Motihari is assembly constituency number 19 in Bihar, in Purba Champaran district, and one of the segments of the Purvi Champaran Lok Sabha seat. In the 2025 election Pramod Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 49.5% of the vote, 13,563 votes ahead of Dewa Gupta (RJD).
- 01Pramod KumarBJP1,06,08049.50%
- 02Dewa GuptaRJD92,51743.17%
- 03Atul KumarJNSRJP6,5923.08%
- 04Divyanshu BhardwajIndependent2,0820.97%
- 05Brajbihari YadavIndependent1,6470.77%
- 4 other candidates · 2,592 votesNOTA · 2,801 (1.31%)
Margin 13,563 votes · 6.33% of valid votes
All 9 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,14,311 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pramod KumarMale · 63 yrs | BJP | 1,06,080 | 49.50% |
| 2 | Dewa GuptaMale · 35 yrs | RJD | 92,517 | 43.17% |
| 3 | Atul KumarMale · 53 yrs | JNSRJP | 6,592 | 3.08% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,801 | 1.31% |
| 4 | Divyanshu BhardwajMale · 27 yrs | Independent | 2,082 | 0.97% |
| 5 | Brajbihari YadavMale · 43 yrs | Independent | 1,647 | 0.77% |
| 6 | Fakhre AlamMale · 31 yrs | BSP | 1,154 | 0.54% |
| 7 | Dukhit RayMale · 48 yrs | Independent | 603 | 0.28% |
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| 8 | Sikandar ChaudharyMale · 54 yrs | RJBP | 512 | 0.24% |
| 9 | Sushil KumarMale · 37 yrs | TPLRSP | 323 | 0.15% |
BJP held the seat: it also won in 2020.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Motihari result 2020
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pramod Kumar | BJP | 92,733 | 49.44% |
| 2 | Om Prakash Chaudhary | RJD | 78,088 | 41.63% |
| 3 | Deepak Kumar Kushwaha | RLSP | 3,716 | 1.98% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 3,455 | 1.84% |
| 4 | Rameshvar Sah | Independent | 3,263 | 1.74% |
| 5 | Zalaluddin Roy | Independent | 1,847 | 0.98% |
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| 6 | Ashok Kumar | JNSNGHDL | 1,060 | 0.57% |
| 7 | Prabhu Nandan Prasad | JP | 676 | 0.36% |
| 8 | Munna Kumar | TPLRSP | 662 | 0.35% |
| 9 | Abhishek Kumar Singh | Independent | 599 | 0.32% |
| 10 | Harishchandra Pandit | VCSMP | 375 | 0.20% |
| 11 | Prakash Chandra Manu | RJnJnP | 364 | 0.19% |
| 12 | Baiju Kumar | RSWD | 293 | 0.16% |
| 13 | Ashwini Kumar Gupta | AKHDBRYVP | 213 | 0.11% |
| 14 | Pankaj Kumar Srivastav | JTVP | 211 | 0.11% |
Motihari result 2015
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pramod Kumar | BJP | 79,947 | 47.45% |
| 2 | Binod Kumar Shrivastava | RJD | 61,430 | 36.46% |
| 3 | Manoj Kumar | Independent | 7,619 | 4.52% |
| 4 | Ravi Bhushan Prasad | BSP | 6,369 | 3.78% |
| 5 | Harishchandra Pandit | AAHPTY | 2,956 | 1.75% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 2,589 | 1.54% |
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| 6 | Arvind Kumar | CPI(M) | 2,242 | 1.33% |
| 7 | Tribeni Tiwari | CPI | 1,905 | 1.13% |
| 8 | Tafajjul Hussain | Independent | 1,570 | 0.93% |
| 9 | Bikrama Singh | SKLP | 976 | 0.58% |
| 10 | Neetu Singh Kushwaha | JAPL | 890 | 0.53% |
Motihari result 2010
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pramod Kumar | BJP | 51,888 | 42.50% |
| 2 | Rajesh Gupta Alias Bablu Gupta | RJD | 27,358 | 22.41% |
| 3 | Suresh Sahni | Independent | 9,764 | 8.00% |
| 4 | Arvind Kumar Gupta | INC | 7,723 | 6.33% |
| 5 | Arvind Kumar | CPI(M) | 6,222 | 5.10% |
| 6 | Bikramaditya Singh | Independent | 5,138 | 4.21% |
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| 7 | Amrendra Singh | Independent | 2,165 | 1.77% |
| 8 | Mahendra Prasad Singh | BSP | 1,509 | 1.24% |
| 9 | Sikandar Chaudhary | NCP | 1,320 | 1.08% |
| 10 | Rakesh Bhushan | KSVP | 1,315 | 1.08% |
| 11 | Mahamad Hamid Ekbal | Independent | 1,171 | 0.96% |
| 12 | Capt. Pushkar Jha | GVIP | 1,035 | 0.85% |
| 13 | Gauri Shankar Prasad | SJP(R) | 1,009 | 0.83% |
| 14 | Manish Kumar Shekhar | INGP | 969 | 0.79% |
| 15 | Md. Murtuja Ansari Alias Dr. Lal | SP | 950 | 0.78% |
| 16 | Dhurav Narayan Chaudhary | Independent | 775 | 0.63% |
| 17 | Lal Babu Ram | Independent | 702 | 0.57% |
| 18 | Anurag Raj | SMBHP | 634 | 0.52% |
| 19 | Durga Sah | JPS | 452 | 0.37% |
Motihari outlined in orange among the other Bihar seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2025. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Purba Champaran district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Motihari is one of the assembly segments of Purvi Champaran. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Purvi Champaran candidates.
- Radha Mohan SinghBJP1,02,026 53.0%
- Dr Rajesh KumarVSIP81,428 42.3%
- Mohammad Ajmer AlamIndependent2,100 1.1%
- Vijay Kumar SahaniRJBP1,232 0.6%
- Rajesh SinghIndependent1,045 0.5%
In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 20,598 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Motihari.
Who won the Motihari assembly seat in 2025?
Pramod Kumar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Motihari in the 2025 Bihar assembly election with 1,06,080 votes, which was 49.50% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Motihari?
The margin was 13,563 votes (6.33% of valid votes). The runner-up was Dewa Gupta of the Rashtriya Janata Dal with 92,517 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Motihari in 2025?
Turnout was 73.28%: 2,14,453 of 2,92,635 registered electors voted, across 367 polling stations. That is 13.6 points higher than in 2020.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Motihari part of?
Motihari is an assembly segment of the Purvi Champaran Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Radha Mohan Singh got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Motihari a reserved constituency?
No. Motihari is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Motihari?
The Bihar assembly elected in 2025 completes its five-year term in 2030, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Bihar assembly elections of 2025 and 2020 and 2015 and 2010 (2025 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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- Purba Champaran population and religionCensus 2011 district profile
- Gram panchayat list, Purbi ChamparanEvery block, panchayat and village (LGD)
- Bihar state profileSeats, parties and turnout at a glance
- Bihar Lok Sabha resultsEvery parliamentary seat, 2024 and earlier
- Bihar districts: Census 2011Population, religion, SC/ST by district
- Gram panchayat list, BiharBlocks, panchayats and villages (LGD)
- CSR spend in BiharCompany CSR spending by year and sector (MCA)
- Urban local bodies in BiharMunicipal corporations, councils, wards