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| | #REDIRECT [[Riga Assembly constituency]] |
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| |name = Riga<!-- at least one of the first two fields must be filled in -->
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| |settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency <!-- e.g. Town, Village, City, etc.-->
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| | pushpin_map = India Bihar
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| | map_caption = Location in Bihar
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| |coordinates = {{coord|26|38|40|N|85|26|21|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[Bihar]]}}|display=inline,title}}
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| |subdivision_type = Country | |
| |subdivision_name = {{IND}}
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| |subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
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| |subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]
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| |subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Bihar|District]]
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| |subdivision_name2 = [[Sitamarhi district|Sitamarhi]]
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| |subdivision_type3 = [[List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar|Constituency No]]
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| |subdivision_name3 = 23
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| |subdivision_type4 = Type
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| |subdivision_name4 = Open
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| |subdivision_type5 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
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| |subdivision_name5 = [[Sheohar (Lok Sabha constituency)|4. Sheohar]]
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| |subdivision_name6 = [[First past the post system|First past the post]]
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| '''Riga''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Sitamarhi district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]].
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| ==Overview==
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| As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 23. Riga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Riga, [[Bairgania]] and Suppi [[Community Development Block in India|community development blocks]].<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>
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| Riga is part of 4. [[Sheohar (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/>
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| ==Election results==
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| In the [[2015 Bihar legislative assembly election|November 2010 state assembly elections]], the newly created 23 Riga assembly seat Motilal Prasad of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] defeated Amit Kumar of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] whose father was a member of RSS and contested unsuccessfully as independent candidate from Bathnaha Vidhan Sabha since 1980 to 2005. In the 2015 Vidhan Sabha election Motilal Prasad lost to Amit Kumar who contested from Congress Party as common candidate of Mahagathbandhan.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.travelindia-guide.com/assembly-elections/bihar/constituency-results/riga.php |title = Riga election results | publisher = Travel India Guide |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref>
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist}}
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| {{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}
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| {{Tirhut Division topics}}
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| {{Bihar elections}}
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| [[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]
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| [[Category:Politics of Sitamarhi district]]
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