Chiraia Assembly constituency

Chiraia
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictEast Champaran
Established2008
ReservationNone
Elected year2020

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 Pr. Yadav of RJD.[3]

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Chiraia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Lal Babu Prasad Gupta 62,904 37.62% +0.12%
RJD Acchelal Yadav 46030 27.53%
NOTA None of the above 1526 0.91%
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

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.

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