Bihar’s Lauriya Assembly constituency elected incumbent Vinay Bihari of BJP for the third consecutive time in 2020 Assembly elections. Bihari defeated RJD’s Shambhu Tiwari by a margin of 29,004 votes. Polling for the Lauriya Assembly constituency was held on November 7, in Phase II of Bihar Assembly polls.
The Lauriya Vidhan Sabha constituency is retained by Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP)
leader Vinay Bihari, who defeated Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Ran
Kaushal Pratap Singh by a margin of 17,573 votes to prevail in the 2015
assembly elections.
Vinay Bihari won the 2010 elections as
well, although as an independent candidate. He was preceded by Pradeep Singh of
Janata Dal (United), who won the February and October elections in 2005, and
the Congress’ Vishwa Mohan Singh, who won the 2000 assembly elections.
As per orders of Delimitation of
Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, Lauriya Vidhan Sabha
constituency is composed of the Yogapatti and parts of the Lauriya community development blocks.
Here are a few
details about the constituency seat:
Name of the assembly constituency,
district: Lauriya, Paschim Champaran
Lok Sabha constituency: Valmiki
Nagar
Polling date: November
7.
2020 Winner: Vinay Bihari (BJP)
2020 Runner-up: Shambhu Tiwari (RJD)
Winner Margin in 2020: 29,004 votes
Top candidates in 2015: Vinay
Bihari (BJP), Ran Kaushal Pratap Singh (RJD), Shambhu Tiwari (Independent)
2020 candidates: Vinay
Bihari (BJP), Shambhu Tiwari (RJD)
Sitting MLA, party: Vinay
Bihari, BJP
Winning margin in 2015: 17,573
(12.4% of total valid votes)
Runner up name, party: Ran
Kaushal Pratap Singh (RJD)
Number of voters in 2015: 1,41,947
Voter turnout in 2015: 62%
Number of women voters in 2015: 69,115
Number of polling stations in 2015: 216
