Motihari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Motihari (Vidhan Sabha 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 | |
|---|---|
Vidhan Sabha constituency | |
  Motihari Location in Bihar | |
| Coordinates: 26°39′N 84°55′E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Purvi Champaran |
| Constituency No | 19 |
| Type | Open |
| Lok Sabha constituency | 3. Purvi Champaran |
| Electoral system | First past the post |
Overview
As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 19. Motihari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Motihari community development block including Motihari nagar parishad and Lautnaha notified area and Piprakothi CD block.[3]
Motihari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of 3. Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency).[3] It was earlier part of Motihari (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of Legislative Assembly
| Election | 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 | |
| Feb 2005 | Pramod Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Oct 2005 | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2015 | |||
| 2020 | |||
Election results
Assembly Elections 2020
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pramod Kumar | ||||
| RJD | Om Prakash Choudhary | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | 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).
- "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.
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