Siwan (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Siwan (Vidhan Sabha constituency) 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
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Siwan
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°13′N 84°22′E
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictSiwan
Constituency No.105
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency18. Siwan
Electoral systemFirst past the post

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 105 Siwan (Vidhan Sabha 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 (Vidhan Sabha 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.

Member of Legislative Assembly
Election Name[4] Party
1952 Shankar Nath Indian National Congress
Ram Baswan Ram
1957 Gadadhar Pd. Shrivastava
1959^ S. Devi
1962 Janardan Tiwari Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1967 Raja Ram Chaudhry Indian National Congress
1969 Janardan Tiwari Bharatiya Jan 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
Feb 2005
Oct 2005 Vyas Deo Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party
2010
2015
2020 Awadh Bihari Choudhary Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election Results

2020
2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Siwan
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
  1. "36 Seats in Bihar to Have Electronic Voting Machines With Paper Trail Facility".
  2. "Poll-bound Bihar to get 36 EVMs with paper trail facility".
  3. "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.
  4. "Siwan Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
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