Bihar, October 30: Goriakothi is an assembly constituency in Siwan district in the Indian state of Bihar. Goriakothi constituency went to vote in the second phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020 on November 3. BJP's Devesh Kant Singh won from this seat in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. Counting of votes took place on November 10 and the results were also declared on the same day. In the 2015 Bihar Assembly election, the Goriakothi constituency was won by Satyadeo Prasad Singh of RJD.

The Bihar assembly elections 2020 took place in three phases this time. The dates were October 28, November 3 and November 7, followed by counting of votes on November 10. The Bihar election is one of the biggest elections to be held globally during the COVID-19 pandemic. Runnisaidpur Vidhan Sabha Seat in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: Candidates, MLA, Schedule And Result Date.

The contesting candidates for 2020 elections were Nutan Devi from Rashtriya Janata Dal, Devesh Kant Singh from BJP, among others. The voting for the first phase was held on October 28, it covered 71 assembly constituencies, the second-phase voting was on November 3 and covered 94 seats. The third phase of voting was held on November 7 covering a total of 78 assembly seats.

The Congress, a part of the Mahagathbandhan alliance in Bihar, is contesting on 70 out of the 243 seats. As per the seat-sharing pact finalised, the RJD would be fielding its candidates on 144 constituencies, and the Left Front comprising of CPI, CPI(M) and CPI-ML would be fielding their candidates in 29 assembly seats. The term of Bihar assembly will end on November 29.

MLA CandidatesPartyVotes
RAVINDRA PANDEYNCP920
DEVESH KANT SINGH (Current MLA)BJP87368
NUTAN DEVIRJD75477
SHEKH IMAM HUSSAININD681
PARMOD RAIJanata Party672
VINAY KUMAR BHARDWAJJawan Kisan Morcha561
DHARAMBEER SINGHIND544
ARAVIND KUMAR SINGHIND5223
SANJAY SINGHRashtrawadi Janlok Party (Satya)435
ASHOK KUMAR VARMAIND4104
RAMAYAN SINGHAIFB377
JITESH KUMAR SINGHThe Plurals Party327
LALBABU SHARMAIND320
KAUNAIN AHAMADIND3136
RAMAYAN YADAVIND300
MANOJ KUMAR SINGHIND293
AKHILESHWAR MISHRABhartiya Sablog Party277
ANUP KUMAR TEWARIIND2377
PRAMOD KUMAR SAHWALJagrook Janta Party207
EMTAJ MIYANBhartiya Insan Party189
PREMCHAND SINGHJan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)1767
JAWAHER SAHIND1585
TRIBHUWAN RAMIND1397

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