Darauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
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Darauli is an assembly
Vidhan Sabha
The Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...

 constituency in Siwan district
Siwan District
Siwan district is one of the districts of Bihar state, India. Siwan town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Siwan district is a part of Saran Division since 1972. The town is known for its great past especially for First President of Indian Republic who belonged to Jeeradei. The...

 in the India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

 of Bihar
Bihar
Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

. It is reserved for scheduled castes from 2010. Earlier it was an open seat.

Extent

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 107 Darauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Darauli, Guthani and Andar community development blocks
Community Development Block in India
The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

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Darauli (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 18 Siwan (Lok Sabha constituency)
Siwan (Lok Sabha Constituency)
-Assembly segments:* Siwan* Ziradei* Darauli* Raghunathpur* Daraunda* Barharia-Members of Parliament:*1977: Mirtanjay Prasad Verma, Bharatiya Lok Dal*1980: M...

 .

1977-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections
Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010
The Bihar legislative assembly election is being held in 6 phases over a period of one month starting from 21 October 2010 until 20 November 2010 in all 243 constituencies of Bihar, India. The election is conducted to elect the government in Bihar for a 5-year term...

, Ramayan Manjhi of Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] won the Darauli seat defeating his nearest rival Satyadeo Ram of CPI(M-L)L
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
Communist Party of India Liberation is a communist political party in India.Communist Party of India was formed in 1969 by the All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries, who had split from Communist Party of India in 1967...

. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Amar Nath Yadav of CPI(M-L)L defeated Sheo Shankar Yadav of RJD
Rashtriya Janata Dal
The Rashtriya Janata Dal is a political party in India, based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Laloo Prasad Yadav. The party came about as a result of Lalu Prasad Yadav, ex-president of Janata Dal, being evicted by Sharad Yadav, the then president, on corruption charges ...

 in October 2005 and February 2005. Sheo Shankar Yadav of RJD defeated Amar Nath Yadav of CPI(M-L)L in 2000. Amar Nath Yadav of CPI(M-L)L defeated Sheo Shankar Yadav of JD
Janata Dal
Janata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Congress, and the Jan Morcha led by V. P...

 in 1995. Sheo Shankar Yadav of JD defeated Rajdev Singh of BJP in 1990. Sheo Shankar Yadav of LD defeated Chandrika Pandey of Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 in 1985. Chandrika Pandey of Congress defeated Mrityunjay Prasad Singh of Congress (U)
Indian National Congress (Urs)
The Indian National Congress was a breakaway faction of the Congress led by D. Devraj Urs. It broke away from the parent party in 1978 following Indira Gandhi's drubbing in the 1977 General Elections. Urs took with him many legislators from Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Goa including future...

 in 1980. Krishna Pratap Singh of Congress defeated Ramayan Choudhary of JP
Janata Party
The Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...

in 1977.
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