Harnaut Assembly constituency
Harnaut is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar.Rajgir, Nalanda, Islampur, Hilsa, Asthawan and Biharsharif.[1] 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 been elected to Lok Sabha 6 times.