| Biharsharif | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 172 for theBihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Nalanda |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Nalanda |
| Established | 1951 (as South Bihar) 1962 (as North Bihar) 1967 (as Biharsharif) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Dr. Sunil Kumar | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2025 |
Biharsharif Assembly constituency is one of 243 constituencies oflegislative assembly of Bihar. It is a part ofNalanda Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Islampur, Harnaut, Hilsa, Nalanda, Asthawan and Rajgir.[1] In2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Biharsharif will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[2][3]
Biharsharif comprises CD Block Rahui & Bihar (M).[4] Although Nalanda district has a substantialKurmi population across all the assembly constituencies falling within this district, Biharsharif is aKoeri dominated constituency. It was represented for four terms by Sunil Kumar of Bharatiya Janata Party from the same caste group.[5]
| Year | Member[6] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Md. Aquil Syed | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | |||
| 1960^ | Syed Wasiuddin Ahmad | ||
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | B. P. Jawahar | Communist Party of India | |
| 1969 | |||
| 1972 | Virendra Prasad | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1977 | Deo Nath Prasad | Communist Party of India | |
| 1980 | |||
| 1985 | Shakeel Uzzaman Ansari | Indian National Congress | |
| 1990 | Deo Nath Prasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1995 | Janata Dal | ||
| 2000 | Syed Naushad Un Nabi | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2005 | Sunil Kumar | Janata Dal (United) | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2015 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2020 | |||
| 2025 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sunil Kumar | 109,304 | 50.83 | ||
| INC | Omair Khan | 80,136 | 37.27 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,524 | 1.64 | ||
| Majority | 29,168 | ||||
| Turnout | 215,019 | ||||
| BJPhold | Swing | NDA | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sunil Kumar | 81,888 | 44.55 | +1.82 | |
| RJD | Sunil Kumar | 66,786 | 36.34 | ||
| Independent | Afreen Sultana | 13,443 | 7.31 | ||
| SDPI | Shamim Akhtar | 2,626 | 1.43 | ||
| Independent | Ritu Kumar Alias Bhosu Bhai Yadav | 2,450 | 1.33 | ||
| JD(S) | Sudhanshu Kumar | 1,937 | 1.05 | ||
| Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party | Md. Safir Alam | 1,820 | 0.99 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,152 | 0.63 | −2.28 | |
| Majority | 15,102 | 8.21 | +6.9 | ||
| Turnout | 183,793 | 48.51 | −2.65 | ||
| BJPhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sunil Kumar | 76,201 | 42.73 | ||
| JD(U) | Mohammad Asghar Shamim | 73,861 | 41.42 | ||
| JAP(L) | Afrin Sultana | 12,635 | 7.09 | ||
| Independent | Md. Surkhab Alam | 2,259 | 1.27 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 5,191 | 2.91 | ||
| Majority | 2,340 | 1.31 | |||
| Turnout | 178,327 | 51.16 | |||
| BJPgain fromJD(U) | Swing | ||||