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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
|name = Motihari <br />
|type= SLA<br />
| map_image = 19-Motihari constituency.svg<br />
| map_caption = <br />
| map_alt = <br />
|incumbent_image = <br />
|mla = [[Pramod Kumar]]<!--Name of the current MLA. Leave blank for former constituencies--><br />
|party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]<br />
|preceded_by = [[Rama Devi (Bihar politician)|Rama Devi]]<br />
|region = <br />
|state = [[Bihar]]<br />
|district = [[East Champaran district|East Champaran]] <br />
|division = [[Tirhut division|Tirhut]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Purvi Champaran Lok Sabha constituency|Purvi Champaran]]<br />
|constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|19]]<br />
|established = 1951<br />
| electors = 292,635<br />
| reservation = None<br />
|abolished = <!-- year abolished --><br />
}}<br />
'''Motihari Assembly constituency''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[East Champaran district|Purvi Champaran district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]]. In [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]], Motihari will be one of the 36 seats to have VVPAT enabled electronic voting machines.<ref name="election1993">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/EC-move-to-allay-fears-about-errors-in-EVMs/articleshow/49199345.cms|title=EC move to allay fears about errors in EVMs}}</ref><ref name="election2015">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/Current/ImpIns_24092015.pdf|title=General Election to the State Legislative Assembly of Bihar, 2015- Use of EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail System(VVPAT)-reg.}}</ref><br />
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==Overview==<br />
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 in India|community development block]] including [[Motihari]] nagar parishad and Lautnaha [[notified area]] and Piprakothi CD block.<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref><br />
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Motihari Assembly constituency is part of 3. [[Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/> It was earlier part of [[Motihari (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<br />
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== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Name<ref name="election2018">{{Cite web|title=Motihari Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs|url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/motihari.html|access-date=|website=Elections in India}}</ref><br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1952 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1952]]<br />
|Shakuntala Devi<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
|Bigoo Ram<br />
|-<br />
|[[1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br />
|Shakuntala Devi<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|Chandrika Prasad Yadav<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Jana Sangh}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<br />
|Ram Sevak Jaiswal<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br />
| rowspan="3" |[[Prabhawati Gupta]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br />
| rowspan="3" |Triveni Tiwari<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]<br />
|[[Rama Devi (Bihar politician)|Rama Devi]] <br />
|{{Full party name with color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br />
| rowspan="6" |[[Pramod Kumar]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=6}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Election results ==<br />
=== 2025 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Motihari<ref name="election2025">{{Cite web |date=2025-12-15 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ae/2025/16 |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Pramod Kumar]]<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:106080}}<br />
|percentage = 49.5<br />
|change = {{increase}}0.06<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = Dewa Gupta<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:92517}}<br />
|percentage = 43.17<br />
|change = {{increase}}1.54<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Jan Suraaj Party<br />
|candidate = Atul Kumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:6592}}<br />
|percentage = 3.08<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Divyanshu Bhardwaj<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2082}}<br />
|percentage = 0.97<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2801}}<br />
|percentage = 1.31<br />
|change = {{decrease}}0.53<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:13563}}<br />
|percentage = 6.33<br />
|change = {{decrease}}1.48<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:214311}}<br />
|percentage = 73.23<br />
|change = {{increase}}13.56<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
| <br />
|winner = BJP<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2020 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|<br />
|title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Bihar Assembly election, 2020]]: [[Motihari]]<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |date=2021-01-13 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2020 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/12787-bihar-legislative-election-2020/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = [[Pramod Kumar]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:92733}}<br />
|percentage = 49.44<br />
|change = +1.99<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|candidate = Om Prakash Choudhary<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:78088}}<br />
|percentage = 41.63<br />
|change = +5.17<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party<br />
|candidate = Deepak Kumar Kushwaha<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3716}}<br />
|percentage = 1.98<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Rameshvar Sah<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3263}}<br />
|percentage = 1.74<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Zalaluddin Roy<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1847}}<br />
|percentage = 0.98<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3455}}<br />
|percentage = 1.84<br />
|change = +0.3<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:14645}}<br />
|percentage = 7.81<br />
|change = -3.18<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:187555}}<br />
|percentage = 59.67<br />
|change = +2.08<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
| <br />
|winner = BJP<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2015 ===<br />
{{Election box begin<br />
|title = [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Motihari<ref name="election2015"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = [[Pramod Kumar]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:79947}}<br />
|percentage = 47.45<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Janata Dal<br />
|candidate = Binod Kumar Shrivastava<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:61430}}<br />
|percentage = 36.46<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Manoj Kumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:7619}}<br />
|percentage = 4.52<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Ravi Bhushan Prasad<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:6369}}<br />
|percentage = 3.78<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Aap Aur Hum Party<br />
|candidate = Harishchandra Pandit<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2956}}<br />
|percentage = 1.75<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br />
|candidate = Arvind Kumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2242}}<br />
|percentage = 1.33<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Communist Party of India<br />
|candidate = Tribeni Tiwari<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1905}}<br />
|percentage = 1.13<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Tafajjul Hussain<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1570}}<br />
|percentage = 0.93<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2589}}<br />
|percentage = 1.54<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:18517}}<br />
|percentage = 10.99<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:168493}}<br />
|percentage = 57.59<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of East Champaran district]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]<br />
[[Category:1951 establishments in Bihar]]</div>
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