Riga | |
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Constituency No. 3 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.
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]
Election | Name | Party | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Motilal Prasad | 95,226 | 53.07 | ||
INC | Amit Kumar | 62,731 | 34.96 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 837 | 0.47 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 179,449 | 57.4 | |||
Registered electors | 312,648 | ||||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |