The Warsaliganj assembly constituency elected BJP’s Aruna Devi in the 2020 Bihar Assembly election. She defeated Congress’ Satish Kumar to win the seat.
Warsaliganj is one of the 243 Vidhan Sabha (assembly) constituencies and is located in the Nawada district of Bihar. The assembly seat falls under the Nawada Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency of Bihar. Currently, the seat is held by Aruna Devi of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Devi had defeated Pradip Kumar of JD(U) in the 2015 Bihar assembly elections by a margin of 19,527 votes.
Kumar had held the Warsaliganj seat from 2005 to 2015 and completed his two full terms as MLA from this constituency. The seat has a total of 323,869 electors enlisted, out of which 153,820 are women. The polling on this seat will take place on October 28.
Here are a few details about the Warsaliganj assembly seat:
Name of the assembly constituency, district: Warsaliganj, Nawada
Lok Sabha constituency: Nawada
Polling Date: October 28, 2020
2020 candidates: Aruna Devi (BJP), Rajendra Prasad (RLSP), Satish Kumar (Congress)
2020 winner: Aruna Devi, BJP
2020 runner up: Satish Kumar (Congress)
Sitting MLA, party: Aruna Devi, BJP
Winning margin in 2015: 19,527
Runner up name, Party: Pradip Kumar, JD(U)
Number of voters in 2015: 167,842
Percentage of votes polled in 2015: 51.82%
Number of women voters in 2015: 77,841
Number of polling booths in 2015: 319
