Govindganj Assembly constituency

26°28′56″N 84°41′07″E / 26.48222°N 84.68528°E / 26.48222; 84.68528

Govindganj
Constituency No. 14 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
DistrictEast Champaran
Established1951
ReservationNone
Elected year2020

Govindganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Purvi Champaran district in the Indian state of Bihar.

Overview

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As per orders of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, 14. Govindganj Assembly constituency is composed of the following: Areraj and Paharpur community development blocks; and Paschimi Sangrampur, Purbi Sangrampur and Dakshani Bariyaria of Sangrampur CD Block.[1]

Govindganj Assembly constituency is part of 3. Purvi Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency).[1] It was earlier part of Motihari (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Year Name[2] Party
1952 Sheodhari Pandey Indian National Congress
1957 Dhruv Narain Mani Tripathi
1962
1967
1969 Hari Shankar Sharma Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972 Rama Shankar Pandey Indian National Congress
1977
1980
1985 Yogendra Pandey Independent politician
1990 Janata Dal
1995 Devendra Nath Dubey Samata Party
1998^ Bhupendra Nath Dubey
2000 Rajan Tiwari Independent politician
2005 Meena Dwivedi Janata Dal
2005
2010
2015 Raju Tiwari Lok Janshakti Party
2020 Sunil Mani Tiwari Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

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2020

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Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Govindganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sunil Mani Tiwari
INC Brajesh Kumar
LJP Raju Tiwari
PP Manoranjan Kumar Mishra
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
BJP gain from INC Swing

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.
  2. ^ "Govindganj Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
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