Motihari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Motihari (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Hindi: मोतिहारी विधान सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) 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
StateBihar
DistrictPurvi Champaran
Constituency No19
TypeOpen
Lok Sabha constituency3. Purvi Champaran
Electoral systemFirst 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).

Election results

1977-2019
  • 1977 : Prabhawati Gupta of Congress defeated Raghunath Gupta of Janata Party
  • 1980 : Prabhawati Gupta of Congress defeated Triveni Tiwari of CPI
  • 1985 : Triveni Tiwari of CPI defeated Rajendra Prasad of Congress
  • 1990 : Triveni Tiwari of CPI defeated Laxman Prasad of BJP
  • 1995 : Triveni Tiwari of CPI defeated Laxman Prasad of BJP
  • 2000 : Rama Devi of RJD defeated Pramod Kumar of BJP
  • February 2005 : Pramod Kumar of BJP defeated Rama Devi of RJD.
  • October 2005 : Pramod Kumar of BJP defeated Rama Devi of RJD.
  • 2010 : Pramod Kumar of BJP defeated Rajesh Gupta of RJD
  • 2015 : Pramod Kumar (BJP), with 79,947 votes, defeated Binod Kumar Shrivastava (RJD) who got 61,430 votes.
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References
  1. "EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs".
  2. "General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg" (PDF).
  3. "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 2011-01-10.
  4. "Motihari election results from 1977". Travel India Guide. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
  5. "12 - Motihari Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
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