Goriakothi is assembly constituency number 111 in Bihar, in Siwan district, and one of the segments of the Maharajganj Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Devesh Kant Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 49.6% of the vote, 12,385 votes ahead of Anwarul Haque (RJD).
- 01Devesh Kant SinghBJP1,05,90949.64%
- 02Anwarul HaqueRJD93,52443.84%
- 03Ejaz Ahmad SiddiqueJNSRJP3,2811.54%
- 04Ashok Kumar VarmaIndependent2,7971.31%
- 05Ravi Bhushan GuptaAAP1,3790.65%
- 5 other candidates · 2,800 votesNOTA · 3,655 (1.71%)
Margin 12,385 votes · 5.81% of valid votes
All 10 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,13,345 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devesh Kant SinghMale · 57 yrs | BJP | 1,05,909 | 49.64% |
| 2 | Anwarul HaqueMale · 45 yrs | RJD | 93,524 | 43.84% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 3,655 | 1.71% |
| 3 | Ejaz Ahmad SiddiqueMale · 48 yrs | JNSRJP | 3,281 | 1.54% |
| 4 | Ashok Kumar VarmaMale · 56 yrs | Independent | 2,797 | 1.31% |
| 5 | Ravi Bhushan GuptaMale · 37 yrs | AAP | 1,379 | 0.65% |
| 6 | Ramayan SinghMale · 66 yrs | AIFB | 845 | 0.40% |
| 7 | Dhruvnath SinghMale · 63 yrs | RJBP | 648 | 0.30% |
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| 8 | Dilip ManjhiMale · 25 yrs · SC | JNSHKVPD | 534 | 0.25% |
| 9 | Tribhuwan RamMale · 52 yrs · SC | PPID | 460 | 0.22% |
| 10 | Umashankar TiwariMale · 50 yrs | BHRTLKCHTP | 313 | 0.15% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2020.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Goriakothi result 2020
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Devesh Kant Singh | BJP | 87,368 | 45.66% |
| 2 | Nutan Devi | RJD | 75,477 | 39.45% |
| 3 | Aravind Kumar Singh | Independent | 5,223 | 2.73% |
| 4 | Ashok Kumar Varma | Independent | 4,104 | 2.14% |
| 5 | Kaunain Ahamad | Independent | 3,136 | 1.64% |
| 6 | Anup Kumar Tewari | Independent | 2,377 | 1.24% |
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| 7 | Premchand Singh | JAPL | 1,767 | 0.92% |
| 8 | Satyadeo Prasad Singh | RLSP | 1,683 | 0.88% |
| 9 | Jawaher Sah | Independent | 1,585 | 0.83% |
| 10 | Tribhuwan Ram | Independent | 1,397 | 0.73% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,121 | 0.59% |
| 11 | Ravindra Pandey | NCP | 920 | 0.48% |
| 12 | Shekh Imam Hussain | Independent | 681 | 0.36% |
| 13 | Parmod Rai | JP | 672 | 0.35% |
| 14 | Vinay Kumar Bhardwaj | JKM | 561 | 0.29% |
| 15 | Dharambeer Singh | Independent | 544 | 0.28% |
| 16 | Sanjay Singh | RSTJLKPS | 435 | 0.23% |
| 17 | Ramayan Singh | AIFB | 377 | 0.20% |
| 18 | Jitesh Kumar Singh | TPLRSP | 327 | 0.17% |
| 19 | Lalbabu Sharma | Independent | 320 | 0.17% |
| 20 | Ramayan Yadav | Independent | 300 | 0.16% |
| 21 | Manoj Kumar Singh | Independent | 293 | 0.15% |
| 22 | Akhileshwar Mishra | BHRTSBLP | 277 | 0.14% |
| 23 | Pramod Kumar Sahwal | JRJP | 207 | 0.11% |
| 24 | Emtaj Miyan | BHAIP | 189 | 0.10% |
Goriakothi result 2015
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyadeo Prasad Singh | RJD | 70,965 | 42.75% |
| 2 | Devesh Kant Singh | BJP | 63,314 | 38.14% |
| 3 | Tribhuwan Ram | Independent | 5,230 | 3.15% |
| 4 | Renu Yadav | Independent | 4,016 | 2.42% |
| 5 | Ashok Kumar Singh | Independent | 3,060 | 1.84% |
| 6 | Tarkeshwar Yadav | CPI | 2,921 | 1.76% |
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| 7 | Lal Babu Sharma | Independent | 2,890 | 1.74% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,296 | 1.38% |
| 8 | Raj Kapur Prasad Yadav | BSP | 2,010 | 1.21% |
| 9 | Chandrama Sah | Independent | 1,581 | 0.95% |
