Siwan Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Siwan Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 105 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Siwan
Established	1951

Elected year	2020

Assembly constituency in Bihar, India

26°13′N 84°22′E / 26.217°N 84.367°E / 26.217; 84.367Country

IndiaStateBiharDistrictSiwanConstituency No.105TypeOpenLok Sabha constituency18. SiwanElectoral systemFirst past the post

Siwan Assembly 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]

Overview

As 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 Legislative Assembly

Year	Name^[4]
1952	Shankar Nath	Indian National Congress
1952	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	Janardan Tiwari	Bharatiya Jan Sangh
1977	Ghulam Sarwar	Janata Party
1980	Janardan Tiwari	Bharatiya Janata Party
1985	Awadh Bihari Choudhary	Janata Party
1990		Janata Dal
1995		Janata Dal
2000		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005	Vyas Deo Prasad	Bharatiya Janata Party
2010
2015
2020	Awadh Bihari Choudhary	Rashtriya Janata Dal

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: 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

^ "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.