Goriakothi Assembly constituency

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.

Goriakothi
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictSiwan
Established1967
ReservationNone
Elected year2020

Overview

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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

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Year Name[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

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2020

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Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Goriakothi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Devesh Kant Singh 92,350
RJD Nutan devi 75990
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors [3]
gain from Swing

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Goriyakothi Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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