| 10 | Ramayan Singh | Independent | 1,575 | 0.95% |
| 11 | Uma Shankar Tiwari | BNSKP | 1,530 | 0.92% |
| 12 | Vijay Kumar Singh | Independent | 1,236 | 0.74% |
| 13 | Surendra Singh Yadav | SP | 1,047 | 0.63% |
| 14 | Akhileshwar Mishra | Independent | 844 | 0.51% |
| 15 | Sandhir Kumar Singh | AVIRP | 539 | 0.32% |
| 16 | Nayan Prasad | BKKMP | 487 | 0.29% |
| 17 | Fazale Ali | GJDS | 469 | 0.28% |
Goriakothi result 2010
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhumendra Narayan Singh | BJP | 42,533 | 34.06% |
| 2 | Indradeo Prasad | RJD | 28,512 | 22.83% |
| 3 | Satyadeo Prasad Singh | Independent | 11,782 | 9.44% |
| 4 | Dharmendra Kr Verma | INC | 10,192 | 8.16% |
| 5 | Hanif Ansari | Independent | 5,036 | 4.03% |
| 6 | Rakesh Mishra | Independent | 3,781 | 3.03% |
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| 7 | Prabhunath Sah | Independent | 2,993 | 2.40% |
| 8 | Tarkeshwar Yadav | CPI | 2,757 | 2.21% |
| 9 | Hemant Kumar Singh | Independent | 2,082 | 1.67% |
| 10 | Zulfaquar Ali | BSP | 2,076 | 1.66% |
| 11 | Ramayan Singh | LTSD | 1,701 | 1.36% |
| 12 | Renu Yadav | Independent | 1,447 | 1.16% |
| 13 | Manoj Kumar Singh | NCP | 1,430 | 1.15% |
| 14 | Sujit Subhani | CPI(ML)(L) | 1,428 | 1.14% |
| 15 | Ramayodhya Bhakta | Independent | 1,336 | 1.07% |
| 16 | Chaturgun Prasad Chauhan | JPS | 1,249 | 1.00% |
| 17 | Surendra Singh Yadav | SP | 1,002 | 0.80% |
| 18 | Jagadish Singh | Independent | 912 | 0.73% |
| 19 | Pawan Prasad | Independent | 868 | 0.70% |
| 20 | Muni Mangal Deo Shastri | BMP | 682 | 0.55% |
| 21 | Tribhuwan Ram | SMBHP | 571 | 0.46% |
| 22 | Rajkishore Tiwari | JMBP | 502 | 0.40% |
Goriakothi outlined in orange among the other Bihar seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2025. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Siwan district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Goriakothi is one of the assembly segments of Maharajganj. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Maharajganj candidates.
- Janardan Singh "sigriwal"BJP97,633 53.1%
- Aakash Kumar SinghINC80,769 43.9%
- Tribhuwan RamPPID2,313 1.3%
- Madhusudan SinghBSP1,845 1.0%
- Akhileshwar Prasad SinghAIMIM1,384 0.8%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 16,864 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Goriakothi.
Who won the Goriakothi assembly seat in 2025?
Devesh Kant Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Goriakothi in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 1,05,909 votes, which was 49.64% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Goriakothi?
The margin was 12,385 votes (5.81% of valid votes). The runner-up was Anwarul Haque of the Rashtriya Janata Dal with 93,524 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Goriakothi in 2025?
Turnout was 64.42%: 2,13,352 of 3,31,190 registered electors voted, across 398 polling stations. That is 6.6 points higher than in 2020.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Goriakothi part of?
Goriakothi is an assembly segment of the Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Janardan Singh "sigriwal" got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Goriakothi a reserved constituency?
No. Goriakothi is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Goriakothi?
The Bihar assembly elected in 2025 completes its five-year term in 2030, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Bihar assembly elections of 2025 and 2020 and 2015 and 2010 (2025 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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