Bihar, October 30:  Daraunda is an assembly constituency in Siwan district in the Indian state of Bihar. Karnjeet Singh Alias Vyas Singh of BJP won from the seat in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. The voting in the Daraundha constituency took place in the second phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 on November 3.  Vote counting took place on November 10 and the results were also declared on the same day itself. In 2015, the Daraundha constituency was won by Shyam Bahadur Singh of JD (U), and Jitendra Swami of BJP was the runner-up.

The Bihar assembly elections were held in three phases on October 28, November 3 and November 7, followed by counting of votes on November 10. The Bihar election is one of the biggest elections globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. Runnisaidpur Vidhan Sabha Seat in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: Candidates, MLA, Schedule And Result Date.

The voting for the first phase was held on October 28 covering 71 assembly constituencies, the second-phase voting was held on November 3 which covered 94 seats. The third phase of voting took place on November 7 covering a total of 78 assembly seats. The contesting candidates were Bebi Pandey from Bhartiya Lok Nayak Party, Rama Ganesh Shyam from Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party among others.

In 2015 Assembly elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal got 80 seats, while Janata Dal (United ) managed to win 71 seats. Bharatiya Janata Party won 53 seats and Congress won 27 seats.

The Congress, a part of the Mahagathbandhan alliance in Bihar, is contesting on 70 out of the 243 seats. As per the seat-sharing pact finalised, the RJD would be fielding its candidates on 144 constituencies, and the Left Front comprising of CPI, CPI(M) and CPI-ML would be fielding their candidates in 29 assembly seats. The term of Bihar assembly will end on November 29.

2020 daraundha Assembly Election: Candidates' list

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
KARNJEET SINGH ALIAS VYAS SINGH (Current MLA)BJP71934
AMARNATH YADAVCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)60614
AJEET KUMAR ALIAS BIHARI LALIND594
BEBI PANDEYBhartiya Lok Nayak Party535
RAMA GANESH SHYAMSuheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party494
LAICHI BANSAFORIND3676
SHAILENDRA KUMAR YADAVJan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)3453
KAUSHLENDRA SINGH ALIAS K.K. SINGHIND3004
ANAND KUMAR SINGHJai Maha Bharath Party2019
RAJESH GIRIIND1083
ROHIT KUMAR ANURAG ALIAS BHOLA JIIND10299

2015 daraundha Assembly Election Results

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
Kavita Singh (Current MLA)JD(U)66255
Jitendra SwamiBJP53033

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