Saharsa

Saharsa is a city and a municipality in the Saharsa district in the Indian state of Bihar in the north of the country, east of the Kosi River. It is the administrative headquarters of the Saharsa District, and is in the Kosi Division. Sahrasa is also the name of the assembly constituency, which contains the city and neighbouring parts of the district. The name Saharsa has originated from saharsh which means 'with great pleasure'.

History

Earlier, the Saharsa district was part of the Munger & Bhagalpur districts. On 1 April 1954 it was made a district of its own. It was also made headquarters of Kosi division on 2 October 1972, comprising Saharsa, Purnia and Katihar district, with its headquarters at Saharsa. Similarly a new Civil Sub-Division Birpur was created on 1 December 1972, consisting of 24 development blocks viz. Raghopur, Chhatapur, Basantpur and Nirmali which were previously under Supaul subdivision of this district. Two new districts Madhepura & Supaul have been formed from Saharsa district on 30 April 1981 and 1991. Saharsa district now consists of two subdivisions, viz. Saharsa Sadar and Simri Bakhtiarpur. The district consists of 10 development blocks and anchals each.

Saharsa (Lok Sabha constituency)

Saharsa was a Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar.

Members of Parliament

References

See also

Saharsa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Saharsa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Hindi: सहरसा विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is an assembly constituency in Saharsa district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 75 Saharsa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Kahara community development block including Saharsa nagar parishad; Saur Bazar CD Block. In Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2015, Saharsa will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.

Saharsa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 13 Madhepura (Lok Sabha constituency) .

Election results

1977-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Alok Ranjan of BJP won the Saharsa assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Arun Kumar of RJD. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sanjeev Kumar Jha of BJP defeated Dr. Abdul Gafoor of RJD in October 2005 and Surya Narayan Yadav of RJD in February 2005. Shankar Prasad Tekriwal of RJD defeated Lovely Anand of BPSP in 2000. Shankar Prasad Tekiwal representing JD defeated Satish Chandra Jha of Congress in 1995 and 1990. Satish Chandra Jha defeated Shankar Prasad Tekriwal of LD in 1985. Ramesh Jha of Congress defeated Janardan Pandey of CPI in 1980. Shankar Prasad Tekriwal representing JP defeated Ramesh Jha of Congress in 1977.