Agiaon Assembly constituency

Agiaon is one of 243 constituencies of legislative assembly of Bihar. It is part of Arrah Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz. Barhara, Arrah, Tarari, Jagdishpur, Shahpur and Sandesh.^[2]

Agiaon
Constituency No. 195 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Bhojpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Arrah
Established	2008
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Shiv Prakash Ranjan[1]
Party	CPI(ML)L
Alliance	I.N.D.I.A.
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	Manoj Manzil   CPI(ML)L

Area/wards

Agiaon Assembly constituency comprises:^[3]

• Charpokhari CD block
• Garhani CD block
• Agiaon CD block

Overview

As per the estimates of 2011 census, out of total 352998 population 100% is rural and 0% is urban population. The Scheduled castes (SC) and Scheduled tribes (ST) ratio is 18.3 and 0.03, respectively out of total population. As per the voter list of 2019, there are 262907 electorates and 276 polling stations in this constituency.^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The Agiaon Assembly constituency was created in 2010. The list of the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Agiaon constituency is as follows:

Election	Name	Party
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2010	Shivesh Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party
2015	Prabhunath Prasad		Janata Dal (United)
2020	Manoj Manzil[5]		Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
2024^	Shiv Prakash Ranjan

^By poll

Election results

2024 by-election

By-election, 2024: Agiaon^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(ML)L	Shiv Prakash Ranjan	73,460	53.03
	JD(U)	Prabhunath Prasad	43,625	31.65
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,931	2.85
Majority			29,835
Turnout			1,37,807
	CPI(ML)L hold		Swing

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Agiaon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(ML)L	Manoj Manzil	86,327	61.39
	JD(U)	Prabhunath Prasad	37,777	26.87
	LJP	Rajeshwar Paswan	4,972	3.07
	RLSP	Manuram Rathaur	1,765	1.26
	NOTA	None of the above	3,787	2.69
Majority			48,550	35.42
Turnout			1,40,806	52.54
	CPI(ML)L gain from JD(U)