Siwan is an assembly constituency in Siwan district in the Indian state of Bihar. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Siwan will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[1][2]
| Siwan | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 105 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Siwan |
| LS constituency | Siwan |
| Established | 1951 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party |  RJD |
| Alliance | Mahagathbandhan |
| Elected year | 2020 |
| Preceded by | Vyas Deo Prasad BJP |
Overview
editAs per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 105 Siwan Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Siwan community development block including Siwan Municipal Council; Lakri, Pakri, Aurae, Lakri Dargah, Kailgarh Uttar, Kailgarh Dakhin, Sunderpur and Hathigai gram panchayats of Barharia CD Block.[3]
Siwan Assembly constituency is part of No. 18 Siwan (Lok Sabha constituency) .[3] The former MLA Vyasdev Prasad of BJP had won this particular assembly seat 3 times in a row since 2005. Present MLA of Siwan is Shri Awadh Bihari Choudhary from RJD elected in 2020.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Year | Name[4] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Shankar Nath | Indian National Congress | |
| Ram Baswan Ram | |||
| 1957 | Gadadhar Pd. Shrivastava | ||
| 1959^ | S. Devi | ||
| 1962 | Janardan Tiwari | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1967 | Raja Ram Chaudhry | Indian National Congress | |
| 1969 | Janardan Tiwari | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1977 | Ghulam Sarwar | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Janardan Tiwari | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1985 | Awadh Bihari Choudhary | Janata Party | |
| 1990 | Janata Dal | ||
| 1995 | |||
| 2000 | Rashtriya Janata Dal | ||
| 2005 | |||
| 2005 | Vyas Deo Prasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2010 | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | Awadh Bihari Choudhary | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
Election results
edit2020
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJD | Awadh Bihari Choudhary | 76,785 | 45.30 | new | |
| BJP | Om Prakash Yadav | 74,812 | 44.13 | +9.13 | |
| Margin of victory | 1,973 | ||||
| RJD gain from BJP | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
- ^ "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility".
- ^ a b "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ "Siwan Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
External links
edit- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.