Govindganj Assembly constituency

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Govindganj
Constituency No. 14 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
Division Tirhut
District East Champaran
Lok Sabha constituency Purvi Champaran
Established1951
Total electors264,744
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  LJP(RV)
Alliance  NDA
Elected year 2025
Preceded by Sunil Mani Tiwari,   BJP

Govindganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purvi Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

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Overview

As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 14. Govindganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Areraj and Paharpur community development blocks; and Paschimi Sangrampur, Purbi Sangrampur and Dakshani Bariyaria of Sangrampur CD Block. [1] Brahmin voters have dominance in Govindganj Vidhan Sabha and its nearby areas, that is why MLAs from Brahmin caste have always been elected here, all the parties here mostly give tickets to Brahmin candidates for Brahmin votes.

Govindganj Assembly constituency is part of 3. Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency). [1] It was earlier part of Motihari (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearName [2] Party
1952 Sheodhari Pandey Indian National Congress
1957 Dhruv Narain Mani Tripathi
1962
1967
1969 Hari Shankar Sharma Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972 Rama Shankar Pandey Indian National Congress
1977
1980 Indian National Congress (I)
1985 Yogendra Pandey Independent
1990 Janata Dal
1995 Devendra Nath Dubey Samata Party
1998^Bhupendra Nath Dubey
2000 Rajan Tiwari Independent
2005 Meena Dwivedi Janata Dal (United)
2005
2010
2015 Raju Tiwari Lok Janshakti Party
2020 Sunil Mani Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party
2025 Raju Tiwari Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas)

Election results

2025

2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Govindganj [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LJP(RV) Raju Tiwari 96,034 52.55
INC Shashi Bhushan Rai63,35134.67
JJD Ashutosh Kumar3,4711.9
NOTA None of the Above2,9111.59
Majority 32,683
Turnout
LJP(RV) gain from BJP Swing

Detailed Results at: https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenNov2025/ConstituencywiseS0414.htm

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Govindganj [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Sunil Mani Tiwari 65,716 43.14
INC Brajesh Kumar Pandey 37,93624.9−9.25
LJP Raju Tiwari 31,46120.65−33.89
Independent Sarvesh Kumar Tiwari3,3142.18
BSP Viswanath Prasad3,2672.14+0.4
Independent Ranjay Rai1,9901.31
Independent Vipin Kant Tiwari1,6261.07
Yuva Krantikari Party Pappu Giri1,6161.06
Independent Yuvraj Pandey1,4060.92
NOTA None of the above 3,0071.97−0.54
Majority 27,78018.24−2.15
Turnout 152,33956.95+0.61
BJP gain from LJP Swing

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Govindganj [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LJP Raju Tiwari 74,685 54.54
INC Brajesh Kumar46,76534.15
SS Ganeshwar Tiwari3,0582.23
Independent Pankaj Kumar2,4811.81
BSP Ravindra Dubey2,3761.74
Independent Vijay Kumar2,0921.53
NOTA None of the above 3,4412.51
Majority 27,92020.39
Turnout 136,92756.34

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. ↑ "Govindganj Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
  3. ↑ "Govindganj Constituency Election Results 2015 - 2025". The Times of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 26 November 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly Election Result:Govindganj". Election Commission of India. 14 November 2025. Archived from the original on 26 November 2025. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020". Election Commission of India . 13 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015". Election Commission of India . 20 August 2018.

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