Goriakothi Assembly constituency
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Elected year2020

Goreyakothi
Assembly constituency
Goreyakothi is located in Bihar
Goreyakothi
Goreyakothi
Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 26°15′12″N 84°36′27″E / 26.25333°N 84.60750°E / 26.25333; 84.60750
Country India
StateBihar
DistrictSiwan
Constituency No.111
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha Constituency19. Maharajganj
Electoral systemFirst past the post
Websitehttp://www.goreakothi.info/

Goreyakothi is a Bihar Legislative Assembly Constituency in Siwan district in the Indian state of Bihar. This constituency was formed in 2010 after two blocks of Basantpur constituency were merged with Goreyakothi block and a new constituency was formed. Bhumendra Narayan Singh was the first MLA of this newly formed Goriakothi assembly seat in 2010. Satyadeo Prasad Singh was MLA from this constituency from 2015 to 2020 and Deveshkant Singh became MLA in 2020. Deveshkant Singh is the only fourth generation politician in the Bihar Vidhan sabha. His father Shri Bhumendra Narayan Singh was MLA two terms from here. His grandfather Shri Krishnakant Singh was also an MLA many times, as well as the first MLA of Goriakothi and MP of Maharajganj. Shri Krishnakant was very close to the first chief minister of Bihar, he held several ministerial posts at times such as health, education and many more. He was also the de facto chief minister in the CM tenure of Shri Bhola Paswan. Narayan babu was a 2 time member of the central assembly that used to be in place before India was independent, was a visionary and started the first school in northern Bihar in 1916 the same day when BHU was started. All the above mentioned, KK Singh his son, BN Singh his grandson, and DK Singh his great grandson have followed his footsteps and are involved in social welfare works. Dr Shanti Roy brought more limelight to Goriakothi as she became the first lady doctor from Goriakothi to be conferred the Padam Shree in 2019, she had got her initial education from Narayan karmyogi high school, Goriakothi. Her son Dr Himanshu Roy is a well known doctor all over Bihar.

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 111 Goriakothi Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Goriakothi, Lakri Nabiganj and Basantpur. community development blocks.[1]

Goriakothi Assembly constituency is part of No. 19 Maharajganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Name[2] Party
1967 Krishna Kant Singh Indian National Congress
1969 Lok Tantrik Congress
1972 Mahamaya Prasad Indian National Congress
1977 Krishna Kant Singh
1980 Ajit Kumar Singh Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Indra Deo Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party
1990 Ajit Kumar Singh Janata Dal
1995 Indra Deo Prasad
2000 Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 Bhumendra Narayan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2005 Indra Deo Prasad Rashtriya Janata Dal
2010 Bhumendra Narayan Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2015 Satyadeo Prasad Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020 Devesh Kant Singh Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Goriakothi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RJD Nutan devi 75990
BJP Devesh Kant singh 92350
NOTA None of the Above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors [3]
gain from Swing

References

  1. 1 2 "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. ↑ "Goriyakothi Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ↑ "Bihar Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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