Lauriya 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 Paschim Champaran district 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

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 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 was earlier reserved for scheduled castes.

Extent

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 5. Lauriya (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Yogapatti community development block

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...

; and Siswania, Kataiya, Marahiya Pakari, Mathia, Lauriya, Belwa Lakhanpur, Gobaraura, Bahuarwa, Dhobani Dharampur, Dhamaura, Daniyal Prasauna, Sathi, Singhpur Satawaria, Basantpur and Baswariya Parautola gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Lauriya CD Block.

Lauriya (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 1. Valmiki Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Valmiki Nagar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008, following delimitation of the parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India...

.It was earlier part of Bagaha (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bagaha (Lok Sabha constituency)

Bagaha Lok Sabha constituency was a Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar state in eastern India till 2008.-Assembly segments:Bagaha Lok Sabha constituency comprised six Vidhan Sabha segments, which were:# Dhanaha# Ramnagar...

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1977-2010

In the November 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...

, Vinay Bihari won the 5 Lauria assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Pradeep Singh of JDU

Janata Dal (United)

Janata Dal is a political party in India with political presence mainly in Bihar and Jharkhand. Janta Dal party mentor and patron is "Veteran Socialist leader" George Fernandes; George Fernandes broke away from the erstwhile Janata Dal and formed the Samata Party in 1994. Presently it is led...

. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Pradeep Singh of JD(U) defeated Shambhu Tiwari of BSP

Bahujan Samaj Party

The Bahujan Samaj Party is a centrist national political party in India with socialist leanings. It was formed to chiefly represent Bahujans , referring to people from the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Castes as well as Buddhists. The party claims to be inspired by the...

 in October 2005 and February 2005. Vishwa Mohan Sharma of INC

Indian National Congress

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 defeated Ran Vijaya Shahi 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 2005. Ran Vijay Shahi representing 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...

 defeated Vishwa Mohan Sharma of Congress in 1995 and 1990. Vishwa Mohan Sharma of Congress defeated Ram Prasad Yadav of LD in 1985, Ajaj Ahmad of Janata Party (JP) in 1980 and Binay Shankar Singh of Janata Party

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.