Harlakhi Assembly constituency
Harlakhi Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Harlakhi and Madhwapur community development blocks; Karhara, Samada, Salha, Teoth, Mahamadpur, Betauna and Manpaur gram panchayats of Benipatti CD Block.[1] In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Aditya Thakur of JD(U) won the Harlakhi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI.Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned.Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI defeated Vanya Yadav of Congress in 1995.Vanya Yadav of Congress defeated Rishi Kumar Rai of CPI in 1990.