Riga Assembly constituency
| Riga | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 23 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Sitamarhi |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Sheohar |
| Established | 2008 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Motilal Prasad | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Riga is one of the 243 constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly in the Indian state of Bihar. It lies in Sitamarhi district.
Overview
[edit]As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, the Riga constituency is composed of the following: Riga, Bairgania and Suppi community development blocks.[1]
Riga is part of Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
| |||
| 2010 | Moti Lal Prasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2015 | Amit Kumar | Indian National Congress | |
| 2020 | Moti Lal Prasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2025 | |||
Election results
[edit]2025
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Amit Kumar | ||||
| BJP | Baidhyanath Prasad | ||||
| JSP | Krishna Mohan Singh | ||||
| NOTA | None of the Above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2020
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Motilal Prasad | 95,226 | 53.07 | +18.23 | |
| INC | Amit Kumar | 62,731 | 34.96 | −14.01 | |
| BSP | Munni Singh | 4,255 | 2.37 | +0.74 | |
| Independent | Girdhari Sah | 2,617 | 1.46 | ||
| BMP | Samsuddin Ansari | 2,343 | 1.31 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 837 | 0.47 | −0.21 | |
| Majority | 32,495 | 18.11 | +3.98 | ||
| Turnout | 179,449 | 57.4 | +0.13 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2015
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Amit Kumar | 79,217 | 48.97 | ||
| BJP | Moti Lal Prasad | 56,361 | 34.84 | ||
| CPI | Atul Bihari Mishra | 4,262 | 2.63 | ||
| Independent | Braj Mohan Kumar | 3,358 | 2.08 | ||
| Independent | Priyatam Paswan | 2,743 | 1.7 | ||
| BSP | Umesh Sah | 2,635 | 1.63 | ||
| Independent | Sada Babu Singh | 2,613 | 1.62 | ||
| NCP | Rambabu Sah | 1,488 | 0.92 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,105 | 0.68 | ||
| Majority | 22,856 | 14.13 | |||
| Turnout | 161,768 | 57.27 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
- ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
External links
[edit]- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.