Riga Assembly constituency

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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
Established2008
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Motilal Prasad
PartyBharatiya 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.

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Overview

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

ElectionNameParty
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2010 Moti Lal Prasad [2] Bharatiya Janata Party
2015 Amit Kumar [3] Indian National Congress
2020 Moti Lal Prasad [4] Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Riga [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Motilal Prasad 95,226 53.07 +18.23
INC Amit Kumar62,73134.96−14.01
BSP Munni Singh4,2552.37+0.74
Independent Girdhari Sah2,6171.46
BMP Samsuddin Ansari2,3431.31
NOTA None of the above 8370.47−0.21
Majority 32,49518.11+3.98
Turnout 179,44957.4+0.13
BJP gain from INC Swing


2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Riga [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Amit Kumar 79,217 48.97
BJP Moti Lal Prasad56,36134.84
CPI Atul Bihari Mishra4,2622.63
Independent Braj Mohan Kumar3,3582.08
Independent Priyatam Paswan2,7431.7
BSP Umesh Sah2,6351.63
Independent Sada Babu Singh2,6131.62
NCP Rambabu Sah1,4880.92
NOTA None of the above 1,1050.68
Majority 22,85614.13
Turnout 161,76857.27


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. ↑ "Bihar General Legislative Election 2010" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Bihar General Legislative Election 2015" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Bihar General Legislative Election 2020" . Election Commission of India . Retrieved 11 February 2021.

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