Bihar, October 25: Siwan is a district, a Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency, and a legislative assembly constituency in the state of Bihar. RJD's Awadh Bihari Chaudhary won from the seat in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. The people of Siwan had elected Vyas Deo Prasad of BJP as their leader in the Bihar Assembly election 2015. The voting in the Siwan constituency was held in the second phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 on November 3.  Counting of votes was held on November 10 and the results were also declared on the same day.

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. Percentage of votes polled in 2015 was 56.17 percent. The number of women voters in 2015 was 78,647. Hathua Vidhan Sabha Seat in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: Candidates, MLA, Schedule And Result Date.

Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Vyas Deo Prasad won from the seat by defeating Bablu Prasad of Janata Dal (United) in 2015. The contesting candidates for Bihar poll 2020 were Aquil Ahmad Rahi from Nationalist Congress party, Om Prakash Yadav from BJP, Abdul Rizwan Ansari from Rashtriya Loksamta Party among others.

The voting for the first phase was held on October 28 covering 71 assembly constituencies, the second-phase voting took place on November 3 and covered 94 seats. The third phase of voting on November 7 covered a total of 78 assembly seats.

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

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
ANIL KUMAR VERMARashtriya Manav Sewa Party898
AQUIL AHMAD RAHINCP791
AWADH BIHARI CHAUDHARY (Current MLA)RJD76785
OM PRAKASH YADAVBJP74812
MOHAMMAD MITHU SAHIND652
VINOD KUMAR SRIVASTAVAIND2582
RAJAN KUMARIND2389
KAUSHAL KISHORE YADAVIND230
ABHISHEK SRIVASTVA alias SONUIND228
VYASDEO PRASADIND1871
NEMATULLAH KHANIND1582
RAMESHWAR KUMARThe Plurals Party1552
DEVENDRA GUPTAIND1436
ABDUL RIZWAN ANSARIRLSPNA

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