Motihari Assembly constituency
Vidhan Sabha constituency
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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]
| Motihari | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 19 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 |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 292,635 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2025 |
| Preceded by | Rama Devi |
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 Jaiswal | Indian National Congress | |
| 1972 | Prabhawati Gupta | ||
| 1977 | |||
| 1980 | Indian National Congress (I) | ||
| 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 | |||
| 2025 | |||
Election results
2025
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pramod Kumar | 106,080 | 49.5 |  0.06 | |
| RJD | Dewa Gupta | 92,517 | 43.17 | 1.54 | |
| JSP | Atul Kumar | 6,592 | 3.08 | ||
| Independent | Divyanshu Bhardwaj | 2,082 | 0.97 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,801 | 1.31 |  0.53 | |
| Majority | 13,563 | 6.33 | 1.48 | ||
| Turnout | 214,311 | 73.23 | 13.56 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pramod Kumar | 92,733 | 49.44 | +1.99 | |
| RJD | Om Prakash Choudhary | 78,088 | 41.63 | +5.17 | |
| RLSP | Deepak Kumar Kushwaha | 3,716 | 1.98 | ||
| Independent | Rameshvar Sah | 3,263 | 1.74 | ||
| Independent | Zalaluddin Roy | 1,847 | 0.98 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 3,455 | 1.84 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 14,645 | 7.81 | −3.18 | ||
| Turnout | 187,555 | 59.67 | +2.08 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pramod Kumar | 79,947 | 47.45 | ||
| RJD | Binod Kumar Shrivastava | 61,430 | 36.46 | ||
| Independent | Manoj Kumar | 7,619 | 4.52 | ||
| BSP | Ravi Bhushan Prasad | 6,369 | 3.78 | ||
| Aap Aur Hum Party | Harishchandra Pandit | 2,956 | 1.75 | ||
| CPI(M) | Arvind Kumar | 2,242 | 1.33 | ||
| CPI | Tribeni Tiwari | 1,905 | 1.13 | ||
| Independent | Tafajjul Hussain | 1,570 | 0.93 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,589 | 1.54 | ||
| Majority | 18,517 | 10.99 | |||
| Turnout | 168,493 | 57.59 | |||