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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
|name = Goriakothi <br />
|type= SLA<br />
| map_image = 111-Goriakothi constituency.svg<br />
| map_caption = <br />
| map_alt = <br />
|mla = [[Devesh Kant Singh]] <!--Name of the current MLA. Leave blank for former constituencies--><br />
|party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]<br />
|region = <br />
|state = [[Bihar]]<br />
|district = [[Siwan district|Siwan]]<br />
|division = <br />
| loksabha_cons = <br />
|constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|-]]<br />
|established = 1967<br />
| electors = 331,190<br />
|abolished = <!-- year abolished --><br />
}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}<br />
'''Goreyakothi ''' is a [[Vidhan Sabha|Bihar Legislative Assembly]] [[Constituency]] in [[Siwan district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]]. This constituency was formed in 2010 after two blocks of Basantpur constituency were merged with Goreyakothi block and a new constituency was formed. Bhumendra Narayan Singh was the first MLA of this newly formed Goriakothi assembly seat in 2010. [[Satyadeo Prasad Singh]] was MLA from this constituency from 2015 to 2020 and Deveshkant Singh became MLA in 2020.<br />
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==Overview==<br />
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 111 Goriakothi Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Goriakothi, Lakri Nabiganj and Basantpur. [[Community Development Block in India|community development blocks]].<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref><br />
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Goriakothi Assembly constituency is part of No. 19 [[Maharajganj (Bihar) (Lok Sabha constituency)|Maharajganj (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/><br />
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== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Name<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |title=Goriyakothi Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/goriyakothi.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref><br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |Krishna Kant Singh<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress}}" |<br />
|Lok Tantrik Congress<br />
|-<br />
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br />
|Mahamaya Prasad<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|Krishna Kant Singh<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|Ajit Kumar Singh<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br />
|Indra Deo Prasad<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<br />
|Ajit Kumar Singh<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |Indra Deo Prasad<br />
|-<br />
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br />
|Bhumendra Narayan Singh<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br />
|Indra Deo Prasad<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]<br />
|Bhumendra Narayan Singh<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]<br />
|[[Satyadeo Prasad Singh]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]<br />
| rowspan="2" | [[Devesh Kant Singh]]<br />
| rowspan="2" style="background:#FF9900;" |<br />
| rowspan="2" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Election results==<br />
=== 2025 ===<br />
{{Election box begin<br />
|title = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Goriakothi<ref name="election2025">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-15 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ae/2025/16 |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><br />
<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = Devesh Kant Singh<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:105909}}<br />
|percentage = 49.64<br />
|change = +3.98<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|candidate = Anwarul Haque<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:93524}}<br />
|percentage = 43.84<br />
|change = +4.39<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Jan Suraaj Party<br />
|candidate = Ejaz Ahmad Siddique<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3281}}<br />
|percentage = 1.54<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Ashok Kumar Varma<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2797}}<br />
|percentage = 1.31<br />
|change = -0.83<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3655}}<br />
|percentage = 1.71<br />
|change = +1.12<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:12385}}<br />
|percentage = 5.8<br />
|change = -0.41<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:213345}}<br />
|percentage = 64.42<br />
|change = +6.62<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2020 ===<br />
{{Election box begin |title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: Goriakothi<ref name="election2020"/>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = Devesh Kant Singh<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:87368}}<br />
|percentage = 45.66<br />
|change = {{increase}}7.52<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Nutan devi<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:75477}}<br />
|percentage = 39.45<br />
|change = {{decrease}}3.3<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Aravind Kumar Singh<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:5223}}<br />
|percentage = 2.73<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Ashok Kumar Varma<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:4104}}<br />
|percentage = 2.14<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Kaunain Ahamad<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3136}}<br />
|percentage = 1.64<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Anup Kumar Tewari<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2377}}<br />
|percentage = 1.24<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)<br />
|candidate = Premchand Singh<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1767}}<br />
|percentage = 0.92<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1121}}<br />
|percentage = 0.59<br />
|change = {{decrease}}0.79<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:11891}}<br />
|percentage = 6.21<br />
|change = {{increase}}1.6<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:191341}}<br />
|percentage = 57.8<br />
|change = {{increase}}2.45<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|loser = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2015 ===<br />
{{Election box begin<br />
|title = [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Goriakothi<ref name="election2015">{{cite web |date=2018-08-20 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2015 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|candidate = Satyadeo Prasad Singh<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:70965}}<br />
|percentage = 42.75<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = Devesh Kant Singh<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:63314}}<br />
|percentage = 38.14<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Tribhuwan Ram<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:5230}}<br />
|percentage = 3.15<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Renu Yadav<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:4016}}<br />
|percentage = 2.42<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Ashok Kumar Singh<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3060}}<br />
|percentage = 1.84<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Communist Party of India<br />
|candidate = Tarkeshwar Yadav<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2921}}<br />
|percentage = 1.76<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Lal Babu Sharma<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2890}}<br />
|percentage = 1.74<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Raj Kapur Prasad Yadav<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2010}}<br />
|percentage = 1.21<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Chandrama Sah<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1581}}<br />
|percentage = 0.95<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Ramayan Singh<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1575}}<br />
|percentage = 0.95<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bhartiya New Sanskar Krantikari Party<br />
|candidate = Uma Shankar Tiwari<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1530}}<br />
|percentage = 0.92<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2296}}<br />
|percentage = 1.38<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:7651}}<br />
|percentage = 4.61<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:166010}}<br />
|percentage = 55.35<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bhartiya New Sanskar Krantikari Party<br />
|candidate = Uma Shankar Tiwari<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1530}}<br />
|percentage = 0.92<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Siwan district]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1967]]<br />
[[Category:1967 establishments in Bihar]]</div>
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