Siwan (Lok Sabha constituency)

Siwan is a Lok Sabha constituency in the state of Bihar in India. The Lok Sabha is the lower house of the Parliament of India. The constituency was formed following the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 and the constituency boundaries were readjusted by the Delimitation Order of 2008. The constituency consists of 6 Assembly segments (constituencies) of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.[1]

Siwan
18. Siwan Constituency; Post–2008 delimitation
Existence1956 – Present
ReservationNone
Current MPKavita Singh
PartyJanata Dal (United)
Elected Year2019
StateBihar
Assembly Constituencies

Overview

The Siwan constituency of the Lok Sabha is encompassed in the administrative district of Siwan of the state of Bihar. The constituency is assigned the number 18 of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state of Bihar by the Election Commission of India.[1] It consists of 6 Assembly segments (constituencies) numbered 105–110 of the Bihar Legislative Assembly, one of which is reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates in accordance with the Delimitation Order of 2008 implemented on the basis of the Delimitation Act of 2002. The Siwan constituency of the Lok Sabha has no reservation status.[2]

Assembly Segments
Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District
105 Siwan None Siwan
106 Ziradei None Siwan
107 Darauli SC Siwan
108 Raghunathpur None Siwan
109 Daraunda None Siwan
110 Barharia None Siwan

Members of Parliament
Election Winner Party
1957 Jhulan Singh Indian National Congress
1962 Mohammad Yusuf
1967
1971
1977 Mirtanjay Prasad Verma Bharatiya Lok Dal
1980 Mohammad Yusuf Indian National Congress (Indira)
1984 Abdul Ghafoor
1989 Janardan Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party
1991 Brishin Patel Janata Dal
1996 Mohammad Shahabuddin
1998 Rashtriya Janata Dal
1999
2004
2009 Om Prakash Yadav Independent
2014 Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Kavita Singh Janata Dal (United)

Election results

2019 elections
2019 Indian general elections: Siwan
Party Candidate Votes % ±
JD(U) Kavita Singh 4,48,473 45.54 +3.38
RJD Hena Shahab 3,31,515 33.66 +4.38
CPI(ML)L Amar Nath Yadav 74,644 7.58 -1.56
Independent Upendra Kumar Giri 17,353 1.76
Independent Madhuri Pandey 12,928 1.31
BSP Balmiki Prasad Gupta 8,467 0.86 -0.79
None of the above 8,486 0.86
Majority
Turnout 9,84,850 54.73
JD(U) gain from RJD Swing

2014 elections
2014 Indian general elections: Siwan [3][4][5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Om Prakash Yadav 372,670 42.16
RJD Hena Shahab 258,823 29.28
CPI(ML)L Amar Nath Yadav 81,006 9.16
JD(U) Manoj Kumar Singh 79,239 8.96
BSP Ganesh Ram 14,584 1.65
BED Ram Binay Ray 11,757
AAP Satya Prakash Pandey 10,542
GGP Khalil Miya 9,580
BVM Ranjan Kumar 8,851
BMP Parmeshwar Manjhi 5,683
SwSP Paramanand Gond 4,016
JPJD Narad Pandit 3,250
LJP(S) Nagendra Tiwari 2,611
None of the above 21,409 2.42
Majority
Turnout 884021 56.53
BJP gain from Independent Swing

2004 election
General Election, 2004: Siwan[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
RJD Mohammad Shahabuddin 317,511 49.8
JD(U) Om Prakash Yadav 213,933 33.6
CPI(ML)L Amar Nath Yadav 72,225 11.3
GGP Ramprit God 8,999 1.4
BSP Shankar Prasad Yadav 8,043 1.26
Independent Prem Chand Tiwari 7,542 1.18
Independent Ashok Ram 6,085 0.95
Independent Nasir Khan 3,211 0.50
Majority 103,578
Turnout 637,549 60.46
RJD hold Swing
UPA hold Swing

See also
  • Siwan
  • List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha

References
  1. "List of Parliamentary Constituencies". Election Commission of India.
  2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India.
  3. CEO Bihar. 6th Phase - List of Contesting Candidates
  4. http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0418.htm?ac=18
  5. "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 63. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
  6. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved 2015-09-23.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  7. Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine

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