Daraunda Assembly constituency

Daraunda Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Siwan district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Daraunda
Constituency No. - for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Siwan
Lok Sabha constituency	Siwan
Established	2008
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Karanjeet alias Vyas Singh
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2020
Preceded by	Kavita Singh   JD(U)

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 109 Daraunda Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Daraunda and Siswan community development blocks; Phalpura, Laheji, Mandrauli, Mandarapali, Sahuli, Telkhthu, Hasanpura, Pakadi, Rajanpura and Harpur Kotwa gram panchayats of Hasanpura CD Block.^[1]

Daraunda Assembly constituency is part of No. 18 Siwan (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member[2]	Party
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2010	Jagmato Devi		Janata Dal (United)
2011^	Kavita Singh
2015
2019^	Karanjeet alias Vyas Singh		Independent
2020			Bharatiya Janata Party

^by-election

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Daraundha constituency^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Karanjeet Singh	71,934	44.09	+9.14
	CPI(ML)L	Amarnath Yadav	60,614	37.15	new
	NOTA	None of the above	5,458	3.35
Margin of victory			11,320
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing

2019 By-election

2019 Bihar Assembly By-elections: Daraundha constituency^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Karanjeet Singh	51,223
	JD(U)	Ajay Kumar Singh	23,944
	RJD	Umesh Kumar Singh	20,911
Turnout			140,328
Registered electors			318,460
	Independent gain from JD(U)		Swing

In the 2019 elections and in the 2011 by election necessitated by the death of the sitting MLA, Jagmato Devi, Kavita Singh of JD(U) defeated Parameshwar Singh of RJD.^[5] In the 2019 elections and in the 2011 by election necessitated by the death of the sitting MLA, Jagmato Devi, Kavita Singh of JD(U) defeated Parameshwar Singh of RJD.^[6]

2015

In the 2015 state assembly election BJP Candidate Jitendra Swami, Jitendra Swami (NDA) Alliance Social Leader Jitendra Swami participated in Daraundha assembly.

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Daraundha constituency^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	Kavita Singh	66,255	43.67
	BJP	Jitendra Swami	53,033	34.95
	NOTA	N/A	8,983	5.92
Turnout			185,788	57.69	+3.30
Registered electors			322,055
	JD(U) hold		Swing