Goriakothi Assembly constituency

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Goriakothi
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
District Siwan
Established1967
ReservationNone
Elected year 2020

Goreyakothi is a Bihar Legislative Assembly Constituency in Siwan district in the Indian state of Bihar. This constituency was formed in 2010 after two blocks of Basantpur constituency were merged with Goreyakothi block and a new constituency was formed. Bhumendra Narayan Singh was the first MLA of this newly formed Goriakothi assembly seat in 2010. Satyadeo Prasad Singh was MLA from this constituency from 2015 to 2020 and Deveshkant Singh became MLA in 2020.

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Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 111 Goriakothi Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Goriakothi, Lakri Nabiganj and Basantpur. community development blocks. [1]

Goriakothi Assembly constituency is part of No. 19 Maharajganj (Lok Sabha constituency). [1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearName [2] Party
1967 Krishna Kant Singh Indian National Congress
1969 Lok Tantrik Congress
1972 Mahamaya Prasad Indian National Congress
1977 Krishna Kant Singh
1980 Ajit Kumar Singh Indian National Congress
1985 Indra Deo Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party
1990 Ajit Kumar Singh Janata Dal
1995 Indra Deo Prasad
2000 Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 Bhumendra Narayan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2005 Indra Deo Prasad Rashtriya Janata Dal
2010 Bhumendra Narayan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2015 Satyadeo Prasad Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020 Devesh Kant Singh Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Goriakothi [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Devesh Kant Singh 87,368 45.66 +7.52
RJD Nutan devi75,47739.45−3.3
Independent Aravind Kumar Singh5,2232.73
Independent Ashok Kumar Varma4,1042.14
Independent Kaunain Ahamad3,1361.64
Independent Anup Kumar Tewari2,3771.24
JAP(L) Premchand Singh1,7670.92
NOTA None of the above 1,1210.59−0.79
Majority 11,8916.21+1.6
Turnout 191,34157.8+2.45
BJP gain from RJD Swing


2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Goriakothi [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RJD Satyadeo Prasad Singh 70,965 42.75
BJP Devesh Kant Singh63,31438.14
Independent Tribhuwan Ram5,2303.15
Independent Renu Yadav4,0162.42
Independent Ashok Kumar Singh3,0601.84
CPI Tarkeshwar Yadav2,9211.76
Independent Lal Babu Sharma2,8901.74
BSP Raj Kapur Prasad Yadav2,0101.21
Independent Chandrama Sah1,5810.95
Independent Ramayan Singh1,5750.95
Bhartiya New Sanskar Krantikari Party Uma Shankar Tiwari1,5300.92
NOTA None of the above 2,2961.38
Majority 7,6514.61
Turnout 166,01055.35
Bhartiya New Sanskar Krantikari Party Uma Shankar Tiwari1,5300.92


References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. 1 2 "Goriyakothi Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India . 20 August 2018.

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