Basantpur was a Bihar Legislative Assembly

Constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...

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 district was previously also known as Aliganj Siwan after ...

in the Indian state of Bihar. This Constituency was till 2010. In 2010, two blocks of Basantpur constituency were merged with Goreyakothi block and a new constituency was formed.

Satyadeo Prasad Singh Satyadeo Prasad Singh is an Indian politician. He has been MLA from Bihar for more than a decade from Goreyakothi in 2015 and from Basantpur in 2000 and 2005. He is contesting Bihar Legislative Assembly Elections from 1985. He is a senior leade ...

was Mla from this constituency From 2000 to 2005 and Manik Chandra Ray became Mla in 2005. From 1985 to 2010 the Main Contestors of this Constituency were

Of BJP and Manik Chandra Rai of RJD.

Overview

It was part of

Siwan Lok Sabha constituency Siwan is a Lok Sabha constituency in the state of Bihar in India. The Lok Sabha is the lower house of the Parliament of India. The constituency was formed following the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 and the constituency boundaries were rea ...

. As a consequence of the orders of the

Delimitation Commission of India The Delimitation commission or Boundary commission of India is a commission established by the Government of India under the provisions of the Delimitation Commission Act. The main task of the commission is redrawing the boundaries of the vari ...

, Basantpur Assembly constituency ceased to exist in 2010.

Members of Vidhan Sabha

References

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