Lauriya Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Bihar legislative assembly in India

Lauriya Assembly constituency
Constituency No. 5 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Paschim Champaran
LS constituency	Valmiki Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vinay Bihari
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2020

Lauriya Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. It was earlier reserved for scheduled castes.

Lauriya is one of six assembly constituencies in the Valmiki Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency). Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 5 amongst 243 constituencies.

Overview

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 5. Lauriya Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Yogapatti community development block; and Siswania, Kataiya, Marahiya Pakari, Mathia, Lauriya, Belwa Lakhanpur, Gobaraura, Bahuarwa, Dhobani Dharampur, Dhamaura, Daniyal Prasauna, Sathi, Singhpur Satawaria, Basantpur and Baswariya Parautola gram panchayats of Lauriya CD Block.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name^[2]
1957	Subh Narayan Prasad	Indian National Congress
1962	Subh Narayan Prasad	Indian National Congress
1967	Shatru Mardan Sahi	Independent politician
1969	Shatru Mardan Sahi	Swatantra Party
1972	Fulena Rao	Indian National Congress
1977	Vishwa Mohan Sharma
1980
1985
1990	Ran Vijay Shahi	Janata Dal
1995	Ran Vijay Shahi	Janata Dal
2000	Vishwa Mohan Sharma	Indian National Congress
2005	Pradeep Singh	Janata Dal
2005	Pradeep Singh	Janata Dal
2010	Vinay Bihari	Independent politician
2015		Bharatiya Janata Party
2020		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Lauriya
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Vinay Bihari	77,927	49.48
	RJD	Shambhu Tiwari	48923	31.06
	BSP	Ran Kaushal Pratap Singh	17515	11.12
	NOTA	None of the above	3368	2.14
	PP	Ajitesh Kumar	1462	0.93
Majority			19,801
Turnout			157495
	BJP hold		Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Lauriya
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Vinay Bihari	57,351	40.47
	RJD	Ran Kaushal Pratap Singh	39,778	28.07
	Independent	Shambhu Tiwari	20,793	14.67
	BSP	Sunil Kumar	8,994	6.35
	NCP	Pradeep Singh	3,195	2.25
	NOTA	None of the above	2,459	1.74
Majority			17,573	12.4
Turnout			1,41,947	62.87
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing

2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Lauriya
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Vinay Bihari	38,381	33.44
	JD(U)	Pradeep Singh	27,500	23.96
	RJD	Shambhu Tiwari	22,140	19.29
	INC	Vishwa Mohan Sharma	9,582	8.35
	BSP	Santosh Kumar Rao	4,133	3.60
Majority			10,881	9.48
Turnout			1,14,776	60.14
	Independent gain from JD(U)		Swing

References

^ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
^ "Lauriya Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 30 January 2022.