Darauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Darauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Hindi: दरौली विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is a Legislative Assembly constituency in Siwan district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes from 2010. Earlier it was an open seat (unreserved). The current MLA of this Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituency is Satyadeo Ram.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 107 Darauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Darauli, Guthani and Andar community development blocks.

Darauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 18 Siwan (Lok Sabha constituency).

For more information please visit darauli.in.

Election results

1977-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections, Ramayan Manjhi of BJP won the Darauli seat defeating his nearest rival Satyadeo Ram of CPI(M-L)L.^[1] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Amar Nath Yadav of CPI(M-L)L defeated Sheo Shankar Yadav of RJD in October 2005 and February 2005. Sheo Shankar Yadav of RJD defeated Amar Nath Yadav of CPI(M-L)L in 2000. Amar Nath Yadav of CPI(M-L)L defeated Sheo Shankar Yadav of JD in 1995. Sheo Shankar Yadav of JD defeated Prof. Dr. Rajdev Singh of BJP in 1990. Sheo Shankar Yadav of LD defeated Chandrika Pandey of Congress in 1985. Chandrika Pandey of Congress defeated Mrityunjay Prasad Singh of Congress (U) in 1980. Krishna Pratap Singh of Congress defeated Ramayan Choudhary of JP in 1977.^[2]

Bihar Legislative Assembly Election, 2015

Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Liberation) leader Satyadeo Ram was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly from Darauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency), by defeating Ramayan Manjhi (BJP), a two time MLA, by a margin of about 10,000 votes.

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