Bihar, October 25: Ziradei (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Siwan district in the Indian state of Bihar. Amarjeet Kushwaha of CPIMLL won from this seat in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. The voting in the Ziradei constituency was held in the second phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 on November 3.  Counting of votes took place 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. In the 2015 Bihar Assembly election, the Ziradei constituency was won by Ramesh Singh Kushwaha of JD (U), and Asha Devi of BJP was the runner-up.

The contesting candidates for Bihar Election 2020 from the Ziradei Vidhan Sabha Seat were- Kamala Singh from Janata Dal (United), Mahatma Singh from Janata Party, Rahul Dravid from Bahujan Samaj Party among others. Darbhanga Rural 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 on November 3 which 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.

According to the IANS-C Voter opinion poll, the ruling JD(U)-BJP combine or the NDA will return to power in Bihar. In 2015, Nitish Kumar became the chief minister forming an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party.

2020 ziradei Assembly Election: Candidates' list

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
Dhanu PrasadIND891
Markandey Kumar Upadhyay Alias Bullet BabaThe Plurals Party795
Amarjeet Kushwaha (Current MLA)Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation)69442
Ugam PathakIND4943
Shri Niwas YadavIND4816
Kamala SinghJD(U)43932
Kumar SantoshIND2499
Mahatma SinghJanata Party1738
Rakesh Kumar PandeyIND1347
Achchhelal Kumar GodSwatantra Samaj Party1032
Rahul DravidBSP1016
Binod TiwariLJPNA

2015 ziradei Assembly Election Results

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
Ramesh Singh Kushwaha (Current MLA)JD(U)40760
Asha DeviBJP34669

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