Govindganj Assembly constituency

26°28′56″N 84°41′07″E

Govindganj
Constituency No. 14 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	East Champaran
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Elected year	2020

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

Overview

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] Brahmin voters have dominance in Govindganj Vidhan Sabha and its nearby areas, that is why MLAs from Brahmin caste have always been elected here, all the parties here mostly give tickets to Brahmin candidates for Brahmin votes.

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

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 (United)
2005
2010
2015	Raju Tiwari		Lok Janshakti Party
2020	Sunil Mani Tiwari		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2020

Bihar Assembly election, 2020: Govindganj

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sunil Mani Tiwari
	INC	Brajesh Kumar Pandey
	LJP	Raju Tiwari
	PP	Manoranjan Kumar Mishra
	NOTA	None of the above
Majority
Turnout
	BJP gain from LJP		Swing