]: Harnaut<ref name="election2010">[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2010/stat_BR_Nov2010.pdf Bihar Assembly Election 2010]</ref>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Harinarayan Singh
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|votes = 56827
|percentage = 47.31
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|
|candidate = Arun Kumar
|party = Lok Janshakti Party
|votes = 41785
|percentage = 34.79
|change =
}}
{{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}}

[[Category:Politics of Nalanda district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1972]]
[[Category:1972 establishments in Bihar]]

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