| Riga | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 23 for theBihar Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Sitamarhi |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Sheohar |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 317,263 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2025 |
Riga is one of the 243 constituencies of theBihar Legislative Assembly in the Indian state ofBihar. It lies inSitamarhi district.
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, the Riga constituency is composed of the following: Riga,Bairgania and Suppicommunity development blocks.[1]
Riga is part ofSheohar Lok Sabha constituency.[1]
| Year | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist | |||
| 2010 | Moti Lal Prasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2015 | Amit Kumar | Indian National Congress | |
| 2020 | Moti Lal Prasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2025 | Baidyanath Prasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Baidhyanath Prasad | 117,393 | 54.11 | +1.04 | |
| INC | Amit Kumar | 84,268 | 38.84 | +3.88 | |
| Independent | Ramashish Ray | 4,041 | 1.86 | ||
| JSP | Krishna Mohan Singh | 3,078 | 1.42 | ||
| Rashtriya Jansambhavna Party | Upendra Sahani | 2,256 | 1.04 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,799 | 1.29 | +0.82 | |
| Majority | 33,125 | 15.27 | −2.84 | ||
| Turnout | 216,942 | 68.38 | +10.98 | ||
| BJPhold | Swing | NDA | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Motilal Prasad | 95,226 | 53.07 | +18.23 | |
| INC | Amit Kumar | 62,731 | 34.96 | −14.01 | |
| BSP | Munni Singh | 4,255 | 2.37 | +0.74 | |
| Independent | Girdhari Sah | 2,617 | 1.46 | ||
| BMP | Samsuddin Ansari | 2,343 | 1.31 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 837 | 0.47 | −0.21 | |
| Majority | 32,495 | 18.11 | +3.98 | ||
| Turnout | 179,449 | 57.4 | +0.13 | ||
| BJPgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Amit Kumar | 79,217 | 48.97 | ||
| BJP | Moti Lal Prasad | 56,361 | 34.84 | ||
| CPI | Atul Bihari Mishra | 4,262 | 2.63 | ||
| Independent | Braj Mohan Kumar | 3,358 | 2.08 | ||
| Independent | Priyatam Paswan | 2,743 | 1.7 | ||
| BSP | Umesh Sah | 2,635 | 1.63 | ||
| Independent | Sada Babu Singh | 2,613 | 1.62 | ||
| NCP | Rambabu Sah | 1,488 | 0.92 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,105 | 0.68 | ||
| Majority | 22,856 | 14.13 | |||
| Turnout | 161,768 | 57.27 | |||
26°38′40″N85°26′21″E / 26.64444°N 85.43917°E /26.64444; 85.43917