Chiraia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Chiraia
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Chiraia

Location in Bihar

Coordinates: 26°40′26″N 85°16′47″E / 26.67389°N 85.27972°E / 26.67389; 85.27972Coordinates: 26°40′26″N 85°16′47″E / 26.67389°N 85.27972°E / 26.67389; 85.27972
Country  India
State Bihar
District Purvi Champaran
Constituency No 20
Type Open
Lok Sabha constituency 4. Sheohar
Electoral system First past the post

Chiraiya (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Hindi: चिड़ाइआ विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is an assembly constituency in Purvi Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 20. Chiraiya (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Chiraiya and Patahi community development blocks.[1]

Chiraia (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 4. Sheohar (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

Election results

In the November 2010 state assembly elections, Avaneesh Kumar Singh of BJP won the newly formed 20 Chiraia assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Laxmi Narayan Pr. Yadav of RJD.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "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 2011-01-10.
  2. "Chiraia election results". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
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