Riga Assembly constituency

Riga is one of the 243 constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly in the Indian state of Bihar. It lies in Sitamarhi district.

Riga
Constituency No. 3 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Sitamarhi
Lok Sabha constituency	Sheohar
Established	2008
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Motilal Prasad
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2020

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, the Riga constituency is composed of the following: Riga, Bairgania and Suppi community development blocks.^[1]

Riga is part of Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
Until 2008: Constituency did not exist
2010	Moti Lal Prasad[2]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2015	Amit Kumar[3]		Indian National Congress
2020	Moti Lal Prasad[4]		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Riga^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Motilal Prasad	95,226	53.07
	INC	Amit Kumar	62,731	34.96
	NOTA	None of the Above	837	0.47
Majority
Turnout			179,449	57.4
Registered electors			312,648
	BJP gain from INC		Swing