Daraunda Assembly constituency

Vidhan Sabha constituency

Daraunda
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Siwan
Established	2008
Reservation	None

Elected year	2020

Daraunda Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Siwan district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 109 Daraunda Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Daraunda and Siswan community development blocks; Phalpura, Laheji, Mandrauli, Mandarapali, Sahuli, Telkhthu, Hasanpura, Pakadi, Rajanpura and Harpur Kotwa gram panchayats of Hasanpura CD Block.^[1]

Daraunda Assembly constituency is part of No. 18 Siwan (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly


Year	Member^[2]
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2010	Jagmato Devi	Janata Dal
2015	Kavita Singh	Janata Dal
2019^	Karanjeet Singh	Independent
2020	Karanjeet Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party

^by-election

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Daraundha constituency^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Karanjeet Singh	71,934	44.09	+9.14
	CPI(ML)L	Amarnath Yadav	60,614	37.15	new
	NOTA	None of the above	5,458	3.35
Margin of victory			11,320
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing

2019 By-election

2019 Bihar Assembly By-elections: Daraundha constituency^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Karanjeet Singh	51,223
	JD(U)	Ajay Kumar Singh	23,944
	RJD	Umesh Kumar Singh	20,911
Turnout			140,328
Registered electors			318,460
	Independent gain from JD(U)		Swing

In the 2019 elections and in the 2011 by election necessitated by the death of the sitting MLA, Jagmato Devi, Kavita Singh of JD(U) defeated Parameshwar Singh of RJD.^[5]In the 2019 elections and in the 2011 by election necessitated by the death of the sitting MLA, Jagmato Devi, Kavita Singh of JD(U) defeated Parameshwar Singh of RJD.^[6]

2015

In the 2015 state assembly election BJP Candidate Jitendra Swami, Jitendra Swami (NDA) Alliance Social Leader Jitendra Swami participated in Daraundha assembly.

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Daraundha constituency^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Kavita Singh	66,255	43.67
	BJP	Jitendra Swami	53,033	34.95
	NOTA	N/A	8,983	5.92
Turnout			185,788	57.69	+3.30
Registered electors			322,055
	JD(U) hold		Swing

References

^ ^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.
^ "Daraundha Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
^ Zee News (25 October 2019). "By-election results 2019: List of winners in 51 Assembly and Satara, Samastipur". Archived from the original on 9 January 2024. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
^ "Bye Elections July 2019 to December 2019". Election Commission of India.
^ "Update on by-elections 2011". Indian Election Affairs. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
^ "Update on by-elections 2011". Indian Election Affairs. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
^ "Bihar 2015". Election Commission of India.