Motihari Assembly constituency
| Motihari | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 19 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | East Champaran |
| LS constituency | Purvi Champaran |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | None |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Motihari Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purvi Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar. In 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, Motihari will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.[1][2]
Overview
As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 19. Motihari Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Motihari community development block including Motihari nagar parishad and Lautnaha notified area and Piprakothi CD block.[3]
Motihari Assembly constituency is part of 3. Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency).[3] It was earlier part of Motihari (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name[4] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Shakuntala Devi | Indian National Congress | |
| 1957 | Bigoo Ram | ||
| 1962 | Shakuntala Devi | ||
| 1967 | Chandrika Prasad Yadav | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| 1969 | Ram Sevak Prasad Jaiswal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Prabhawati Gupta | ||
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | |||
| 1985 | Triveni Tiwari | Communist Party of India | |
| 1990 | |||
| 1995 | |||
| 2000 | Rama Devi | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2005 | Pramod Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | |||
Election results
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pramod Kumar | ||||
| RJD | Om Prakash Choudhary | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs".
- ^ "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Motihari Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
External links
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.