Chiraia Assembly constituency

Chiraia
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DivisionTirhut
DistrictEast Champaran
Lok Sabha constituencySheohar
Established2008
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2020
Preceded byAvaneesh Kumar Singh

Chiraiya Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purvi Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 20. Chiraiya Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Chiraiya and Patahi community development blocks.[1]

Chiraia Assembly constituency is part of 4. Sheohar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Name[2] Party
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2010 Avaneesh Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2015 Lal Babu Prasad Gupta
2020

Election results

In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Avaneesh Kumar Singh of BJP won the newly formed 20 Chiraia assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Laxmi Narayan Prasad Yadav of RJD.[3]

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Chiraia[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Lal Babu Prasad Gupta 62,904 37.62 Decrease4.81
RJD Acchelal Yadav 46,030 27.53 Decrease11.95
Independent Laxmi Narayan Prasad Yadav 16,395 9.81
Independent Avaneesh Kumar Singh 11,430 6.84
Independent Sanjay Kumar 9,273 5.55
RLSP Madhurendra Kumar Singh 4,518 2.7
Independent Prabhash Ranjan Urf Chandan 1,923 1.15
NOTA None of the above 1,526 0.91 Decrease0.72
Majority 16,874 10.09 Increase7.14
Turnout 167,191 56.63 Increase1.19
BJP hold Swing


2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Chiraia[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Lal Babu Prasad Gupta 62,831 42.43
RJD Laxmi Narayan Prasad Yadav 58,457 39.48
SP Avaneesh Kumar Singh 12,172 8.22
BSP Om Prakash 4,531 3.06
Independent Hiralal Ray 1,754 1.18
JAP(L) Arun Singh 1,559 1.05
Independent Satrudhan Singh 1,327 0.9
NOTA None of the above 2,418 1.63
Majority 4,374 2.95
Turnout 148,082 55.44


References

  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. ^ "Chiraia Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ^ "Chiraia election results". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. 13 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. 20 August 2018.

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